Morning Prayer
2025-10-28 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-29 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-30 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-31 07:00 - 08:00 (America/New_York)
Morning Prayer meets online by Zoom at 7am Monday through Friday. The liturgy and readings are available at www.dailyoffice2019.com.
Join the parish email list and look for a weekly email invitation in your inbox.

Tuesday Morning Bible Study
2025-10-28 09:00 - 10:00
Tuesday Morning Bible Study meets at 9:05am to walk through different books of the bible, verse by verse. Taught by a member of the pastoral staff in the main room of the parish hall. This class can be viewed in person or online each week by livestream.
This class is currently working on a study focusing the book of Proverbs.
This class is meeting online and in person in the parish hall. It can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoGSMedia/

Allhallowtide Service
2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:00
Allhallowtide This year we are going to be holding a service in preparation for Allhallowtide on Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30pm, in place of our usual Trunk-or-Treat event. It will be a somber candlelit service in remembrance of those we have lost personally, collectively, and the saints who have gone before us.

Allhallowtide encompasses the observance of All Hallow’s Eve, All Saint’s Day, and All Soul’s Day. These days are set apart in the midst of Ordinary Time to reflect on our mortality and the end of life here on earth, and how Christ has conquered death to bring us life everlasting. We mourn those we have lost, while we praise God for their time here on earth, and look forward to the day we will see them again.

We will be including a Necrology, honoring and reading out the names of those we have lost as a community. If there is anyone dear to you you’d like to be included in this reading, please contact Angel Groves in person or by text/phone. Please include the name of the deceased as well as their connection to you or our church. (Ex. John Smith, cousin of Jonathan Groves).

Shepherd's Bowl Community Meal
2025-10-30 17:30 - 18:30
Each Thursday evening, Good Shepherd offers a free nutritious meal to thepeople of Good Shepherd and the wider community. If you are able, this is a great time to get to know others and enjoya free and delicious meal.
The Rev. Jonathan Groves leads a beginners Bible study at 6:00 and anyone is welcome to attend. The study is currently working on the book of Judges.
Please find our page on Facebook, Shepherd’s Bowl Free Community Meal, and follow, like and share posts, and invite friends.

Men's Breakfast and Bible Study
2025-10-31 06:30 - 08:00
Every Friday morning at 6:30am men from Good Shepherd, other area churches, and the community gather to share a warm breakfast and study the bible. The study is expositional, moving verse by verse through one book of the bible at a time, with the purpose of coming to a better understanding of God and his word.There is plenty of discussion, question and answer time, prayer, and fellowship. You do not have to be a member of Good Shepherd or any other church to attend. The study meets at Good Shepherd, downstairs in the parish hall. It usually ends at 8:00am but men come and go during the study according to their work schedules. Men of all ages are welcome to come, eat, and learn from the scriptures.This class is currently studying the book of Genesis.If you’d like more information, please contact Jonathan Groves for a link to access the class @ jg.arrowhead@gmail.com

Funeral Service for Richard James Moat
2025-11-10 11:00 - 13:00
Good Shepherd will be having a funeral service for Richard Moat on November 10 at 11am.

There will be a luncheon in the parish hall following the service.

Please contact Good Shepherd at 607.723.8032 for additional information.

Mary & Martha Meeting
2025-11-15 11:00 - 14:00
The Mary & Martha Guild is open to all ladies of Good Shepherd.

Our next meeting is Saturday November 15th from 11-2pm. As always there will be soup & bread for a light lunch. There will be a short meeting, lunch, and crafting items for the St. Nick Fair.

Baby Shower for Audrey Erle
2025-11-22 14:00 - 16:00
There will be a baby shower honoring Audrey Erle on November 22nd from 2-4pm in the parish hall. Please let Angel Groves know by November 16th if you plan to attend.

She and Mason are registered on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/audrey-erle-december-2025-endicott/19XIRGT46XLDD.

Please consider bringing a book instead of a card to help baby’s library grow!

Funeral Service for Joseph Barrett
2025-12-06 14:00 - 15:00
Good Shepherd will be having a funeral service for Joseph Barrett on December 6 at 2pm.

There will be a luncheon in the parish hall following the service.

Please contact Good Shepherd at 607.723.8032 for additional information.

St. Nicholas Fair
2025-12-13 10:00 - 15:00
It’s time for the 4th annual St. Nicholas Fair! The fun winter market with gifts, food, music, and more, will be held on December 13th, from 10-3. This year we will be raising funds for CHE Nicaragua, a ministry that our church has partnered with for many years that provides physical resources and the Gospel to communities all over Nicaragua.Lord willing, this will be a great blessing to CHE Nicaragua, and a wonderful day to be together. Come prepared to purchase Christmas gifts and enjoy delicious food in the day’s cafe, while supporting an important cause!

Women's Christmas Tea
2025-12-14 14:00 - 16:30
All of the women of Good Shepherd are invited to The Manwaring home for tea, finger food, and sweets.

Men's Breakfast and Bible Study
2025-12-19 06:30 - 08:00
Every Friday morning at 6:30am men from Good Shepherd, other area churches, and the community gather to share a warm breakfast and study the bible. The study is expositional, moving verse by verse through one book of the bible at a time, with the purpose of coming to a better understanding of God and his word.

There is plenty of discussion, question and answer time, prayer, and fellowship. You do not have to be a member of Good Shepherd or any other church to attend. The study meets at Good Shepherd, downstairs in the parish hall. It usually ends at 8:00am but men come and go during the study according to their work schedules. Men of all ages are welcome to come, eat, and learn from the scriptures.

Good Shepherd Christmas Pageant
2025-12-24 17:00 - 18:00
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Please join us in observing the retelling of the birth of Christ by the young people and choir of Good Shepherd.

Christmas Day Service
2025-12-25 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us as we observe Christmas Day.

Thursday Evening Bible Study
2026-01-08 18:15 - 19:15
Every Thursday evening at 6pm, there is a beginner’s bible study at Good Shepherd. All are welcome!
This is a great place to connect with others and learn more about what God has to say to us through his word. The class is taught by The Rev. Dcn. Warren Musselman, and the class is currently studying the book of Esther.

Kennedy Baby Shower
2026-01-11 14:00 - 16:00
There will be a baby shower honoring Adaliah Kennedy on January 11th from 2-4pm in the parish hall.

January Vestry Meeting
2026-01-20 18:30 - 19:30
The regular monthly meeting of the vestry of Church of the Good Shepherd, typically meeting by Zoom. This meeting is open to all parishioners of Good Shepherd. Contact the office for more information.

Good Shepherd Annual Meeting
2026-01-25 12:30 - 13:30
The 152nd Good Shepherd Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2026 in the parish hall immediately following the 10:30 service. If you are a member of Good Shepherd, please make every effort to attend. The meeting is generally close to one hour, and a potluck lunch will be served. Please feel free to bring a dish to pass, but stay, have lunch, and attend the meeting even if you don’t.

Palm Sunday (early service)
2026-03-29 08:00 - 09:00
Palm Sunday is the day that Christians observe the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Crowds of people greeted him at the city gates with waving palms as the King of the Jews. One short week later, he would be hung upon the cross at Golgotha.

The 8am service this Sunday begins with the Liturgy of the Palms at the Saratoga St. entrance.

Palm Sunday (primary service)
2026-03-29 10:30 - 12:00
Palm Sunday is the day that Christians observe the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Crowds of people greeted him at the city gates with waving palms as the King of the Jews. One short week later, he would be hung upon the cross at Golgotha.

The 10:30 service this Sunday begins at the church sign on Conklin Ave. where we will wave palms, and enter the church in procession with song, prayer, and bagpipes!

Tennebrae
2026-04-01 19:30 - 20:30
Tenebrae means “shadows” in Latin. It is a service of word, light and sound.

When you arrive for worship you will see two groups of candles lit on the altar table. As readings are read the candles on the altar will be gradually extinguished until the very end of the service when the last candle left lit is removed from the worship space and the whole sanctuary is left in darkness. At that point a loud crash will (should) shatter the silence of the sanctuary. Then, after a moment, the last candle is returned to the sanctuary, and the worshippers depart in silence.

The gradual darkening of the sanctuary and the crashing noise symbolizes the apparent victory of death, darkness, and chaos over Jesus Christ on the cross. The final candle being removed and returned, symbolizes the truth that through Jesus’ death, God gained victory over all the powers of evil. The Light was not overcome.

Maundy Thursday
2026-04-02 19:30 - 20:30
Maundy Thursday communion celebrates the humility of Jesus with a ceremonial foot washing. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s and yet on the night before he died, during the Last Supper, he knelt down and one by one washed his disciples’ feet. He did this to show his disciples and to show you and me how to serve one another with humility and love, being willing even to stoop to the most menial tasks.

Maundy Thursday is the last chance for communion until the Great Vigil.

Good Friday Noon Service
2026-04-03 12:00 - 13:00
At about 3pm on Friday of Holy Week he lifted his eyes up to heaven from the cross and breathed out his last. “It is finished” he said. He was not only referring to his life, but he was also referring to his mission to deal with and defeat once and for all sin, death, and Satan.

This is a quiet service of readings and prayer.

Stations of the Cross
2026-04-03 19:30 - 20:30
This is a solemn service. The participants walk through the stations of the cross by candlelight in procession, hearing a brief reading at each, and exit the sanctuary in silence.

This service includes a necrology, a liturgy to remember the dead.

The Great Vigil of Easter
2026-04-04 19:30 - 21:00
Along with Tenebrae, the Easter Vigil is one of the most ancient services of the Church. It is the most important service of the entire year and it is the first service of Easter. The service begins in total darkness—the lights of the sanctuary are out and not a candle is burning. Then a fire is lit in a firepot the center of the nave and from that flame all the candles in the sanctuary are lit and the hand-candles in the congregation. Then come readings and psalms, said and sung, by singers and by the whole congregation. The sermon follows and then the first Communion of Easter.

The Great Vigil begins at 7:30pm in the sanctuary.
