Fall 2020 registration for currently enrolled GSS students and members of The Church of the Good Shepherd is now open.  Application packets are now available in the school office and will be sent to all enrolled students on February 10.

If you’re not currently enrolled or would like your packet early, please stop by the office. Open Registration for Fall 2020 begins on Friday, February 28.

The Lent issue of The Staff is arriving in homes this week!  You may also read it online on our website or on Issuu.com.

Would you like to donate altar flowers this year? We have several dates available for the first half of 2020:

If you’d like to donate flowers in honor of or in memory of someone special, please contact Nicole at nicole@gslookout.com or at the church office, (423) 821-1583.

Here are this week's lessons appointed for use.  At the 8:00 am service, the lector will read the scripture lesson selected by the clergy, as indicated below. At the 10:30 am service, the first lector reads the Old Testament lesson, the second lector reads the Epistle lesson, and the third serves as the intercessor for the Prayers of the People.  All normally appointed lessons are read by clergy at the 5:05 pm service.

To read the lessons for Sunday, February 16, click on the links below:

Sirach 15:15-20
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Matthew 5:21-37

This Sunday's Lectors are:

The complete February 2020 ROTA/serving schedule can be found here.

Just in time to prepare ourselves for the holy season of Lent, we will be visited by The Reverend Canon Dr. Sarah Hills, Vicar of Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Northumberland (England). She will offer a spiritual retreat based on the Eucharist as Reconciliation.

Presentations are free; lunch on Saturday will be $10. Reservations will be required for Friday and Saturday, and the retreat will be limited to 75 people across the Diocese of East Tennessee. Registration is now open to Good Shepherd parishioners and the rest of the diocese. To register, contact Sandra in the church office, sandra@gslookout.com or (423) 821-1583

Canon Hills has lived in South Africa and Northern Ireland during times of deep division within those countries. She has been involved with Church of England reconciliation projects in South Africa, Northern Ireland, Iraq, East Africa, Germany, and elsewhere, and continues to be today — for example, in South Florida and Cuba two years ago. She is connected with reconciliation ministries across the world, and is close to both Archbishop Tutu and the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom both held her previous position as Canon for Reconciliation at Coventry Cathedral.
 
Our theme this Lent at Good Shepherd is Well-Fed: Holy Food for a Reconciled Life. Canon Hills' weekend with us should be a great introduction to immersing ourselves in the topic.

On March 12, 2020 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, join the Church of the Good Shepherd and St. Paul's Episcopal Church for an evening of dinner, drinks, and storytelling to benefit Bridge Refugee Services. Your $20 ticket includes dinner from Jinan's Kitchen and drinks, and directly supports the ministry Bridge Refugee Services in resettling and supporting refugees in the Chattanooga Area.

When: March 12, 2020 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 W. 7th Street at Pine Street, Chattanooga (click here for directions)
For more information & to purchase tickets: Go to this event page and click through to purchase tickets online, or contact St. Paul's at (423) 266-8195.