Advent #1 (November 29^th and 30^th) @ 5:30pm and 10:00AM-

Advent #2 (December 6^th & 7^th) @ 5:30pm and 10:00AM

Advent #3 (December 13^th & 14^th) Gaudete Sunday; @ 5:30PM; Christmas Cantata @ the 10:00AM liturgy on Sunday, December 14^th)

Advent #4 (December 20^th & 21^st) @ 5:30pm and 10:00AM (The O Antiphons will be prayed at both services). The “Greening” of the Church will happen immediately following the 10:00AM liturgy.

Christmas Eve (December 24^th) The Celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord @ 7:00pm and 10:00PM.

Christmas Morning (December 25^th) The Celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord @ 10:00AM

The First Sunday After Christmas (December 27^th and 28^th) @ 5:30pm and 10:00AM

The Second Sunday After Christmas (January 3^rd and 4^th, 2026) @ 5:30PM ; The Service of Lessons and Carols with Holy Eucharist @ the 10:00AM liturgy.

Dear Friends and Partners in ministry! Just a brief note from your Temporary Shepherd to express my sincere gratitude for the warm and generous welcome that you have extended to me and to Susan as we officially began our third Tour of Duty here at Good Shepherd last weekend. It feels really good to be back with you and I am looking forward to the challenges and opportunities we will face together over the next twelve months. I also want to share with you an announcement and a “head’s up”. The announcement concerns the midweek Eucharist. Beginning next week, the service will be held every Tuesday @12:15pm in the Chapel. The “head’s up” concerns the Sunday bulletin. Beginning on Sunday, September 28th, we will no longer be printing the hymns and service music in the bulletin. We are doing this in an effort to save paper and because we have the hymnals in the pews, so we might as well use them! Thanks again for your partnership in this ministry! Please don’t hesitate to call (my cell is 609-444-6706) or stop by the office on Mondays or Tuesdays if you have questions or concerns or if I can be of personal or pastoral assistance in any way. May the good Lord continue to bless and keep us…

Faithfully,

Fr. Dave Snyder+