Reflections

Apr 28
1 min

Good Shepherd Continues to Serve our Ministries Responsibly during the Pandemic

Good Shepherd is continuing to serve our various ministries responsibly. Last week Arianne+ shared with the vestry that the church had an...

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A few thoughts on "social distancing" from a self-confessed introvert

The Rev. Van Gardner

Mar 24
3 min

A few thoughts on "social distancing" from a self-confessed introvert

If, just a few weeks ago, you had told me that I didn't have to go to any more meetings where everyone present felt the need to express a...

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Assistance Center of Towson Churches (ACTC) Outreach Ministry

Cynthia Fraser

Nov 6, 2019
3 min

Assistance Center of Towson Churches (ACTC) Outreach Ministry

ACTC has been in operation in Towson for more than 30 years, but it actually began before that at the Church of the Holy Comforter. Holy ...

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Cynthia Fraser

Nov 6, 2019
3 min

“Loaves and Fishes” Outreach Ministry

“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9 According to St. Vincent de Paul, the...

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Ellen Hoitsma

Oct 16, 2019
2 min

Sunny Apartment

By the time I arrived in Greektown with a carload of boxes and lamps from Lesli’s Drumcastle apartment, her door was open and the moving ...

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churchofgs

Oct 16, 2019
2 min

Welcome The Rev. Van Gardner!

It is a joy to share with you that The Rev. Van Gardner has joined Good Shepherd, part-time as Pastoral Associate & Missioner for Outreac...

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churchofgs

Oct 2, 2019
1 min

Caring for Creation

Oh God of all, at this time of our gradual awakening to the dangers we are imposing on our beautiful Earth, open the hearts and minds of ...

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Making a Difference One Starfish at a Time

Margie Long

Sep 25, 2019
2 min

Making a Difference One Starfish at a Time

My introduction to SLYC (St. Luke’s Youth Center) was serving lunch at Camp Imagination when it was still held at St Luke’s. After lunch w...

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Karen Oakjones-Burgess

Jul 18, 2019
2 min

Appalachia Reflection

On June 23rd, forty-four members of various churches in Maryland, including nine people from the Church of the Good Shepherd, ventured to...

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Clay McNally and Cynthia Fraser, Outreach

May 29, 2019
2 min

What is Camp Imagination?

Camp Imagination is a summer camp program started by Amanda Talbot through the youth ministry at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the Frank...

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The Rev. Arianne Rice

May 22, 2019
2 min

Rector Report - Annual Meeting 2019

Jesus said, “I give you a new commandment. Love one another as I have loved you.” John 13 Peter said, “The Spirit told me to go with them...

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Tina Thomas, Sr. Warden

Feb 17, 2019
4 min

The Circle of Life

When thinking about something meaningful to say today, I of course read the lessons and tried to make a correlation. The second lesson i...

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Parishioner Reflection: Our Refugee Ministry

Amy Nahley and John Scott

Oct 25, 2018
3 min

Parishioner Reflection: Our Refugee Ministry

In the past weeks the focus in our house has been squarely on Central America. On Oct. 14th we were glued to the coverage from the Vatic...

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Sydney Lavin

Jul 11, 2018
1 min

Helping Hands

The ASP trip to Knott County, Kentucky was super fun! Our church and St. Martin’s in the Field were split up into groups and drove down i...

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The Rev. Arianne Rice

Jun 7, 2018
3 min

Spirit-led Transitions

Do you know what a “transition warning” is? It’s a phrase I was taught way-back-when to let my toddler-age daughter know that something w...

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The Rev. Arianne Rice

May 22, 2018
2 min

Community of Love

Listen to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's powerful sermon on the transformative power of Love that he shared with the world at the Royal...

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Paula Schonewald

Dec 14, 2017
3 min

From the Sabbatical Planning Committee

“Sabbath is a gift of a new perspective, seeing God’s creation afresh. … Sabbath is a discipline that yields much fruit but it also requi...

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The Rev. Arianne Rice

Nov 9, 2017
2 min

Sabbatical Planning

In just a few months I have the gift and privilege of taking a sabbatical. And believe it or not, this has yet to fully sink in. There ar...

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churchofgs

Nov 1, 2017
4 min

Why I Give

During stewardship season we ask all members to make a pledge. A pledge is a promise to give to the church over the course of a year. Ev...

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J. Snowden Stanley

Oct 11, 2017
2 min

Sabbatical Grant Awarded

As many are aware, Arianne will take the first sabbatical of her ordained ministry from February- April 2018. I am happy share the good n...

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