Beginning June 1 – Our Newsletter, The Word, will be published every other week.
All articles, photos, and announcements are due by 3pm. Friday for the following week’s newsletter and should be emailed to cgsarcadianewsletter@gmail.com.
Sundays
Adult Sunday School (9:00am in the Library)
Children and Youth Sunday School Classes (10:15am)
Wednesdays
Women’s Book Group (11:30am in the Library)
Thursdays
Men’s Study Group (7:30am online via Zoom)
The church office hours are 9:00am- 3:00pm
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The Office is CLOSED Fridays.
To reach the office please call 626-447-2181.
You can also email info@cgsum.org
We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Contact the office if you would volunteer one day a week to help cover the phones during the 12:30-1:30 hour.
IN THE BEGINNING… do you know what comes after this well-known phrase? The first chapter of the Bible is one of the most heavily-layered chapters of all Scripture. If we dig deeper, we just may find more answers to the most difficult questions we ask today. Do you think you know what it says? Come and join us as we dig into these layers. Live closed captioning provided. Taught by Carolyn Iga June 8, 15, 22. Email: carolyniga@gmail.com for more info.
Adult Sunday School Class meets every Sunday at 9:00am-9:45am in the Church Library. All are welcome!
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced
Conversational English Classes have begun!
The Beginning English class meets in the Adult Education Center (AEC) every Sunday from 9-10:30am. The Intermediate Class meets every Friday from 9-10:30am on Zoom. These classes are taught by Rowena Zeng and Mike Johnson. For information and the Zoom invitation to the Intermediate class, please contact the Church Office, or Rowena Zeng at rowezeng@gmail.com
The Advanced Conversational English class is held in person in the Church library every Friday morning from 9:30am – 11:00am. This class is taught by Sandra Jelinek and Carolyn Bowman. For more information about this class, please contact the Church Office or Sandra Jelinek at: sjelin2@aol.com
All current 6th to 12th graders are invited to join
Youth Choir and Youth Group.
Youth Choir rehearses from 12:30pm – 2:30pm in the Music Room. No singing or dancing experience is required!
Youth Group takes place in the lounge inside Jordan Hall starting at 9:45am. For more information about Youth Choir or Youth Group, please contact Janice Clark (Youth Choir Director) at janiceclark@ausd.net or Franklyn Shen (Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries) at fnjshen@sbcglobal.net.
Give flowers “in honor of” or “in memory of” loved ones or to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, accomplishment or
special event. The cost of the flowers is $65.
2025 Altar Flowers – The cost for flowers is $65. Payment is via check, cash or online. Checks should be made out to Church of the Good Shepherd, with “Flowers” in the memo line. To place your request, please contact Suzanne Wright in the church office by phone, or email: swright@cgsum.org. Orders go to florist on Thursdays.
1. Call the church office, 626-447-2181, and write a check payable to “Church of the Good Shepherd” with “Altar Flowers” in the memo line.
2. Use our church website to reserve flowers. You can pay online using our giving page HERE
The church office will place your order with ZuZu’s Petals of Arcadia. Your personalized message will be announced in church by Pastor Eva on the appropriate Sunday. The message will also be included in the Sunday bulletin and the next week’s newsletter.
After the 10:00 a.m. Worship Service that Sunday, you may
take your flowers home with you. If you are unable to pick them, call the office and we will have them in the church office on Monday morning after 9:00 a.m.
Thank you for helping to beautify our worship center!
The CGS prayer chain email address is cgsprayerchain2@gmail.com
Lynne Rivera, our parish nurse, is responsible for the prayer chain. If you would like to be added to our prayer chain, please send your request to the address above, leave a message in the Church Office at 626-447-2181, or talk to Lynne at the Sunday services.
Send your prayer requests to the new address and mention whether you want the information disseminated to other members of the prayer chain. If you want your prayer request to be shared only with Pastor Eva, state that in your email or call the Church Office and state your request for limited dissemination.
For several years, confidentiality of health information has been an important issue for hospitals and other health care facilities. Pastor Eva and other church staff cannot access patient admissions. Therefore, it’s imperative that you notify the Church Office if a loved one is hospitalized, including the facility name.
Foothill Unity Center is still collecting egg cartons and plastic bags.
During this PANDEMIC era we have a different location for dropping them off. Whenever you are in the vicinity of the church, they can be placed in the box located near the entrance to the Church office.
Arrangements have been made to transfer the contents
of the box to Fellowship Hall for future delivery to the Center.
Sunday School for preschoolers and elementary grade children will meet in Jordan Hall following the Children’s Time in the Sanctuary.
Also, Nursery care is available on Sunday mornings from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
All are welcome – please join us!