Upcoming Events
God's Pantry Volunteer Night
Join friends from Good Shepherd at the new volunteer center for God's Pantry, located just down the street from the parish at 817 Winchester Rd. We'll get involved in tasks that help prepare food to be shared with our hungry neighbors. Time is 6-8 pm. Come and stay as long as you can. This is open to children ages 10 and up with a guardian, as well as all adults.
Matchstick Goods Pop-up
Good Shepherd will host a pop up store of ceramics from Matchstick Goods on Sunday, May 4th. This outreach of Common Good blends artistry with social impact, empowering North Lexington's youth through meaningful employment and mentorship. Beautiful dinnerware, home items, jewelry and other unique designs will be available in the loggia after the 8am and 10am services on Sunday, May 4th. These handcrafted items would be great gifts for the important people in your life (think Mother’s day coming up!) Plan to stop by and explore the ways you can support this important work with young people through your purchases.
Cash, check or credit card accepted.
For more information about Matchstick Goods, CLICK HERE.
Putt Putt Tournament Fundraiser
All proceeds from The Second Annual GoodShepEYC Putt Putt Tournament Fundraiser will go towards:
1. EYC Summer Camp June 22-27, 2025
2. High School S.C. Mission Experience July 25 - 31, 2025
Mission Experience Video Recap
The format is Captain's Choice. Teams may play just one 18-hole course or all three courses. The best overall score from one of the three courses will determine the winning team.
Hole Sponsorship: Starting with hole one, our sponsored signs will be placed in order in which they are submitted. Please submit your graphic art by April 24, 2025.
Sponsorship Tiers:
Hole Sponsor - $100
Drink Sponsor - $500
Student Scholarship - $1000
Presenting Sponsor - $2500
Our goal for this fundraiser is to raise $16,000.
Thank you all for supporting our GoodShepEYC!
Graduation Sunday
We will be acknowledging and praying for those who are celebrating a graduation from a school or program. If you are graduating, please CLICK HERE to fill out the form so that we can recognize you in the bulletin!
Young Adult Ministry Trivia Night
Our Young Adult Ministry meets every third Wednesday of each month for Trivia Night! Meet us at Mirror Twin Brewing at 7pm for food, fellowship, and trivia!
725 National Avenue
Easter Egg Hunt
Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt for our children (5th grade and younger) will be held at 10:15 am on the Bell Court Lawn! We will gather at the front of Good Shepherd Day School at 10:15 am. Please have your children bring their Easter baskets for this event!
Easter Sunday
Join us for one of our 4 services!
7:30am
9:00am (Brass Quintet & Children’s Chapel)
*11:00am (Brass Quintet & Children’s Chapel)
5:00pm
*The 11:00am service will be LiveStreamed
Easter Vigil
7:00pm
The liturgy intended as the first celebration of Easter! The service begins in darkness, and consists of four parts: The Service of Light; The Service of Lessons; the Renewal of Baptismal Vows; and the Eucharist.
*Nursery available
Flowering of the Church
We need your help flowering the church for Easter! Come join us, starting in the undercroft, on April 19th at 9am. We will work together to enhance our worship space for Easter Sunday!
Holy Saturday Prayers
8:30am
The Holy Saturday Prayers offers a simple liturgy of the word read from the Book of Common Prayer.
Good Friday
7:00pm
The Friday before Easter Day, on which we commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. The liturgy of the day includes John's account of the Passion gospel, a solemn form of intercession known as the solemn collects, and optional devotions before the cross.
*Nursery available
Maundy Thursday
7:00pm
The Thursday in Holy Week is part of the Triduum, or three holy days before Easter. Maundy Thursday celebrations commemorate the institution of the eucharist by Jesus “on the night he was betrayed.” At the end of the eucharist, the altar is stripped and all decorative furnishings are removed from the church.
*Nursery available
Young Adult Ministry Trivia Night
Our Young Adult Ministry meets every third Wednesday of each month for Trivia Night! Meet us at Mirror Twin Brewing at 7pm for food, fellowship, and trivia!
725 National Avenue
Young Adult Women Small Group Gathering
Join us for crafting night!! You can either decorate candles or bring your own craft. For more information (including the address), reach out to Caroline Wood.
Palm Sunday
Our Palm Sunday services run on “normal Sunday hours”
8:00am
10:00am
5:00pm
We will begin the service outside with the “Liturgy of the Palms” and then all process inside together.
Palm Cross Making
Join us as we make Palm Crosses for Palm Sunday!
This is fun for the whole family, and children are encouraged to participate. We need as many volunteers as possible. No experience required. Please bring scissors from home with your name marked on them.
Palm Cross Making
Join us as we make Palm Crosses for Palm Sunday!
This is fun for the whole family, and children are encouraged to participate. We need as many volunteers as possible. No experience required. Please bring scissors from home with your name marked on them.
Interest Meeting for Joining the Church
Are you interested in officially joining the church? Join us at this gathering for more information!
Young Adult Women Small Group Gathering
The Young Adult Women are heading to Keeneland! Come join us! More information can be found by joining our ‘Group’ or reaching out to Caroline Wood!
Young Adult Women's Small Group Gathering
Join us for Dinner at the Distillery District! More information can be found by joining our ‘Group’ or reaching out to Caroline Wood!
Middle School Spring Retreat
All 5th Graders are invited! Our Retreat will be facilitated at Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center. Our Theme for the weekend is “Love is All.” This is a great opportunity for shared experiences and engagement with the GoodShepEYC (Episcopal Youth Community).
The cost is $150. Friends are encouraged to attend as well. Transportation provided.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 21: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For more information, go to www.gslex.org/springretreat.
Outreach: Meal Packing Party
On Thursday, March 27, help provide food to local schools, as well as regional flood relief by packing nutritional meals at Lifeline. The Warehouse, located off Nicholasville Rd., has everything you need to participate. Just show up wearing comfortable shoes and clothes, and an eagerness to serve. Good Shepherd will provide a light supper, and then Lifeline staff will give directions for the meal packing. Open to all, ages 8 and up. There is no cost to participate but donations to offset the cost of packing are welcome!
Click Here to sign up!
2514 Regency Road
Wood Carvings Tour with Martin Woodford
Our very own, Martin Woodford, is leading a tour after the 10am service on March 23. This tour will include looking at the intricate wood carvings around our worship space. All are welcome!
Outreach: Children's Advocacy Center
One of Good Shepherd's neighbors is the the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass (CACBG). This nonprofit provides a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child sexual abuse across 17 Central Kentucky counties. Each year, over 1,000 children come to the Center for forensic interviews, medical examinations, counseling and support. All services are provided in at no cost to a child’s family.
Our group will share a meal with the staff, and serve at the center, providing help with cleaning & organizing.
This event is open to adults.
CLICK HERE to Sign Up
Young Adult Ministry Trivia Night
Our Young Adult Ministry meets every third Wednesday of each month for Trivia Night! Meet us at Mirror Twin Brewing at 7pm for food, fellowship, and trivia!
725 National Avenue
Music, Dinner, and Murder!
You’re invited to a night of mystery and intrigue hosted by George Snider, owner of Murder and Merriment. Join us for an unforgettable evening where secrets unfold and mysteries are solved- an interactive murder mystery dinner party! Indulge in the culinary buffet dinner prepared by Winn Stephens. We hope you can join us as a “detective” so we can investigate and solve this case together! Scan the QR Code to register! Can’t make it? Sponsor a table for friends who can!
Silent Retreat
You are invited to a Meditation Retreat on Saturday, March 8th at Good Shepherd with Fr. Hendree and the Reverend Gary Jones.
This is a great retreat opportunity for people who have never experienced a silent retreat to do so without leaving town. It is also a wonderful chance for people who have a meditation practice to get a retreat experience right here at home in the midst of the busyness of life. The day will consist of four two-hour sessions and a catered lunch. You may join us for one, two, three, or all four sessions. Sign up to participate in the way that best suits your schedule. Come join us!
“There is nothing in all the universe so like God as silence.”
-Meister Eckhart
For more information and the link to register, CLICK HERE.
Ash Wednesday
We will offer three Ash Wednesday services: 7am, 12pm, 7pm.
The first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday services. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the sign of the cross. Ash Wednesday is observed as a fast in the church year of the Episcopal Church.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
All are Welcome for our Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper! Join us on Tuesday, March 4 from 5:30-7:00pm for a fun celebration! EYC will partner with the Men’s Breakfast Group to help cook and serve again this year and Patty will have themed activities for children. Youth, please go to https://gslex.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2727922 to sign up to volunteer.
Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday (also called “Pancake Tuesday” or “Pancake Day”) is the final day before the 40-day period of Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday also became a day for pre-fasting indulgence. In particular, the need to use up rich ingredients such as butter, milk, sugar and eggs before Lent gave rise to the tradition of eating pancakes on this day.
5th Grade Party
Come kick it with Zac on February 23rd from 3:30-6:00pm!
From 3:30-4:30pm we will play games in the Youth Suite! At 4:30pm we will have a special EYC designed to welcome all 5th graders for Middle School EYC, then we will have dinner together at 5:30pm. Drop off and pick up will be in the parking lot, by the playground. Enter through the playground door.
Parents, I invite you to a 30-minute Vision and Mission Meeting of EYC, after the 10am service on February 23rd in the Library. Students are welcome to join!
CLICK HERE to let us know you’re coming!!
Lexington Rescue Mission: Walk for Warmth
Take powerful steps to end homelessness in Lexington, one individual and family at a time. Your participation funds our Homeless Intervention Program, moving individuals and families into permanent housing with the resources to succeed.
CLICK HERE to Register or go to at www.walkforwarmth.org. Start fundraising and spread the word! Take steps to change lives!
2025 EYC Winter Ski Retreat
CLICK HERE TO PAY REMAINING BALANCE
Registration for the Winter Ski Retreat, January 10-12, 2025 is CLOSED. This retreat will be at Glade Springs Resort in West Virginia. We will be skiing all day Saturday at Winter Place. We are asking that all students take a half day at school on Friday, January 10 so that we can get leave by 1pm. We will be back by 5pm Sunday.
If you have not already, please fill out the 2024-2025 Liability Form.
If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to reach out to Zac!
*NOTE: You can pay by Cash/Check if you would like!
DEADLINE TO PAY REMAINING BALANCE: December 20
Christmas Eve/Day Church Services
Come celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus! Our service times are below:
4pm│Children’s Chapel and Nursery Available
7pm│Children’s Chapel and Nursery Available
11pm
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Christmas Day│10am
EYC Christmas Caroling
Combined EYC December 22nd from 2 - 5pm
Meet in the Youth Suite at 2pm. We will rehearse the songs with Mattilda before traveling together to Liberty Ridge and Mayfair Manor. While with the residents we will sing three Christmas Carols before getting to know the residents and learning more about some of their favorite Christmas memories. We will end our time with one more closing Christmas Carol.
This is an intergenerational event that you're not going to want to miss. Please let us know if you're going to be able to make it so that we can be sure we have transportation provided!
Children's Christmas Party
Children ages 3 through 5th grade are invited to join our annual Children’s Christmas Party, December 15, from 4:45 - 6:15pm! Parents may drop off their children to the undercroft and then pick them up at the end of Lessons and Carols. We’ll enjoy Christmas activities, crafts, and dinner together. Please RSVP here to register your children for this gathering. Our nursery is available for infants and toddlers during Lessons and Carols.