Updated April 29, 2025

liturgical schedule for the coming week

Tuesday, April 29 – Saint Mark the Evangelist (Major Holy Day), transferred
Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.
Low Mass at 12:05 p.m.
Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 30 – Easter Feria
Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.
Low Mass at 12:05 p.m.
Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1 – The Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James (Major Holy Day)
Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.
Low Mass at 12:05 p.m.
Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2 – Athanasius of Alexandria, Bishop and Theologian, 373
Low Mass at 8 a.m.
Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.
Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3 – Elisabeth Cruciger, Poet and Hymnographer, 1535
Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.

Rosemont Community Retreat House

Help Needed with Food for Upcoming Retreats
Our retreat house ministry has flourished in its first full year of operation. It has proved to be a vital means of connecting this parish with the wider Church, and it has been a place of prayer and respite for people from across the country. But we need your help in continuing to sustain this valuable ministry! Would you consider making food (or making a financial donation for a meal) for one of our program retreats? If so, please contact Father Kyle. We will provide the recipes and reimburse you for food costs.

You can visit the link to our new online booking engine to view our rooms and availability.
To sustain this new ministry at Good Shepherd, we will need help with a variety of tasks, including keeping our pantries and refrigerators well-stocked, providing meals for Hosts for Hospital guests (which can be prepared and frozen ahead of time), and welcoming guests. This is one way in which we can serve as Christ’s hands and feet to the local community and offer a true ministry of hospitality. Are you interested in helping? If so, please contact Renee Barrick.

Our retreat house ministry is one of hospitality, in which we welcome all guests as Christ himself, in the Benedictine spirit. We’re currently working towards a sustainability plan for this vital outreach ministry. Part of that plan involves recruiting volunteers to help with various tasks. We’re asking for your help! We need volunteers to serve meals for group retreats, welcome guests, take laundry to the cleaners, ensure that rooms are set up properly, and publicize retreat house offerings. We will provide the instructions and training. If you’re interested in helping, please contact parish administrator Renee Barrick.

PARISH LIFE

Next Adult Formation – Sunday, May 4, after Sung Mass:  “Good Shepherd, Rosemont, and Anglo-Catholic Outreach” with Barry Levis. Come and learn more about the intrinsic connection between worship and serving in the world in Christ’s name, with an eye to Good Shepherd’s own parish history.

Children’s Formation
Children’s formation meets on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. on the first floor of the Parish House. We have two classes: children ages 3 through 9 use the Godly Play curriculum, and children ages 10 and older use the Episcopal Weaving God’s Promises curriculum. We love welcoming new children to our classes! Registration is available online. There will be no Children’s Formation on Easter Day.

2025 Children’s Arts & Music Summer Camp
Registration is now open for our 2025 Children’s Arts and Music Summer Camp, which begins on Monday, August 11 and lasts through Friday, August 15. All children ages 4 and above are welcome to join us for this fun week full of Bible stories, art and crafts, games, music, and snacks. Children ages 7 and above will receive professional instruction in singing along with an introduction to the highly-respected Anglican choral tradition from Robert McCormick, a renowned expert in training children’s voices. This year, we’re offering an extended care option in the afternoons. Register here.

MUSIC

The Good Shepherd Choristers
Although our chorister program for children ages 7 and older is going strong, it’s never too late to register to participate! If you know of a child who might be interested in joining, please contact Robert McCormick, and please help us share information on this program with others in the local community.

OUTREACH

Serving Those in Need through the Ardmore Food Pantry
The Ardmore Food Pantry is a ministry based at St. Mary’s Church (Episcopal) in Ardmore and is entirely funded by individuals, congregations, and a few grants. The Pantry receives no government funding, which enables the Pantry to serve guests without having to collect sensitive information like address or income. There is a basket at the back of the church where you can drop off non-perishable, unexpired food items only for delivery to the Pantry. Especially welcome at this time are cereal, pasta and sauce, canned chicken and salmon, and bar soap.

PRAYER LIST

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer for The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean (Sunday), The Diocese of Meridional – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Monday), The Diocese of Meru – The Anglican Church of Kenya (Tuesday), The Diocese of México – La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico (Wednesday), The Diocese of Del Norte de México – La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico (Thursday), The Diocese of Michigan – The Episcopal Church (Friday), and The Diocese of Eastern Michigan – The Episcopal Church (Saturday).

For Sean, our Presiding Bishop, and Daniel, our bishop.

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 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 and Finance 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: Michael Mallon (Sunday), Louise and Katie Hoehl (Monday), Angela Raymond and Warren Meyer (Tuesday), Renee Barrick (Wednesday), Will Hillegeist (Thursday), Corene Lemaitre (Friday), and Debbie Amen (Saturday).

In our Friends of Good Shepherd cycle of prayer: John Wallace (Sunday), Jerome Wells and Douglas King (Monday), Dave and Betty Fish (Tuesday), James Graham (Wednesday), Dave and Deborah Lander (Thursday), Michael Smith (Friday), and Nina Lander Milton (Saturday).

For those in need, especially for Jesson, Camille, August, Cheryl, Paul, Bubba, Suzanne, Caroline, Kim, Sarah, Elisabeth, Angela, Doug, Barry, Gilbert, Charles, Marcille, Carol, Norman, Rebekah, Alex, Frank, Grace, Harold, Lizzie, John, James, Tanya, Colleen, Dennis, Frederick, Doug, Sue, John, Geoffrey, Rebecca, Renee, Nicola, Haviland, Molly, Holly, Stacee, Peter, Leslie, Steve, Gottfried, Carolyn, Brandon, Gary, John, Sue, André, Liliane, Clarice, Nanette, Justice, Jim, Deidre, and Sandra.

✠ For the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome.

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