CGS Announcements Archive

You can find a downloadable copy of From the Parish Register: 2nd Quarter 2010 here.

Our 2010 Vacation Bible School children arrive at the 8:00 a.m. service on Sunday, July 25, to perform some of their newly acquired musical selections.  These little "Egyptians" will be performing some selections from the "Joseph's Journey From Prison to Palace" curriculum which they'll learn Saturday, July 25th!  Afterwards, they will continue on to Shepherd's Hall where they will have a cereal breakfast.  Their reward for all their hard work will be to take a journey of their own. They'll be pulling out of Raleigh from the Amtrak station at 10:56 a.m. sharp aboard the Carolinian!!!!  When they arrive in Rocky Mount, a bus will return them safely to Raleigh!  What great fun to travel with friends in the summer of 2010!  We think Joseph would have liked to come with us!

All of us enjoy getting away for summer vacation time or even for a weekend break. Remember that our service of Evening Meditation and Prayer is a perfect way to include worship in your weekend plans. If you're coming back into town on Sunday afternoons, please join us for this inviting and relaxing service at 5pm on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. It's our same warm and inviting Sunday afternoon serivce, just with a more reflective name. You are invited to come participate in our next services on Sunday, July 11th & 25th. Dress is casual. Then...join us for a wine and cheese reception in the Duncan-Giersch Center following the service.

If you can help with setting up the wine and cheese receptions for these services, we would be grateful. Please contact Miriam Saxon if you can help.

Evensong--5:00PM, 2nd & 4th Sundays each month

The Church of the Good Shepherd now has a Facebook Page.  Visit our Facebook Page and become a Fan of CGS. It's a new way to keep in touch with you parish family and the events at church!

The address is: http://facebook.com/pages/Church-of-the-Good-Shepherd/184063247485.

As part of Egypt VBS 2010, our church will join Operation Kid-to-Kid, an international mission project that allows hundreds of thousands of kids to create and send soft, cuddly blankets and Bible coloring books to hurting children in Africa.

During Egypt VBS, kids and adults will make special blankets that say "God Loves Me" right on them! World Vision will add these cuddly blankets to backpacks filled with health and hygiene items and school supplies. Plus, kids and adults will personalize a Bible coloring book to go into the backpack, as well. Donations to cover the blankets and coloring books ($11/set) are gratefully accepted. Contact: Janet Gilliam, janet.gilliam@cgs-raleigh.org or 831-2003.

GPS@CGS SUMMER SEMESTER!

"GOD AND GREEN":

A BIBLE STUDY ON CHRISTIAN CARE FOR THE CREATION

SUNDAY, 9:15-10:15 AM IN ROOM 404, 3^rd Fl, Duncan-Giersch Parish Life Center (Battle Bible Class Room)

Presenter and Facilitator: Bill Bennett

The BP oil rig disaster and the resulting environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico has pointed to the fragile balance between our economic needs and our ecology. There are all kinds of political opinions arising from this, but what if anything gives Christians the tools we need to make sense of this and respond faithfully? Using THE GREEN BIBLE, a recently published edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, we will explore Bible passages which speak to a call to care for creation which is a significant part of the Bible's message. No less than Billy Graham has said: "To drive to extinction something (God) has created is wrong. He has a purpose for everything... We Christians have a responsibility to take the lead in caring for the earth." For more on THE GREEN BIBLE, see: http://greenletterbible.com/index.php

(You will not need a copy of THE GREEN BIBLE to participate in this Bible study. Any edition of the Bible can be used. Copies of the NRSV are available in the classroom.)  

Final Session, 7/25 Theme 6: "The New Earth" - The earth and everything in it is included in God's plan of redemption. Creation does not pass away, but is restored and renewed as part of the new heaven and the new earth of God's kingdom.  Scriptures explored: Isaiah 65:1-9, Isaiah 65:17-25, Joel 1:18-27, Revelation 21:1-5, Revelation 22:1-5.

For scriptural passages on the creation with illustrations, see: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2009/03/Green-Bible-Passages.aspx

YOU ARE INVITED!

July Migrant Ministry Camp Visit Is Sunday, July 25th!

Meet in front of the Duncan-Giersch Parish Life Center by 4:50pm. We leave the chuch at 5:00pm to arrive at the camp around 5:30pm. Please bring prepared food to share, drinks and folding chairs. Carpooling is encouraged.

EVERYONE is invited to participate in this ministry! Join us for food, fellowship and fun on the 4^th Sundays of the summer when we dine on the grounds of our adopted migrant camp.  If you can lend a hand organizing donations, setting up the meal tables, helping with Spanish translation during the camp visits, or volunteering in any other capacity, please contact Margaret Park.

July 25 - Camp Visit

August 22 - Camp Visit

September 19 - Episcopal Farmworker Fall Festival in Newton Grove

September 26 - Camp Visit

October 17 - Farmworkers attend 10:15 service followed by lunch at local restaurant

Monetary donations are greatly appreciated!  These funds are used to purchase pillows, work gloves, fans, medicines and other essentials.  Checks (written to Church of the Good Shepherd and clearly specified for MIGRANT OUTREACH FUND) should be mailed to: Church of the Good Shepherd, MIGRANT OUTREACH MINISTRY, 121 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27603.  Donations to the migrant ministry that are placed in the Sunday offering should be in a separate envelope clearly marked for MIGRANT OUTREACH FUND.

If you would like to know more, please add your email address to our list of participants to receive invitations to special events and occasional updates about the Migrant Farmworker Ministry. Click on "update my profile" at the very bottom of your next CGS e-newsletter, check the Migrant Ministry box and be sure to save your update.

Contact: Margaret Park, Migrant Ministry coordinator, mpark@pobox.com, 787-5557

Other upcoming events include:

• Sunday, July 11:  On Sunday, July 11th immediately after church, Junior High-ers who have read and would like to discuss A Wrinkle in Time are invited to bring a sack lunch and meet in the EYC room for a conversation about the book and about the ways it helps us to imagine the kingdom of God in our midst. We'll finish up around 1:30pm. Do let me know before Sunday if you plan to come. Currently, no one is signed up. Also on Sunday, youth are invited to join Wren in watching the Netherlands play Spain in the World Cup Finals at 2:30pm in the EYC room. The game should be finished by 4pm. Feel free to bring snacks to share.
• Wednesday, July 14: Interested EYC students are invited to join us as we travel to see a production of Tim Tyson's Blood Done Sign My Name in Oxford, NC. We'll see this dramatic rendition of the book by Mike Wiley with youth from all around the diocese. The central theme is based upon the true story of the Klan's murder of an African American man in Oxford. Tim Tyson will join us (and the other diocesan youth in attendance) for a question and answer session afterwards. We will meet at CGS at 5:15pm and share supper before we depart for Oxford. Bring $4 for dinner and sign up ASAP!
• Thursday, July 22: A group of EYC students will meet at CGS at 2:15pm to go see some of our fellow EYC-ers put on "The Great Cross Country Race" at Raleigh Little Theater (http://www.raleighlittletheatre.org/). Let me know if you'd like to join us.
• Sunday, July 25: Students and interested adult parishioners will meet at CGS at 5:15pm to depart for Church of the Holy Family, where we will hear and discuss a presentation just for youth by renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas. His talk is entitled, "Why Did Jesus Have to Die?" Let Wren know if you plan to attend.

• August 13-15: Harvest for Hope Mission Weekend - Sign up ASAP! See the CGS website for more information: http://www.cgs-raleigh.org/announcements/EYC

• Contact:  wren.blessing@cgs-raleigh.org or 831-2014

GPS@CGS SUMMER SEMESTER!

"GOD AND GREEN":

A BIBLE STUDY ON CHRISTIAN CARE FOR THE CREATION

SUNDAYS, 9:15-10:15 AM IN ROOM 404, 3^rd Fl, Duncan-Giersch Parish Life Center (Battle Bible Class Room)

Presenter and Facilitator: Bill Bennett

The BP oil rig disaster and the resulting environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico has pointed to the fragile balance between our economic needs and our ecology. There are all kinds of political opinions arising from this, but what if anything gives Christians the tools we need to make sense of this and respond faithfully? Using THE GREEN BIBLE, a recently published edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, we will explore Bible passages which speak to a call to care for creation which is a significant part of the Bible's message. No less than Billy Graham has said: "To drive to extinction something (God) has created is wrong. He has a purpose for everything... We Christians have a responsibility to take the lead in caring for the earth." For more on THE GREEN BIBLE, see: http://greenletterbible.com/index.php

(You will not need a copy of THE GREEN BIBLE to participate in this Bible study. Any edition of the Bible can be used. Copies of the NRSV are available in the classroom.)

7/18: Theme 5: "The Full Impact of Sin" - Creation is harmed by human sin. Because our sin disconnects us from God, it distorts our relationship with God's creation as well. The result is a world out of sync with itself. Scriptures explored: Genesis 3:14-19; Hosea 4:1-3; Ezekiel 34:17-22; Numbers 35:33-34; Romans 8:18-25

7/25 Theme 6: "The New Earth" - The earth and everything in it is included in God's plan of redemption. Creation does not pass away, but is restored and renewed as part of the new heaven and the new earth of God's kingdom.

For scriptural passages on the creation with illustrations, see: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2009/03/Green-Bible-Passages.aspx