Parish
Events
THE
SUMMER OF NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH IS HERE!
The
Neighborhood Outreach program is up and running, with each parish family receiving
a letter sharing the name(s) of the Shepherd Contact(s) in their neighborhood.
Over the next few weeks the Shepherd Contacts will be calling the families in
their neighborhoods to introduce themselves and discuss how Neighborhood Outreach
works.
If
you are a Shepherd Contact and have questions about your next steps, are interested
in learning more about being a Shepherd Contact, or have questions about the Neighborhood
Outreach program, please contact the Parish Office at 238-2110 or email Eric McGinnis
at guinness5@yahoo.com.
YOUTH
IN MINISTRY MASSES
Thanks to all the youth who have volunteered to serve
at our Youth in Ministry Masses. We are in the planning stages for our next group
of Masses and we are looking for volunteers to serve. If you think you'd like
to help as a Reader, Server, Cross-Bearer, Gift Bearer or Hospitality please contact
Deacon Jack Orlandi at 692-7472 or email him at Deacon-Jack@comcast.net
. A Youth in Ministry Mass is scheduled for August 15 at 11:00 am.
PRAYER
CHAIN
If you have any prayer intentions you would like us to pray for,
please contact:
Ellen Jankowski - 231-0213
Laurie Ragan - 234-5024
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION REGISTRATION
Registration for religious education classes for
children in kindergarten through 11th grade has begun. Registration forms have
been mailed to families previously enrolled in the program. If you are new to
the parish or didn't receive a registration packet, you can pick up the information
in the parish office Monday through Friday during regular work hours, or download
it from the religious education webpage, www.shepherded.pbworks.com.
Final
deadline for registration is Aug. 1. Schedules for elementary and secondary classes
will be sent out with confirmation letters in August. Church-based elementary
classes begin Sept. 12, and secondary religious education (TYM) for grades 6-11
begin Sept 12, 19, and 26 depending on the grade level.
Elementary
classes are held Sundays at 4:15 and 6:00 pm and Mondays at 6:00 pm. Space is
limited and classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so register
early to secure the day and time you want. Families will be notified and students
will be put on a waiting list if the class is full. Home-based and church-based
options are available for children in grades 1 to 10. Grade 11 is church-based
only.
Please
contact the Faith Formation Office with questions -- dirred@goodshepherd-sc.org
or call 238-0649.
CHRISTIAN
SERVICE COLLECTION FOR McCONNELLSBURG MISSION
The Christian Service Committee
has been collecting school supplies during the month of July for the children
who come to the McConnellsburg Mission for basic assistance. There is only one
week left for the collection and Sisters Margie and Martha have indicated that
Book Bags and Back Packs are especially needed, along with the items listed below.
Please place your new school supplies in the container provided and know that
your generosity is much appreciated. Personal care items will not be collected
during the month of July. These items are especially needed:
Pencils
& Pens
Erasers
Notebooks & Paper
Binders
PRAYER-SHAWLS
To request a Prayer Shawl or for more information about Prayer Shawls, please
contact Marge Bennett at 234-7284 or Lynne DeLuca at 234-4654. Anyone is welcome
to stop by during our meetings to find out more about us. We meet on Tuesdays
from 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon in the Parish Hall and on the third Saturday of each
month from 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon in the Nursery or as indicated.
PRAYERS
AND SQUARES QUILT MINISTRY
Do you know someone who would find comfort
being wrapped in a prayer quilt? Prayers and Squares would be honored to provide
you with one ... our quilts are appropriate for anyone experiencing physical,
emotional, spiritual, or any other life crisis. To learn more or to request a
quilt, please contact Sandy Ball (<mailto:sandeeball@gmail.com>)
or via phone (383-4257).
NEW
JUSTFAITH GROUP FORMING
JustFaith (www.justfaith.org)
is a national adult discussion program looking at current social problems in light
of Catholic Social Teaching. An organizational meeting for the group beginning
in September will be held on Monday August 2 at 7:00 pm in the Good Shepherd Church
hall. A day and time for the weekly sessions will be chosen, so it is important
that those who have expressed interest attend this meeting. Anyone who would like
to join the group or find out more information about JustFaith is welcome to attend
or call Charleen Blum 632-8457 or Fran Moorman 867-0486.
A
HINT FOR "REMEMBERING" TO BRING YOUR FOOD BANK DONATIONS WITH YOU WHEN
YOU COME TO CHURCH!
Food Bank Sunday at Good Shepherd is the second Sunday
of each month. As a reminder to bring your donations with you, we recommend that
you put a paperclip on the second Sunday envelope when your packet of envelopes
arrives in the mail. When you get your envelope out, it will remind you to bring
your donated item(s) with you when you come to church!
CHRISTIAN
SERVICE COLLECTION FOR McCONNELLSBURG MISSION - During July, the Christian
Service Committee will again collect school supplies for the children who come
to the McConnellsburg Mission for basic assistance. Sisters Margie and Martha
have indicated that the items below are especially needed. Please place your new
school supplies in the container provided and know that your generosity is much
appreciated. Personal care items will not be collected during the month of July.
HEALING
FOR SEPARATION AND DIVORCE
Feeling the pain of a separation or divorce?
You are not alone! Please consider joining us to focus on healing from our marital
separations and divorces. We are all Catholics in some phase of divorce and healing.
Our gatherings consist of prayer, sharing, and learning more about the healing
process. We will meet on Sunday, July 25 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm in the Chapel.
For more information, please contact Michele Aukerman (238-0341; aukerman77@comcast.net).
CENTERING
PRAYER GROUP -- OPEN MIND, OPEN HEART
The Centering Prayer group that
meets on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm in the chapel has just begun reading the
book "Open Mind, Open Heart" (2006 revised edition) by Fr. Thomas Keating
together. After centering, we read a few pages together, and discuss what we have
read. Anyone interested in centering and learning together is welcome. Once a
month we will practice lectio divina (praying with Scripture) after centering
together as well (first Thursday of the month). For more information, please contact
Ellen Jankowski (231-0213) or Jet Schneider (238-0010).
PARISH
PICNIC
Jim Maund would like to thank all of the "official volunteers"
as well as all of the "spontaneous helpers" who made the Parish picnic
a success. You all did an incredible job serving the Parish to help celebrate
our twenty-first birthday. Thank you very, very much!!
HELP
NEEDED FOR GOOD SHEPHERD'S ELEMENTARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
Good
Shepherd's Elementary Religious Education program has the following needs for
catechists and aides for the 2010-2011 academic year:
Sunday 6:00 pm:
" Grade 1 catechist and assistant
" Grade 2 catechist and assistant
" Grade 4 assistant
Monday, 6:00 pm:
" Grade 1 catechist
and assistant
" Grade 2 catechist
" Grade 3 catechist
"
Grade 4 assistant
Please
note classes that do not have adequate coverage by the start of the academic year,
Sept 12/13, will unfortunately be canceled. If you would like to volunteer please
contact the Faith Formation office at 238-0649 or e-mail dirred@goodshepherd-sc.org.
All volunteers must have the diocesan Protecting Gods Children training and pass
background checks. PGC trainings will be offered again in September.
ENERGY
EFFICIENT RESOURCE STANDARD POSTCARD CAMPAIGN
As recent events have demonstrated,
the production of oil, coal and natural gas comes at great environmental and human
cost. To waste these resources needlessly adds to suffering in our world and to
the already dangerous levels of CO2 in our atmosphere. As people of faith, we
have a responsibility to be better stewards of our environmental resources.
We
could limit the ecological and health damages (such as toxic mercury from our
coal-burning power plants) simply by requiring more energy efficiency as the law
of the land. An Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) is an important part
of comprehensive climate and energy legislation, and can be combined with support
for more renewable energy as part of a comprehensive approach to reduce our carbon
footprint.
The
Good Shepherd Social Justice Committee is supporting a postcard campaign led by
the Pennsylvania Chapter of Interfaith Power and Light, which urges our U.S. senators
to require more energy efficiency as the law of the land by passing comprehensive
climate and energy legislation this year that includes an EERS that will mandate
that the country use less energy over time to achieve the same output.
The
Social Justice Committee will have a display in the Gathering Space with more
information on this issue and postcards for you to sign from July 24 - August
1. Stop by to learn more and make a difference.
Area
Events
KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS EVENTS:
SMOKE-FREE
BINGO - Monday, July 26 - 7:00 - 10:00 pm (doors open at 5:30). Bingo will be
held at the KC Hall at 850 Stratford Drive, SC. For information call Lionel Bassett:
(238-7003).
FOURTH
DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION - Our Lady of Victory Assembly 1945 and Father O Hanlon
Council 4678 will sponsor a Fourth Degree Exemplification at their home on Stratford
drive on Sunday, September 12. Fourth Degree Exemplifications are held in State
College every 5 - 10 years. This is a great opportunity for Third Degree Knights
to receive this degree locally. Any Third Degree Knights interested in participating
in the degree should contact Bob Gawryla (238-9517) or Lionel Bassett (238-7003)
immediately. Applications must be received by the council by July 31 to be approved
by the assembly at a special meeting on August 3.
OUR
LADY OF VICTORY PRESCHOOL RESTAURANT NIGHT - OLV Preschool Restaurant Night
will be held on Thursday, July 29, from 4:00-8:00 pm at Inferno Brick Oven &
Bar and The Deli Restaurant. OLV Preschool will receive 20% of your order including
take-out. Thank you for your continued support! Please contact Danielle Montler
at dmontler29@gmail.com for a coupon.
Diocesan
Events
CATHOLIC
LIFE CONFERENCE 2010
There will be a Catholic Life Conference held Saturday,
September 18, at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson. Keynote Addresses will be
by Rev. Monsignor James Gaston, VF, STL, MA; Diocese of Greensburg.
Ministry
Workshop Topics: Catechist Enrichment, Christian Initiation, Comprehensive Youth
Ministry, Evangelization, Lay Ecclesial Ministry, Life & Justice, Liturgy,
Marriage Initiative, Parish Pastoral Councils, & Vocations.
Registration
is $25 per person and this includes lunch. For more information and to request
a registration booklet, please contact: Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, 933 S. Logan
Blvd., Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, 814-693-1401 or www.ajdiocese.org