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Let's Rally - Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Shepherd’s Tidings
                                                                          August 2021

                      Let’s Rally!!!!
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Church’s Rally Day, Sunday August 15,
     right after the 10:15 service (the only service on Rally Day). Everyone is
         encouraged to wear their favorite sports jersey. Please join us!

                                   Everyone is Welcome!
                             Kick off the Sunday School Year!
                           The celebration begins after the one
                        service at 10:15 a.m. Sunday August 15th.
                   We will also be serving lunch with Chelsea Deli and
                  pizza by Dominos for the kids so bring your appetite.
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Pumpkin Patch
                    As summer starts to come to an end and we start to get back to some kind of
                    normalcy, we wanted to give you some food for thought for your upcoming fall.
                    Good Shepherd Church will be bringing back its Pumpkin Patch this year from
                    Tuesday October 19 thru Sunday October 31. Hours of operation will be from
                    11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the following shifts 11-2, 2-5, 5-7:30.

             Below you will find some of the jobs with which we will need help:
                                  Trucks to unload storage
                               Unloaders to unload pumpkins
                   Decorators to help decorate patch arches and grounds
                          Cashiers to do PayPal and take money
                     Greeters to explain our patch and how it works
                  Kid’s corner - watch over kids as they play in kid’s corner
                  Grounds keepers to keep patch clean and cull pumpkins
                     Sanitizers to sanitize wagon handles after usage
                  Photo ops to take photos for families in Pumpkin Patch
                           Shift workers to help price pumpkins
                                     Ice Cream sellers
                           Counters to count cash for deposits

                                        Important Dates
        Sat. 9th Oct, 8:00 a.m. - Unload storage unit and setup fencing- NEED TRUCKS
 Tues. 12th Oct., 9:00 a.m. - Organize/Decorate Pumpkin Patch- setup cashier stand, storage
 Wed. 13th Oct., 10:00 a.m. - Make Goody Bags and price merchandise - Luncheon following
               Mon. 18th Oct., 4:00 p.m. Unload Pumpkins- NEED ABLE BODIES
           Tue. 19th Oct., 10:00 a.m. Pumpkin Patch Opens-VOLUNTEERS First Day
                                  Sat. 23rd Oct., Fall Festival
                            Sun. 31st Oct., 2:00 p.m. Patch closes
          Sat. 6th Nov., 8:00 a.m. takedown and put back in storage -NEED TRUCKS
   We wanted to give you all a chance to think and pray about how you can best serve Good
  Shepherd and our community at this year's Pumpkin Patch. Please feel free to contact Trish
Kessler with any questions or to sign up for any job. Thank you so much and we look forward to
                        hearing how you want to help this year's Patch.

                              Check our table out on Rally Day
                           Sunday August 15th after 10:15 service
                                       Respectfully,
                                       Trish Kessler
                           281-748-9466, trishkessler@gmail.com

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Christian Education/ Family Ministry

Children’s Christian Education                                  Tuesday Morning Bible Study
                                                                This is an adult Bible study for
                         Blessing of the Backpacks              anyone. We read, study and
                         August 8                               discuss one book of the Bible
                          Blessing of the Backpacks will        in full and then move on. We are currently stud-
                          be held at both 8:00 a.m. and         ying the Gospel of Luke. We will meet in Rm
                          10:15 Service on August 8.            208 and on Zoom from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Please
                          Please have your students             e-mail Bill Richter to get the Zoom information
bring their backpacks to church that day to get them            at wtrbout350@gmail.com.
blessed for the upcoming school year!
                                                                Wednesday Evening: Understanding the Old
Sunday School begins                                            Testament – This is a video and discussion
August 22                                                       series produced by The Great Courses. Each 30
Sunday School will begin on                                     minute lecture will be followed by group discus-
August 22. Please come see
                                                                sion. Notes are provided with the course. We
us at Rally Day for details on how to register your K-9th
Grade Student for the 2021/2022 school year!
                                                                will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:15 p.m.
                                                                Wednesdays. Please e-mail Bill Richter
                                                                at wtrbout350@gmail.com to get the Zoom in-
Adult Sunday Morning Classes
                                                                formation.
Everything Must Change
                                                                                   Lectio Divina: Thursdays 9:30
Everything Must Change is a video and discussion
                                                                                   – 10:30 a.m. ZOOM
group centered around Brian McLaren’s 2009
                                                                                   This is an open, ongoing
book: Everything Must Change: When the World's
                                                                                   group that gathers to pray
Biggest Problems and Jesus' Good News Collide.
                                                                and meditate with scripture. Call Janet Mans-
McLaren identifies several crisis areas that face
                                                                field for more information. 281-360-5143.
churches today. These include: prosperity, equity,
                                                                Contact Ailsa Cornell for Zoom instructions at
security and spirituality. Class will be facilitated by
                                                                408-401-5687.
Bill Richter.This is sure to be a provocative and
challenging series. We will meet Sundays from
                                                                Saturday Morning: Christian
9:00-10:00 a.m. in Rm 206.. The class will be on
                                                                Meditation
Zoom as well. (e-mail wtrbout350@gmail.com to
                                                                This open and ongoing group
received Zoom links) We will meet August 22, 29;
                                                                is a part of the World Com-
September 5, 12, 19, 26; October 3, 10.
                                                                munity for Christian Medita-
             Adult Weekday Classes and Groups                   tion. We gather at 9:00 a.m. and spend a few
                                                                minutes for check-in and introductions. We lis-
            Monday Evening: Spirituality and                    ten to a presentation on a meditation related
            Mysticism                                           topic for 15-20 minutes and conclude with a 25-
            The Varieties of Religious Experience               minute silent meditation. Facilitated by Kipp
            By William James. This is a café style              and Bill Richter. To learn more, visit
            reading and discussion class facilitated            www.wccm.org. We will meet on Zoom from
by Kipp and Bill Richter. We will meet on Zoom                  9:00-10:00 am, Saturdays. Please e-mail Bill
from 6:00-7:15 p.m. Mondays. Please e-mail Bill                 Richter at wtrbout350@gmail.com to get the
Richter at wtrbout350@gmail.com to get the                      Zoom information.
Zoom information.

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Christian Education/ Family Ministry

August 2021                      December 2021                          April 2022
August 22nd                      December 5th                           April 3rd
August 29th                      December 12th                          April 10th
                                                                        April 17th
September 2021                   January 2022                           April 24th
September 12th                   January 9th
September 19th                   January 23rd                           May 2022
September 26th                   January 30th                           May 1st

October 2021                     February 2022
October 17th                     February 20th
October 24th                     February 27th
October 31st
                                 March 2022
November 2021                    March 6th
November 7th                     March 27th
November 14th

  We are excited to be getting back to a full EYC schedule. If you would like to be on the Leadership
  Committee for EYC please reach out to Heather Dumais at hdumais@goodshepherdkingwood.org or
  at 281-358-3154 ext. 103. We have our big monthly EYC events planned. Come join us at our kick
  off event on August 22 from 5p.m.-7p.m. in the youth room. We will also have an event on Septem-
  ber 12, November 14, and December 12 from 5pm-7pm in the youth room. We will be volunteering
  at the Fall Festival on October 23. Keep up with us on Instagram, Facebook, and GroupMe for addi-
  tional information and other fun activities throughout the fall.

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Good Shepherd School this Summer

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Member News

                         Thank You!                              Forward Day by Day
                           Many thanks to all the volun-         The August-October issue of the favor-
                           teers who deliver homemade            ite daily devotional magazine Forward
                           cookies to visitors who have          Day by Day is now available in the Nar-
filled out a newcomers card, along with information on           thex in both regular and large print edi-
the small groups and classes available at Good Shep-             tion. These are provided for the Good
herd! The team of Treat Our Visitors Includes Tom Day,           Shepherd congregation as a living me-
Hedy Gunther, Joyce Horton, Nancy Currell, Barbara Ray,          morial for Elizabeth and Buck Sloane by their family.
Jenny Reitmeyer, Karen Bush, Theresa Johnson, Mayela
Bauhs, Patricia Prickett, Valerie McMullen, Maureen                                      Blood Drives
Wheatley, Barbara Monk, Jeannie Whitney, Karen Silva,
Janet Mansfield, Patsy Mancivalano, Alice Lively and                                     Younger generations are in
Peggy Booth. Do stop by our booth on Rally Day, get one                                  demand as donors and Good
of our famous homemade cookies and sign up to help.              Shepherd partners with Gulf Coast Regional Blood
Your turn only comes around once every few months                Center to that end. If you’ve never donated and have
and is so important to the growth of our church, or call         questions, stop by the Rally Day booth or call Mary
Virginia Murray at 281-794-7903!                                 Ellen Yale 832-797-4510.

Acolytes                                                         Usher Ministry

Rally Day is almost here and we                                  Looking for a calm and serene
are hopeful that the Acolyte                                     volunteer job that requires no physi-
Guild will soon be able to resume normal life and ser-           cal labor and only a smile? A team of parishioners to
vice. We missed the Spring and Fall intakes last year            serve as ushers at Good Shepherd funeral services
and the Spring intakes this year. This year at Rally Day         needs expanding. With at least 12 people willing to be
we will be eagerly looking for ALL young people who              called upon, you probably would be contacted only
have turned 10 years old and are waiting to join                 2-3 times per year, asking if you are available for 1 ½-2
us. Good Shepherd has one of the largest acolyte minis-          hours on a needed day. A friendly welcoming to
tries in the US and we are blessed that almost every             visitors qualifies you to being a part of this
youth at Good Shepherd above 10 years old is a mem-              team. Questions? Mary Ellen Yale will provide
ber. Now is the time for our newest recruits to step up          answers during Rally Day or call 832-797-4510.
and join us. We eagerly await you! Stop by at Rally Day
or contact me at phbrinsden@gmail.com if you can not                      Worship Service Times
make Rally Day.
                                                                     Holy Eucharist Rite I Sunday 8:00 a.m.
            Altar Guild
                                                                     Holy Eucharist Rite II Sunday 10:15 a.m.
             Please stop by our Altar Guild table on Rally           (Child care provided for infants through
             Day. We would like to answer any questions
                                                                          age 4 for all morning services)
             you may have concerning this vital ministry
that serves God and his church. For more information
contact Joyce Horton at jhortonhhs@aol.com or                        Holy Eucharist Rite II Sunday 5:00 p.m.
713-503-4930. Looking forward to visiting with you.
                                                                        Holy Eucharist Rite II with Healing
                                                                              Wednesday 12 noon
                                                                         on YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK

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Member News

Lay Eucharistic Visitors
Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEVs) take communion
to parishioners who are homebound or in care
facilities. Please contact Father Bill if you wish to
receive this ministry.

                 Prayers & Blessings
                The Priest will offer prayers and
                blessings on Sundays for those                          Happy Anniversaries
                having birthdays and anniver-
saries during the week.                                     August 3          Lynn & Mike Boyd
                                                            August 5          Lyn & John Ballay
Baptism                                                     August 6          Brenda & Jim Royal
                                                            August 7          Sue & Ken MacHugh
If you would like to be baptized                            August 9          Dave & Becky Lippman
or have your child baptized,                                August 10         Sylvia & Dan Ferron
please contact the church office at                         August 15         Sheryl & Bill Kenny
281-358-3154.                                               August 15         Beth & Cliff Stephan
                                                            August 18         Christin & Andrew Johnston
                    Pray for men and women                  August 18         Libby & Paul Kara
                    in the Military                         August 19         Mayela & James Bauhs
                                                            August 22         Judith & Martin Light
                   If you have a family member              August 26         Wendy & Paul Brinsden
                   in the military and would like           August 28         Barbara & Jim Bingley
                   the Church Family to pray for            August 28         Brenda & Jack Knight
him or her, please send their name to                       August 30         Carol & John Thomas
donnaclifford@goodshepherdkingwood.org.
We will be publishing the names in the news-                Prayer List
letter each month. Thank you.
                                                            Sarah Beeching         Virgil Imhoff
Please Pray for Staff Sgt. Jeff Hawes, US Air               Kathryn Batey          Beth Barber
Force, Captain Michael J. Van Kleeck, US Army               Shirley Scott          Bob Brink
(Aviator), Major Trey Taylor, US Air Force,                 Anna Shepeard          Pierre Dupree
Seaman Scott Barber, United States Coast Guard              Bernice Satterwhite    Leslie Richardson and
                                                            John Campbell          family
                                                            Wendy Brinsden         Sheila & Alan Merritt
    Please remember to call the church office at                                   Richard Adams
     281-358-3154 and let us know if you have               Mike Boyd
                                                            Bud Currell            David Howie
    changed your phone number, email address,
                                                            Press Holcomb          Sharon Luck
         physical address or marital status.
        Thank you for keeping us informed.                  Euking Grey            Ben Caven

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Stewardship
                  A Record of Our Faithfulness in Worship and Giving
                           Year-to-date as of June 30, 2021
Cash received for Operating Budget:                              $ 530,595.92
PPP Loan Received in 2020 –
    But Forgiven 2021                                            $ 91,000.00
Less Operating Expenses:                                        ($450,573.15)
Cash received over (under) expenses:                             $171,022.17
Required principal payments:                                    ($22,588.18)
Additional principal payments:                                     -0-
Cash received over (under) expenses & principal payments:       $ 148,434.59
    PPP Loan Received 2020                                       ($91,000.00)
Cash received 2021 over (under) expense:                        $ 57,434.59

Loan balance this month                                           $ 425,744

Amt. pledged for 2021 Operating Budget:                         $ 728,451 (155 Pledges)

Amt. pledged for 2020 Operating Budget:                         $ 740,048     (162 Pledges)

                                                   Pledge Campaign 2021
                                                   Our Annual Pledge Campaign is Coming! Please prayer-
                                                   fully start considering your annual pledge to the church
                                                   this year, in advance of our fall campaign. The pledge
                                                   campaign will be shorter this year, but we need every-
                                                   one's help in growing our church. Please stay tuned for
                                                   the annual campaign's Kickoff.

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 extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Episcopal
 Church of the Good Shepherd" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile
 in the app. They'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases
 to us. Good Shepherd has received $1191.00 as of June 16.

 How it works:
 1. Open the Amazon app on your phone
 2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features
 3. Select "Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd" as your charity
 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app

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Outreach

                     Humble Area                               Lord Of The
                     Assistance Ministries                     Streets
                       Just a note to remind you               Clothing the home-
                       that next month is Good                 less -The Lord of the Streets is very short of cloth-
                       Shepherd’s month to help                ing and shoes for supply to homeless people in
stock the food pantry at HAAM. So please con-                  Houston. Your donations of new and lightly used
sider picking up a few extra items the next time               items will be appreciated and well used. Please
you are at the store. We will have a table in the              leave them in the credenza in the hallway, just
hallway to receive donations during the month                  past the entrance to the Great Hall, at Good
of September. Cleaning supplies, paper goods,
                                                               Shepherd Church.
rice, pasta, etc. are always very welcome. Thank
                                                               Most needed at the moment:
you
                                                               Men’s tennis shoes – all sizes, especially 10 to 15
                                                               Men’s jeans – waist sizes 30” to 34”
Feed My Lambs                                                  Men’s shirts and tee shirts – sizes XXL to 5XL
We hope everyone has had a great                               Belts, Blankets, Towels, Wash cloths, Small
summer. We will be back making                                  backpacks, Baseball caps
sack lunches for White Oaks apartments starting
                                                                   I was naked and you gave me clothing. –
August 24. Join us at 10:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
                                                                               Matthew 25:35
to make up the lunches. Please let Maureen
Wheatley at wheatley@cebridge.net know if
you can make and or deliver the lunches Thanks.                                            Casserole Patrol
                                                                                           Please call if you
                                                                                           would like to join us or
                                                                                           if you need meals. We
                                                                                           need more wonderful
                                                               cooks in our group! Please consider joining us in
                                                               one of the compassion ministries at Good Shep-
                                                               herd. We take turns providing meals for families
                                                               in crisis, parishioners who have new babies or
                                                               have been ill, hospitalized, injured, etc. The
                                                               group is coordinated by Janet Mansfield at
                                                               281-360-5143.

Pictured, left to right, Hedy Gunther and
Maureen Wheatley who, along with many oth-
ers, packed lunches on May 25 for Feed My
Lambs. If you can volunteer let Maureen know.
Gentlemen are also highly prized volunteers.
Monetary donations to Good Shepherd (with
Feed My Lambs-102 on the memo line) are also
greatly appreciated.

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Music Ministry for August
August 1                 No Choir
Pentecost X              Karen Silva, guest musician
                         Hymn 522 Glorious things of thee are spoken (Austria)
                         Hymn 527 Singing songs of expectation (Ton-y-botel)
                         Hymn 690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (Cwm Rhondda)
August 8                 It Is Well With My Soul – Natalie Sleeth
Pentecost XI             Harrison Boyd, soloist
                         Hymn 1       Father, we praise thee (Christe Sanctorum)
                         Hymn         All who hunger gather gladly (Holy Manna)
                         Hymn         Taste and See (James E. Moore)
August 15                For the Beauty of the Earth – David Ashley White
Pentecost XII            Panis Angelicus - César Franck
Rally Day                Hymn 420 When in our music God is glorfied        (Engelberg)
                         Hymn 536 Open your ears, O faithful people (Torah Song)
                         Hymn 335 I am the bread of life (I am the Bread of Life)

August 22                Love the Lord - arr. Mark Schweitzer
Pentecost XIII           O Taste and See - Ralph Vaughan Williams
                         Hymn 440 Blessed Jesus, at thy word         (Liebster Jesu)
                         Hymn 561 Stand up, stand up for Jesus (Morning Light)
                         Hymn 460 Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
August 29                Wash me Throughly – George F. Handel
Pentecost XIV            Bread of the World – arr. Carlton Young
                         Hymn 436 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates     (Truro)
                         Hymn 707 Take my life and let it be       (Hollingside)
                         Hymn 344 Lord, dismiss us with your blessing     (Sicilian Mariners)

                            “Reboot, Rebuild, Rejoice!” – Jackson Hearn

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
What person living in the modern world has not had this happen? A virus hits your computer. If you have not
prepared for this virus with an anti-virus program (a computer “vaccine”?) then you may have to reboot and/
or rebuild your operating system. Our choral program is much like a computer that’s been hit by a virus.
        re·boot / rē-ˈbüt (verb) to start (something) anew : to refresh (something) by making a new start.
This past April we rebooted the program and ran it as best we could with its damaged operating system. But it
wasn’t as fast or as strong as it was before the virus infection, so now it is time to rebuild.
         re·build /rēˈbild/ (verb) to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed.
In order to rebuild, we need new hardware. Hardware = people. So if you are interested in singing and feel
called to partake in a group that serves God through worship, contact me
(jacksonhearn@goodshepherdkingwood.org)
Then we can continue to rejoice in the Lord always!
         re·joice /rəˈjois/ (verb) to feel or show great joy or delight.

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Music Ministry for August

                                                         CHOIRS
Good Shepherd Choir (High School and adults) Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 (starting August 11)
This year we will be singing at the St. Michael service on September 26, working on music for the Diocesan Choral Festival
in November, the annual Carol and Cookies Festival in December, and our annual presentation of a major work in June.

                           Coventry Choir (grades 1-4) Wednesday, 5:00-5:35 PM (starting August 25)
                           The choir sings during worship services approximately four times a year. We will be working of
                           music for the annual Christmas Eve Service in December and the Houston Youth Choir Festival
                           in the spring.

                                              Happy Birthday
August 3        Judy Cox                  August 15       T.J. Shepeard             August 26       Wendy Halliday

August 3        Jeffery Dickson           August 16       Amanda Sheets             August 27       Michelle Eastwood

August 4        Bernice Satterwhite       August 16       Brian York                August 27       Chris Johnsen

August 4        Janet Wilson              August 17       Kim Hammond               August 28       Emily Meyer

August 7        Shelbie Eastwood          August 18       Magnus Bauer              August 29       Marilyn Knapp

August 7        Julie King                August 18       Nico Gomez                August 29       Allison Whitney

August 7        Elizabeth Randolph        August 18       David Silva               August 30       Elizabeth Shepard

August 8        Steve Currell             August 19       Candace McGonigle         August 30       Terry Whitney

August 10       Linda Safranek            August 19       Knox Sterling             August 30       Christina Young

August 10       Anders VanBrackle         August 22       Tricia Bagley

August 10       Sammy Washburn            August 22       Felicia Beswick

August 11       Jonathan Trzecki          August 22       Sharon Jackson

August 13       Kanon Gourault            August 23       Savannah Sterling

August 14       Kent Hawley               August 23       Kathleen Treadway

August 14       Matthew Wheatley          August 24       Ken Duncan

August 15       Noah Absher               August 24       Ralph Parker

August 15       Libby Kara                August 25       Devin Dupree

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Announcements

                     Blood Drive August 1                             Parish Work Day August 7
                      Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center                The church will conduct a Steward-
                      will be here August 1st, 9:00 – 1:00            ship of the Church Work Day on Sat-
                      pm. If you donated whole blood at               urday, August 7 at 8:00 a.m. This church activity is
                      our last drive, June 6th, you are eligi-        an opportunity for all at Good Shepherd to contrib-
ble to donate August 1st*. If you donated double red                  ute. For more information, please contact Whit
blood cells* you are eligible for our October 10th drive.             Drake at 281-360-2971.
Those who donated plasma* are eligible to donate
August 1st. Mary Ellen Yale 832-797-4510                                               Morning Prayer
*You may donate whole blood every 56 days
*You may donate double red cells once every 112 days                                  Morning Prayer is meeting via
*After donating plasma, you may give plasma again                                     Zoom every weekday morning at
after 28 days, whole blood after one month, or platelets                              6:30. (This is in real time, not
after 72 hours.                                                       taped.) If you would like to join this early morning
Our next drives: October 10th. Details and appoint-                   community, please send your name and email ad-
ments at giveblood.org. Appointments are not re-                      dress to Pam Nolting at agnoel@aol.com.
quired, but appreciated.
For those inquiring about eligibility due to living or vis-
iting the UK in the past, new FDA guidelines went into                Alzheimer’s/
effect July 2020:                                                     Dementia Caregiver
The Blood Center has eliminated deferrals for people                  Support August 9
who may have been exposed to Creutzfeld-Jakob Dis-
ease (linked with mad cow disease) while in certain Eu-
                                                                      Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregiver Support Group -A
ropean countries or on military bases. Details:
                                                                      support group for family members and caregivers
giveblood.org, click on Donate, click on Check Eligibility,
                                                                      of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other de-
scroll to FAQ’s, click on “Have you traveled outside the
                                                                      mentia related disorders, serving the Kingwood and
US,” scroll to Europe.
                                                                      Lake Houston area. Meetings are the second Mon-
                                                                      day of each month, 7:00–8:30 p.m. in Rm 205.
Train Club August 2                                                   Reservations are required. Contact Barbara
                                                                      Hemphill to learn more and reserve your spot at
The Train club meets the first Monday                                 our next meeting, barbara@synapsesite.net or
of the month. The next meeting is                                     281-851-7504. Our next meeting back will be
August 2 at 7 p.m. in Rm 206. Any questions, please                   August 9th.
call Bill Knapp at 281-358-5422.
                                                                                      Prime Timers
                     Knit/Crochet Group
                                                                                      Please stop by our booth on Rally
                     August 6                                                         Sunday. We hope to be able to re-
                    The KnitCrochet Group will resume                                 sume our monthly dinners at local
                    meeting in the Mission Center, Rm                 restaurants. Please stop by and let us know if you
                    205, 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Au-                would be interested! Contact Valerie McCullen at ,
                    gust 6. Please bring all items you                harryvalerie@aol.com if you have any questions.
have made to the meeting. The group gathers for fel-                  Thanks.
lowship, knitting and crocheting, while making items for
themselves and for outreach. For more information,
contact Emily Maas at : emaas926@gmail.com or
281-793-7132.

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Announcements

   Women’s Book Group August 12                                       Fall Poetry Study
                                                                      September 15
   Beginning in August, the Women of Good Shepherd
   are invited to join the Book Club every second Thurs-              Weekly class beginning
   day of each month. The group meets in Rms 205-207                  Wed. Sept. 15th 6:30-8:00.
   upstairs, beginning at 12 p.m. for a discussion about
                                                                      A broad study of poets for a variety of faith traditions:
   the Book of the Month. Participants are encouraged to
   read the designated book ahead of the meeting. How-                Oliver, Rumi, Eliot, Hughes, Frost, Merwin, and more.
   ever, women who are first- timers, part-timers, and                Topics include: Gratitude, Love, Forgiveness, Age &
   visitors are welcome to attend and enjoy the lively                Wisdom, Nature & an Incarnational Worldview.
   discussion led by the book review leader. August’s                 Class led by Kelli and John Gillespie.
   meeting is August 12. Any questions, contact Fran                  Please email tinkergoat@gmail.com (QR
   Barrack at, fbarrack@earthlink.net.                                code) to register.
                                                                                                 th
                                                                      Final session October 27 – shared poetry
    Let’s Rally!!!!                                                   night
   We are so glad to be able
   to return to Rally Day this
   year. We will be hosting a
   Rally Day lunch with Chelsea Deli and pizza by Domi-
   nos for the kids on August 15th. We are excited to
   welcome everyone back and get ready for the 2021-
   2022 year! Please mark your calendars to join us for
                                                                                 Vestry highlights from July
   the 10:15 Service followed by lunch, booths, contests            Bids on replacing the Good Shepherd sign are pro-
   and more. Please keep an eye on our social media and              gressing, with the plan that it will be completed this
   the bulletin each week to get more information about              fall.
   Rally Day and our small groups. If your small group
   would like to have a booth please email Nnochiri Ojiri-          Let’s Rally! Preparations for Rally Day are underway
   ka at nnochiriwho@yahoo.com. If you have a short                  for August 15th. Mark you calendar and join us as we
   description of your small group that we can feature in            continue to return to church. There are many oppor-
   the weekly bulletins before Rally Day, please share               tunities to find a place to serve and grow.
   with us too, through Nnochiri Ojirika. If you would like
                                                                    A mass emailing system called Constant Contact is up
   to volunteer to help please reach out to Virginia Mur-
                                                                     and running. This new tool will help us improve com-
   ray at kingwoodva@aol.com or Heather Dumais at
                                                                     munication with parishioners.
   hdumais@goodshepherdkingwood.org
                                                                    Don’t forget to look for our new online Instant Church
  Important dates and times:                                         Directory and update your contact information.
 Sunday, August 8 (immediately after 10:15 service)-
                                                                    Work on the Annual Fall Stewardship Campaign is
    Volunteers to set up the tables/ booths
                                                                     progressing.
 Friday, August 13 - Noon until 4 pm -participating
   small groups to decorate their assigned tables/                  A resolution of our high February energy bill
   booths                                                            continues.
 Saturday, August 14 - 9am until 12 noon- decoration
   of assigned tables/ booths continued.                                                  Fall Festival October 23
 Sunday, August 15- Rally Day events. We will need
   volunteers for clean up after the day's events.                                        If you would like to help with the
                                                                                          Fall Festival please contact Donna
   We encourage all members to show up for the Let's                                      Clifford at 281-358-3154, or
   Rally events in their favorite sports jerseys. There               donnaclifford@goodshepherdkingwoood.org
   will be various contests and awards given out.                     sign up on the bulletin board in the Narthex after
                                                                      August 15.

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                                               Good Shepherd’s Mission Statement
                                  With God’s help and gifts, we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ
                                   to our community and invite all people into our loving fellowship.

                      STAFF                                                             VESTRY
Rector—The Rev. William T. Richter, Jr.                   Senior Warden                      Christian & Youth
Wtr@goodshepherdkingwood.org                              Randy Sutton                           Mike Fulton
                                                          randysutton778@gmail.com               mfulton89@aol.com
Director of Music Ministries—Jackson Hearn
jacksonhearn@goodshepherdkingwood.org                     School                                 Fellowship
                                                          Leila Hays                             Jeanie Whitney
Family Ministries Assistant –Corky Foltz
                                                          leilahays79@gmail.com                  gjwhitney03@yahoo.com
cfoltz@goodshepherdkingwood.org
Director of Family Ministries—Heather Dumais              Newcomers & Evangelism                 Inreach
hdumais@goodshepherdkingwood.org                                                                 Nnochirionye Ojirika
                                                          Stewardship                            nnochiriwho@yahoo.com
Verger—Paul Brinsden                                      Janet Garza
PHBrinsden@Gmail.com                                      jguggemos@yahoo.com                    Outreach
                                                                                                 Maria Listvan
Executive Secretary/Office Manager—Donna Clifford         Worship & Pastoral Care                mariaangela.8124@gmail.com
DonnaClifford@goodshepherdkingwood.org
                                                          Margaret Dydek
                                                                                                 Junior Warden
Bookkeeper— Medina Ford                                   mhdydek@yahoo.com
                                                                                                 Whit Drake
mford@goodshepherdkingwood.org
                                                          Finance                                WDrake@aol.com
Parish Secretary—                                         John Ballay                            Treasurer
Director of Good Shepherd School—Jan Lopez                johnpballay@hotmail.com                Greg Roberts
janlopezcares@aol.com                                     Communications                         pandgrob@cebridge.net
Director of MDO—Bev Wheeler                               Steve Currell                          Secretary
BevWheeler@goodshepherdkingwood.org                       currell58@gmail.com                    Henrik Fagerstrom
                                                                                                 henrikfagerstrom@icloud.com

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