FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK (07/25/10)

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Welcome To Good Shepherd Parish, Fr. Amershek - Good Shepherd Parish extends a most cordial welcome to our new pastor, Fr. Charles Amershek. Hopefully, it will be but a very short time until he is known as "Fr. Charlie."

Parish Picnic/Birthday Party A Huge Success! Some Thank You's! - Many of you had a chance to attend the Parish Picnic/Birthday Party which was held last weekend. If you were able to be there, I'm sure you would agree that a great time was certainly had by all!

I would like to extend my personal thanks and that of the parish to everyone who lent a hand in making the Birthday Party/Picnic such a success. And I would especially like to thank Jim and Cindy Maund for taking responsibility for organizing the event. Without their willingness to lend a hand in organizing the event, there would have been no picnic. So thanks, Jim and Cindy. And thanks as well to all of the others who helped to make the event both possible and successful!

Diocesan Annual Catholic Appeal Continues - Below are the parish's results to date for the 2010 Annual Catholic Appeal:

Diocesan Goal for the Parish - $60,545.00
Total Pledges to Date - $59,905.70
Number of Pledges Received - 271
% of Parish Goal - 99%
% of Parish Registration - 28%

Shepherd's Call Mortgage/Debt Reduction Campaign Underway - Results to date for the Shepherd/s Call/Mortgage/Debt Reduction Campaign are as follows:

Diocesan Goal for the Parish - $250,000.00
Total Pledges to Date - $154,113.00
Number of Pledges Received - 177
% of Parish Goal - 62%
% of Parish Registration - 18%