For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:11-12

Service Schedule >

• Sunday:
  • 8:00 A.M. Traditional Service
  • 10:00 A.M. Contemporary Service
• Monday:
  • 6:45 P.M. Adult Bible Study
• Wednesday:
  • 9:30 A.M. Contemplative Prayer
  • 6:30 P.M. Healing Service
• Friday:
  • 10:00 A.M. Contemporary Service
  • 11:00 A.M. Adult Bible Study

Worship Service Schedule

We would love to worship with you at Good Shepherd during one of our regular weekly services. Please join us! If you cannot attend our regular services, the church is always available to fulfill your individual worship needs. Please contact Good Shepherd and we will ensure the church is accessible.

Our main Sunday service is at 10:00 A.M. This service features a full choir, with several congregational hymns and choral anthems. This service, uses a more contemporary liturgy (Rite II), is held in the sanctuary. For the first part of the 10 o'clock service, children under the age of 8 have the option to participate in children's chapel, which presents the day's scripture readings and sermon in a form tailored to younger children's understanding. Following the sermon, the children rejoin their families in the main sanctuary.

The service offered at 8:00 A.M. on Sunday is generally smaller and, some feel, more intimate than our 10:00. The 8:00 A.M. service, which is held in the sanctuary, uses a traditional-language liturgy (Rite I) from the Book of Common Prayer.

The Wednesday healing service is a contemporary liturgy (Rite II) with includes unction and is held in the sanctuary. Unction is the rite of anointing the sick with oil, or laying on of hands, by which God's grace is given for the healing of the spirit, mind, and body.

About the Service

What's a service like?

Worship services include readings from the Old and New Testaments, a Psalm, a sermon based on the day's scriptures, an affirmation of faith using one of the Creeds, congregational prayers, several congregational hymns and choral anthems, and a celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

What's a liturgy?

As an Episcopal church, Good Shepherd follows a liturgy, which is a pattern of scripture readings, prayers, and congregational responses that are set forth in the Book of Common Prayer (and, for ease of use, reprinted in the Sunday service leaflet). Although the content of services changes from week to week, the pattern of worship remains basically the same throughout the year. The Book of Common Prayer, in addition to being a wonderful aid to worship, is one of the great literary achievements of the English language. Two-thirds of the prayers and responses in the Book of Common Prayer are themselves taken from the Bible.

You can participate

The congregational responses throughout the service make Episcopal worship participatory worship. And, because the service is printed in the Sunday bulletin, it is easy for visitors to follow and join in, if you so desire. Finally, many — but by no means all of us — kneel or cross ourselves at various points in the service. These actions are personal aids to worship and are purely optional. If you don't feel comfortable worshiping in this way, that's no problem; if you find these traditions helpful, that's great too!