Signs of Life: Why Church Matters – Light First Sunday in Lent, Year A Deacon Cindy Roehl Can you believe it’s already Lent? I love the season of Lent. Since we set aside time each year to spiritually prepare for Christmas Day, it only makes sense to set aside time to spiritually prepare for the […]
Signs of Life – Why Church Matters For the 2020 season of Lent, Church of the Good Shepherd will participate in the Signs of Life: Why Church Matters series. This series uses the familiar signs and symbols of our shared Christian worship – Light, Water, Food, Shelter, and Community – combined with the monastic practices […]
THE GREAT VIGIL The first celebration of Easter which consists of four parts: The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle, the Exsultet); The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers); Christian Initiation (Holy Baptism) or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows; and the Eucharist. […]
Service of Light and Song Transfiguration Sunday, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman & Cindy Roehl Reflections given by both Becky Robbins-Penniman and Cindy Roehl. You can read each of the reflections HERE. Readings and songs referenced between reflections may be found in the corresponding Worship Bulletin.