Our Social Justice Committee is planning three book clubs this year to address racism and racial reconciliation. We invite you to join one or more of the book clubs. First up in April is I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. In June, we’ll enjoy a video discussion of the book, The […]
Our Transition Committee is already hard at work making preparations to welcome Mother Beth next week! If you haven’t already, would you take just a minute or two to fill out this survey to help them with their preparations? Make sure to join us on Zoom following worship next Sunday, April 11, for a special meet and greet coffee chat with Mother Beth, and stay tuned for […]
We hope you will join us online for Holy Week services! Palm Sunday (March 28) at 10 a.m. on Zoom or Facebook Live Maundy Thursday (April 1) at 7 p.m. on Zoom only Good Friday (April 2) at 7 p.m. on Zoom or Facebook Live Easter Sunday (April 4) at 10 a.m. on Zoom or Facebook Live
Good Samaritan invites you to experience an outdoor Stations of the Cross. The Stations of the Cross (or The Way of the Cross) is a prayerful devotion that recalls the series of events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. In the early centuries of the Christian faith, pilgrims to Jerusalem often visited the places connected to the final hours […]
Please join us Thursday, April 8 at 6:30pm. We will be discussing “Notes from a Young Black Chef: a Memoir” by Kwame Onwuachi. By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened—and closed—one of the most talked about restaurants in America. He had sold drugs in New York and been shipped off to rural Nigeria to “learn […]
Join us this Sunday at 11 a.m. as we continue our food drive and learn about hunger in our community. Each household can decorate a box and collect 40 items during the 40 days of Lent. You can print out this flyer for more information and the flyer can be attached to your box. We are partnering with 3 food pantries, or you […]
Are you new or new-ish to Good Sam’s? We’ve got yet another opportunity for you! Connect with fellow newcomers at our upcoming Newcomers Brunch on Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. on Zoom! Since we can’t meet in person, we will porch drop a bag of goodies (both brunch-related and not brunch related!) so that our virtual time together can be even more fun! […]
This Wednesday at 7 p.m., Pub Theology and Doubters & Skeptics are teaming up to bring you an exciting evening with some familiar faces! Erica Ridderman and the Rev. Erin Hougland will be coming back via Zoom to share with us about Women & Christianity. This will also serve as our re-introduction for our Doubters & Skeptics classes after a pandemic hiatus! […]
February 9, 2021 On behalf of Junior Warden, Ellen Burton, and members of the Bishop’s Committee, Anne Davis, David Huang, Charlee Mitchell, and Melinda Sowers, I am pleased to announce that Good Samaritan Episcopal Church has a new priest! After a period of careful discernment, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows has named The Rev. Elizabeth (Beth) Scriven to lead our congregation as […]
Our online worship service for Ash Wednesday will be on February 17 at 7 p.m. on Zoom and Facebook Live. Since we can’t gather in person to receive ashes this year, you can sign up to receive a special delivery on your porch so that you can fully participate in the service! Sign up by Thursday, February 11 to receive […]