Healing Services

Every third Sunday of the month Good Shepherd has a Healing Service, using the "A Service for Healing" liturgy from the Our Modern Services Kenyan prayerbook. This service has developed into a very spiritual event over the last few months, including using the whole service, a sermon on an aspect of healing, a clear and understandable Eucharistic prayer, and the laying on of multiple hands. Please join us each third Sunday to, God willing, experience spiritual, physical, emotional, generational, and cultural healing.

Adult Teaching Begins 4/15

The first Sunday after Easter, April 15th, will be our first Sunday of discipleship. Sunday school will resume for the school-aged children, but we will also begin a new series in Adult Teaching. Starting at 10am each Sunday, we will gather in the chapel area, behind the glass doors on the left as you enter His Dream Center, and we will meet for 45 minutes, so that we can have 15 minutes to prepare our hearts for worship in the main sanctuary.

Our first Adult Teaching session will be on John Stott's Basic Christianity, and the format of the sessions will be as follows: we will each read part of the book on our own, and then come to the session on Sunday Morning with questions. I will have questions, too, so that we can get the discussion started. This way we can all take the conversation to the places where we each most need Christ's discipleship. I have ten copies of the book to give to anyone who wants one, and I will bring them to the Easter service this Sunday for people to take. Hope you can participate in this first discipleship series in our new location!

Ruthie's Kitchen on April 24th

Church of the Good Shepherd will be the host of Ruthie's Kitchen on Tuesday, April 24th. This takes place every Tuesday evening at His Dream Center (205 Baltic Street, Nags Head), which is our new church home. All churches on the OBX participate to feed the homeless, poor, and hungry. Setup will begin at 4pm and dinner will be served at 5pm. I have written about how Christians desire to remove themselves from the world in order to not be stained by the culture's brush. The Apostle James says that this is only one half of what religion is all about. The other half is to visit the poor and needy in their affliction. The Christian cannot have one half of the equation without the other, and both are needed to practice true hospitality. Ruthie's kitchen will give us the opportunity to practice both outreach and upholding the truth in Christ. We hope you will want to join us in this expression of true Christian love.

Easter Potluck

We will be having an Easter Potluck after the service this Sunday. We have at least three families coming, and all of the crucial Easter elements, like a ham, are covered, so in potluck fashion please bring whatever you like to supplement. Hope you will be able to stay after the service this Sunday.

Good Friday Service

We will have a Good Friday service at noon on Friday, in the chapel area, which is behind the glass doors to the left when you enter His Dream Center. There will be no music. This will be a period of quiet reflection on the passion and prayer. Hope to see you there.