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Please join your fellow parishioners as we bid a fond farewell to Fr. Pat, who will be leaving us in the next few weeks for a new assignment at St. William in London. A reception honoring Fr. Pat will be held on Sunday, August 24th from 12:00 noon to 2:00 in the Parish Life Center. Please take a moment to wish Fr. well in his new home and thank him for the time he spent with us at Good Shepherd. |
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St Vincent de Paul Society Quarterly Report June 2008 |
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Thanks to our generous parishioners, we were able to help 215 families with clothing, bedding, furniture, kitchenware and window fans. Enough food for four days was distributed to 523 families. To help families to stay in their homes, $9,453.42 was spent for rent. Clients needed their electricity, gas and water so $11,504.49 was paid to the utility companies. The sick and disabled were helped with their prescription drugs, totaling $3,065. The poor needed help getting to work and to medical care, so $2,183.39 was spent for gasoline, Greyhound bus tickets and City bus tickets. We spent $4,227.62 for food for our emergency food pantry. This expense was less because of the five to six tons of donated food from the Letter Carriers' Food Drive. The Lord has blessed Good Shepherd Parish with this ministry that is badly needed here in our Franklin County Community.
"What you did for the least of these, you did for me!"
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 The annual Parish Picnic has been scheduled for Sunday, September 7th. Watch the bulletin and your mailbox for exciting details about this event. Plan to be part of the great family day in our parish!
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CATHOLIC WAY BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM 
What: The Book of Genesis (Come Study the Stories of our Faith! Let's start at the Beginning!)
Where: Good Shepherd Parish - New Parish Life Center
When: Sept. 2008, Time to be determined by interest
How: Contact Lisa Harkabus for info at 352-1837
This Class has a Discussion Time to talk about questions from the readings and from the Cathecism. The class will also have a Lecture Time. The Teaching Leader is very engaging, and has spent hours preparing her lesson. Over 200 Catholics are attending the Catholic Way Bible Study in Lexington at Christ the King. It is a great program! This is a class that will meet the needs of anyone on a journey of faith! Come Join Us! Spread the News and call to get signed up!! Are You being Called? |
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Junior High Youth Group Forming |
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Good Shepherd will begin our Junior High Youth Group at Good Shepherd this fall for 7th and 8th graders! If you would like to register your youth for this program, please contact Tim in the Office. Your registration will be very important this year to build up the funds we need to get this program started! Details coming soon! |
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We welcome donations for flower arrangements for our weekend Masses in memory of family members, or celebrating anniversaries, birthdays or special events; or just as a “thanks” for all God has given you! Altar flowers will cost between $40-50 and will be acknowledged in the weekly bulletin. Please call Kevin in the Parish Office for more information. Thanks for considering this special way to honor the people and events of your life. |
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THANK YOU FROM VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
"Cosmic City" VBS has just finished with a total of 68 registered participants for the week. This is a record for our Parish! We want to thank all the parents for allowing us to teach your children about God in such fun, faith filled activities! The children explored the awesome wonders of God! We would also like to thank our many volunteers who also graciously gave of their time: Natalie Moore, Lynne McCroskey, Don McCroskey, Rochelle Silvernail, Debborah Arnold, Cindy Costigan, Anne Taylor Renshaw, and Laurie Walston. These volunteers did a terrific job getting their individual areas ready and working with the kids each night in their Cosmic City stations.
We would also like to send a special thanks to all of our teen volunteers: Kaityln Mariner, Alex Mucci, Nicholas Tinsley, Pamela Schwartz, Brooke Stigers, Lexie Arnold, Kathryn Walston, and Katherine Depenbrock. Without you guys, this week would not have been possible! Besides bringing extra fun to the festivities, you went above and beyond everything we asked of you!
A huge thank you is also due to the Knights of Columbus for the wonderful hotdog cookout they sponsored Friday night! Thank you for donating the hotdogs and buns, and for doing all of the cooking! |
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 Thanks to all of you who continue to use your Kroger GIFT Card for the benefit of our parish school. If you would like to "sponsor" a Good Shepherd student with your Kroger card points, this can be easily arranged. Please call the Parish Office and let Kevin know that you want your points to be distributed to a student of the parish who may need tuition assistance. If you prefer to continue using your card to benefit the school, we thank you in advance for this extra support. Kroger gift cards may be purchased in the Parish Office and can be re-charged. ( LAST WEEK this announcement read Kroger Plus Card.... This was an error...please note the difference in the cards.)
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 The Catholic Hispanic community of Good Shepherd is happy to announce that a Spanish Mass will be held every week on Saturday, beginning at 4:00 PM in the downtown Good Shepherd Church. Father Bob Thul, who speaks fluent Spanish, will come from St. Paul in Lexington to celebrate the Mass. La comunidad de hispanos católicos del Buen Pastor está muy feliz de anunciar que se celebraran misas todas las semanas en la Iglesia del centro (downtown) de Frankfort todos los sábados a las 4:00 PM empezando el Sábado 15 de Marzo del 2008. El padre Roberto de la parroquia de San Pablo en Lexington y quien habla español será el celebrante. Esperamos contar con la presencia de mas hermanos y hermanas hispanos(as) ya que tendremos misas semanales. Los esperamos hermanos y hermanas! |
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