Church of the Good Shepherd

Shepherd's Bowl Community Meal
2025-10-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-23 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
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
2025-10-10 06:30 - 08:00, 2025-10-17 06:30 - 08:00, 2025-10-24 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

Morning Prayer
2025-10-10 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-13 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-14 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-15 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-16 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-17 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-20 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-21 07:00 - 08:00 and 4 more dates
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.

First Service
2025-10-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-26 08:00 - 09:00
This is an early, more quiet version of the service at 10:30.
The 8am service is not currently being live-streamed.
This service involves readings from the Bible, a sermon, offering, confession, and communion. There is no music during this service.

Christian Education for Everyone
2025-10-12 09:15 - 10:15, 2025-10-19 09:15 - 10:15, 2025-10-26 09:15 - 10:15
Children
For children aged 1-12. Good Shepherd offers Catechesis of the Good Shepherd—a program of prayer, worship, and scripture in specially prepared Montessori-style rooms—The Pen (1-3),The Pasture (3-6), The Vineyard (6-9), and The Tabernacle (9-12).

Teens
Teens aged 12 to 14 cover a range of topics—the Bible, Liturgy, Church History, Apologetics, the 39 Articles—in a three-year cycle. This is a discussion-style class that prepares kids for confirmation.

Adult Class
Discussion and study on topics ranging from Christian literature, the 39 articles, church history, difficult passages of the bible, and more.
Please contact the Good Shepherd office for more information.

2nd Service
2025-10-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:00
This is the main service at Good Shepherd.
At this service, there is a blend of both contemporary and traditional worship music, Bible readings, a sermon, confession, and communion.
At Good Shepherd you will find friendly people, engaging sermons, joyful worship, practical teaching, and lots of kids. All are welcome!
The bulletin is available as a digital download at www.goodshepherdbinghamton.org.
The service is currently open to the public and is being livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoGSMedia/

Tuesday Morning Bible Study
2025-10-14 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-21 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/

Espiscopal Visit with Bishop Dobbs
2025-10-26 09:00 - 12:00
Bishop Dobbs will be visiting Good Shepherd on October 26th. Preceding that, Matt will be running a Christian Ed series on the 39 Articles, the Anglican articles of faith. If you would like to be confirmed in the Anglican tradition and formally become a member of the Anglican Church of North America, you must complete these classes. Bishop Dobbs will perform the confirmations during his visit. If you would like to be confirmed, please talk with Matt or Jon.
