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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do you love me?" ...“Feed my sheep." ~ John 21:17

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February - 2012   

 

Sundays  (8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.)                                  Sunday School (10:00 a.m.)

       February 5th; 12th; 19th; 26th                                    February 5th; 12th; 19th; 26th 

 

Wednesdays (6:30 p.m.)

       February 1st; 15th 

 

  Ash Wednesday (7:00 p.m.) 

        February 22nd 

 

Wednesdays, February 8th and 29th (No Holy Eucharist)

 

 

 

 

 Sunday, February 19th - Belated Valentine Bake Sale

 

Bakers wanted for the annual “Valentine” bake sale which has been postponed to  Sunday February 19th.  Why not bake your favorite sweetheart treat, and hey you can perhaps buy another?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 Lenten Educational Program.

 

 

This year’s Blackstone Valley Deanery Lenten program will take place at Good Shepherd Tuesdays between February 28 and March 27 (starting with supper at 6:00 p.m.) Each week we will watch and talk about portions of the award-winning film, Chocolat, and we will conclude the evening with a celebration of Compline.

 

(Please note: there will be no Wednesday Eucharist at Good Shepherd on February 29, and March 7, 14, and 28).

 

 

 

Chocolat is a clever movie about what it means to question traditional or dogmatic beliefs. A lot of religion is based on the notion that something pleasurable must be wrong. Chocolat makes the point that something as good as chocolate can't be bad. Or perhaps it can be, but that choice should be left to individuals since consuming it doesn't cause harm to others. While this is subjective, it is clear in the case of the traditions targeted by Chocolat that not only does ignoring tradition not cause harm, but that following it can be harmful.