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Keep up-to-date with news from Good Shepherd with the weekly eShepherd's Staff email, the Good Shepherd Blog, the website, Sunday bulletins and announcements, and the LCD screens at the church. Submit your information by using the Communications Request Form. Contact Communications Team Coordinator, Charlie Biele, with any questions.
eShepherd's Staff Click here to view this week's eShepherd's Staff. The eShepherd's Staff is our weekly email newsletter. To submit an announcement or brief article, please use the Communications Request Form. An archive of recent issues is available on the eShepherd's Staff site. Sign-up today to receive the eShepherd's Staff, emailed on Fridays.
The Good Shepherd Blog Click here to read the blog The Good Shepherd Blog demonstrates that "We Are Good Shepherd" with news and information from the ministries, the clergy and staff, and more. Click the icon above to read the current blog, or link from the home page. If you want to tell the story of your ministry, please submit your articles and photos to Michele Braithwaite using the Communications Request Form or emailing mlbraithwaite@gmail.com.
LCD Screens LCD Screens in the Narthex and Atrium display the Sunday schedule and locations and parish life activities and, advertise upcoming events open to the community. If your ministry would like to place content on the LCD screens such as announcements or slides, please use the Communications Request Form.
Episcopal News Service Episcopal Church brand guidelines, logos, shields available at no cost Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:32:46 +0000 - [Office of Public Affairs] The Episcopal Church logos and shields featuring the new type treatments in both English and Spanish are available at no cost for downloading here. The new graphic guidelines outlining important details for the use of the Episcopal Church shield and logos, including fonts, color palette, use of the shield, and important [...] The ‘war on women’ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service] There is an undeclared war on women in this country and around the world. The recent decision by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to essentially end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood brought this struggle, which was played out in the Internet at head-snapping speed, to a different new battleground. Komen’s founder [...] The lingering effects of Agent Orange Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:41:34 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service] Fifty years ago—1962—long before I knew where Nitro, West Virginia, was located, I was a student at Virginia Theological Seminary. Having processed out of the Marine Corp, I had traded my copy of The Uniform Code of Military Justice for a Bible. There would be no more military exercises for war. I [...] Presiding bishop invited to Anglican provinces throughout Asia Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:04 +0000 - [Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has accepted the invitations of Primates of Anglican Communion provinces in Asia to visit, address diocesan gatherings, celebrate Eucharist and preach during February and early March. “I look forward to renewing friendships and visiting new areas in Asia, and I am grateful [...] Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa meeting opens in Burundi Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:37 +0000 - [Anglican Communion News Service] 4th–8th February 2012 Bujumbura, Burundi “Harnessing our unity to unlock our potential and secure our future” Hosted by the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi, the 11th CAPA Council meeting is bringing together Primates or their representatives, clergy and lay people from the 12 Anglican Provinces of Africa along with [...] El Comité de Programa, Presupuesto y Finanzas comienza a trabajar en el presupuesto 2013-2015 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:17 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] Al tiempo que el Comité Permanente Conjunto sobre Programa, Presupuesto y Finanzas (PB&F por su sigla en inglés) se reunía aquí para debatir el anteproyecto del presupuesto 2013-2015, algunos de sus miembros expresaron que se enfrentaban al manejo de muchos asuntos en conflicto. El comité del presupuesto de [...] Around the common table Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:50:05 +0000 - [Diocese of Southern Ohio] Erin Koepke found that the bond of food, of breaking bread together, transcends geography, age, race and culture. A longtime camp counselor in the Diocese of Southern Ohio and member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Dayton, Koepke joined micro-farmers from South Africa and two colleagues to create a cookbook using locally [...] Jonathan Daniels House: Building the kingdom of God Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:09:54 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service] Jonathan Myrick Daniels was a 26-year-old seminarian when he heard the televised appeal of Martin Luther King Jr. for students and clergy to join the struggle for civil rights. Inspired by the words of the Magnificat about the God who “hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the [...] Parish’s acolyte ministry includes those with special needs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:32 +0000 - [Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta] Victor Catanzaro can’t see, and he can’t walk. And he doesn’t have a lot of strength in his upper body. But he can serve as an acolyte in an Episcopal church. How can this be? Well, it takes a parish. About three years ago, Betsy Jones, who serves as acolyte master [...] Virginia announces slate of six for bishop suffragan election Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:11 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service] Six priests have been nominated to stand for election to become bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. They are: The Rev. Randy Alexander, 45, rector, Christ Church, Pelham (Diocese of New York); The Rev. Canon Susan Goff, 58, canon to the ordinary, Diocese of Virginia; The Very Rev. David May, [...]

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