Updated March 12, 2026

WORSHIP

The Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent
The season of Lent is an appropriate time to make a confession. Confessions may be scheduled at any time by contacting Fr. Kyle.

Choral Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Join us on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. for Choral Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, featuring the Adult Choir and Good Shepherd Choristers. Music includes works by Charles Wood and Barry Rose.

Low Mass on the Feast of St. Joseph
The Feast of St. Joseph, a Major Holy Day, is on Thursday, March 19. We will keep the feast with a Low Mass at 12:05 p.m. in the Lady Chapel.

Veiling the Church
We will be veiling images in the church immediately after Morning Prayer on Friday, March 20, before the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Please lend a hand!

Procession & Solemn High Mass on the Feast of the Annunciation
Come and celebrate this Major Holy Day on Wednesday, March 25, with a Procession and Solemn High Mass at 7 p.m. Our summer seminarian, the Rev. John Hager, will be Deacon of the Mass.

FORMATION

Online Adult Formation Series 2025–2026
Our monthly online adult formation series for the  2025–2026 program year continues on May 7, 2026: “The Lady and Her Handmaid: Prayer and Practical Discipline” (A full, homely, and boisterous look at the ascetical thinking of Walter Hilton and his friends in the 14th century) with Donald McCown, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Contemplative Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. We hope that parishioners and Friends of the parish  alike will join us for these stimulating presentations! Email the parish office for the Zoom link.

MUSIC

Music Notes for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 15
In early January, 1941, Herbert Howells (1892–1983) was snowbound in a Cheltenham cottage, where he composed his set of Four Anthems (originally titled In Time of War) at the rate of one per day. The first of these, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, has (for Howells, anyway) a rare transparency of musical texture, with long, expressive unison phrases that convey a mood of quiet contemplation and longing. The widely admired composer, teacher, and church musician Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839–1901) spent most of his working life in Munich, Germany. His many sacred compositions honor and elevate the late-19th century conservative restrictions of Munich’s Roman Catholic Church, even as the flawless traditional counterpoint and noble proportions of those works are simultaneously infused with the sunny spirit of Viennese Classicism. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), an Irish Protestant born in Dublin, is credited (along with his contemporaries C. H. H. Parry and Charles Wood) with leading a transformational “English Renaissance” in church music. Stanford composed in many forms and genres, and all demonstrate his high level of craft and technical mastery, as well as his gift for memorable melody. But it is Stanford's anthems, services, and organ music that have endured in popularity, and continue to inspire generations of worshippers in the Anglican tradition.

Good Shepherd Choristers
Our chorister program for children ages 7 and older is going strong, but it’s never too late to register to participate! If you know of a child who might be interested in joining, please contact Jack Burnam, and please help us share information on this program with others in the local community. During the interim music period, there will be only one chorister rehearsal per week on Tuesdays from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Once our new Organist and Director of Music joins us, twice-weekly rehearsals will resume.

OUTREACH

Campus Ministry
Good Shepherd’s campus ministry is open to all students at local colleges and universities. The group meets bimonthly on the campus of Bryn Mawr College for an LGBTQ+/Allies Bible Study. The list of meeting dates may be found on this website. Our next meeting is on Friday, March 24 at 6:15 p.m. at Bryn Mawr College (Old Library, Quita Woodward Room). Please contact Father Kyle for more information.

COMMUNITY AND FELLOWSHIP

Lenten Parish Retreat
Join us on March 21 for our parish retreat, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Br. Ephrem Arcement from the Order of the Holy Cross will help us reflect on the meaning of a healthy parish, based on his book, The Shape of the Church: Seven Dimensions of Ecclesial Wholeness. This is an excellent opportunity for us as a parish to discern our future together and to see what hospitality looks like in our community. We have available 4 individual slots and 2 couple slots for overnight stays, but anyone is welcome to join us for Saturday only. Meals will be provided. Sign up in Realm by March 16. For overnight guests, we suggest a donation of $50 per person, or $25 for students. For day retreatants, we suggest a donation of $25. These funds go toward catering meals and sustaining the work of hospitality that is ongoing at the retreat house. Register here.

SAVE THE DATE!!! Sunday, April 12th Lunch on the Lawn
Join us on Sunday, April 12 for lunch on the lawn of the Retreat House. We are providing beverages, proteins, and dessert and ask that you sign up to bring a green/pasta salad, a vegetable, or cheese and cracker tray. A signup sheet is in the entryway of the Retreat House near the name tags, or you can contact Allen Crockett (484-426-8781 or kupcakepa@gmail.com) to sign up.

Join the Conversation
After prayerful consideration of the available paths toward new spiritual leadership, the vestry has chosen to seek a Priest in Charge. We're grateful for the enlightening discussion during last Sunday's Parish Conversation as Canon Jane Gober of the Diocese of Pennsylvania joined us to answer questions about the transition period ahead. Although the search process is necessarily confidential to protect the candidates, the vestry is committed to incorporating perspectives from the parish to the degree the process allows. We invite your input during this period of discernment. Surveys may be completed anonymously, but you may also share your name if you would like to discuss with a vestry member in greater detail. Please complete this short survey by March 22.

Parish Vestry Meeting - March 19
The parish vestry will meet on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the parish office. All vestry meetings are open to the public. Read the February meeting minutes here.

Parish Prayer List

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer for The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East (Sunday), The Diocese of Toronto – The Anglican Church of Canada (Monday), The Diocese of Trichy-Tanjore – The Church of South India (United) (Tuesday), The Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago – The Church in the Province of the West Indies (Wednesday), The Diocese of Truro – The Church of England (Thursday), The Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe – The Church of Ireland (Friday), and The Diocese of Twik East – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (Saturday).

For Sarah, Archbishop of Canterbury, Sean, our Presiding Bishop, and Daniel, our bishop, and in the diocesan cycle of prayer for The Church of Ireland (Sunday), Diocese of Florida (Monday), Diocese of Georgia (Tuesday), The Clergy Assurance Fund (Wednesday), Trinity, Blue Bell (Thursday), St. John’s Church of our Savior, Huntington Valley (Friday), and St. Gabriel’s, Philadelphia and Non-Parochial and Retired Clergy (Saturday).

For peace across the world; for this nation and its elected leaders; for all who live and serve in this local community; for the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the lonely, the oppressed, those in vulnerable communities, immigrants, and refugees; for those in prison, especially Dwayne and Michael, and all those who are suffering; for an end to injustice of all kinds, especially racial and economic injustice; for an end to gun violence, especially in our local community; for the good creation that God has entrusted to our care, that we may be faithful stewards of it; for this parish church, for all who worship and serve here: for our staff and vestry, for our Advancement, Finance, and Social Concerns Committees, for our campus ministry, for our chorister program, for our retreat house, for those who share space with us on this campus, for all yet unknown to us whom God will draw to this place to come to know and love our Lord Jesus, and for the growth of ministry here for the sake of the Gospel.

In our parish cycle of prayer: Mary Campbell (Sunday), Rufus and Anne Hallmark (Monday), Bob Boyer and Linda Thiel (Tuesday), Jim Davis and Joe Micucci (Wednesday), Bonnie Hoffman-Adams and Jonathan Adams (Thursday), Peter Riley (Friday), and Amy Eshleman and Trevor Sidlauskas (Saturday).

In our Friends of Good Shepherd cycle of prayer: Michael Krasulski (Sunday), Charlene Cranmer (Monday), Jesson Geipel (Tuesday), Gary Harney (Wednesday), Ralph Onesti (Thursday), Esther Summers (Friday), and Gabe Simerson (Saturday).

For those in need, especially for  Julius, Sackville, Holly, Robin, Debbie, Sean, Diane, David, Linda, Connie, Paul, Signe, Rita, Fred, Leslie, Kile, Bradley and family, Drew, Susannah, Kathy, Phil, Jane, Bruce, Pat, Jesson, Doug, Gilbert, Marcille, Charles, Carol, Alex, Frank, Lizzie, James, Sue, Peter, Rebecca, Haviland, Molly, Carolyn, Brandon, Gary, Justice, Jim, Deidre, and Sandra.

To add names and requests to the prayer list, please complete this form.