Welcome to Good Shepherd
Welcome to the Church of the Good Shepherd. We are a small but growing Episcopal congregation, located in the beautiful Fountain City area of North Knoxville. Our membership has no territorial boundaries. Active members come from throughout Knoxville and the surrounding counties of Anderson, Jefferson, Union and Campbell.
As a member of the world wide Anglican church, we recognize the importance of learning to live meaningful lives through the use of scripture, tradition and reason. We take the Bible seriously, we value learning from the past and we are not afraid to use the God-given gift of human reason in seeking God through Christ. At our best, we respect differences of opinion and we celebrate human diversity.
Coming Up This Sunday, Jan. 17
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Sunday, Jan. 17
Check the server schedule.
- 8:30 am: Holy Eucharist, Rite 1
- 9:45 am: Choir rehearsal
- 9:45 am: Sunday School
- Godly Play (ages 10 and younger): Baptism
- Rite 13 (Middle School): Eating from the Tree of Life
- Youth Mission Team (High School): Poster-Making
- Good Shepherd and the World (adults): "Legal Refugees in Knoxville," Woods Nash
- 11 am: Holy Eucharist, Rite 2, with choir
This Week at Good Shepherd, Jan. 10-17
When someone is elected to the Vestry, one of their first official acts is to...leave town. Ironically, going away for a day tends to bring the members closer to home in the ways that really matter.
Fr. Charles often reminds Vestry members that the Vestry is a spiritual group that sometimes makes practical decisions, not a board of directors that happens to work for a church. With this in mind, your Vestry will slip away to Grace Point on Friday to welcome new members (we're told the Vestry tattoo is optional), re-connect with existing members and find their center before settling in for the coming year's journey. It's a practice that might work for many groups, both in our church lives and our "outside" lives.
Here's a rundown of everything happening at Good Shepherd this week:
Sunday, Jan. 10
Check the server schedule.
- 8:30 am: Holy Eucharist, Rite 1
- 9:45 am: Choir rehearsal
- 9:45 am: Sunday School
- Godly Play (ages 10 and younger)
- Rite 13 (Middle School)
- Youth Mission Team (High School)
- Good Shepherd and the World (adults)
- 11 am: Holy Eucharist, Rite 2, with choir
- 5 pm: Rite 13 Fellowship
- 6 pm: Rite 13/EYC Meal
- EYC Fellowship
Tuesday, Jan. 12
- 10am - Noon: Martha's Kitchen
Wednesday, Jan. 13
- 10 am - 2 pm: Bridge Club
- 11:15 am - Noon: Prayer Service and Bible Study
Sermon: January 17, 2010
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 13:49 — bohlkenSecond Sunday in Epiphany
Charles Fels
- No audio available for this date
Readings:
Readings At Vanderbilt Divinity Library
Hebrew Bible: Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm: Psalm 36:5-10
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
New Testament: John 2:1-11
Sermon: January 10, 2010
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 13:42 — bohlkenFirst Sunday in Epiphany
Charles Fels
- No audio available for this date
Readings:
Readings At Vanderbilt Divinity Library
Hebrew Bible: Isaiah 43:1-7
Psalm: Psalm 29
Epistle: Acts 8:14-17
New Testament: Luke 3:15-17,21-22
Sermon: January 3, 2010
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 16:59 — bohlkenOut of Egypt
- Artist: Charles Fels
- Title: Out of Egypt
- Album: Christmas 2009
- Year: 2009
- Length: 9:23 minutes (4.3 MB)
- Format: Stereo 22kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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Sermon: December 27, 2009
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 15:58 — bohlkenJesus is God
- Artist: Joe Parrish
- Title: Jesus is God
- Album: Christmas 2009
- Year: 2009
- Length: 12:46 minutes (5.85 MB)
- Format: Stereo 22kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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