The Scroll
A Monthly Newsletter of SAM’s Lambs
At The Episcopal Church Of The Good Shepherd
Webster NY 585-872-2281 VM # 3
Update December 1, 2007

Greetings Lambs,

Discussion Groups on Tuesdays: Our Oct and Nov Healing Through Humour sessions were so uplifting we may repeat them again next year. In December we will meet Dec 4, 11, 18, and have open discussions with a new topic each week. We have some newcomers too and this will be a good time to get to know each other.

New articles added: New articles by Bishop Spong have been added to our web site
1. A Religious Santa Claus Story,
2. Matthew and Luke's Nativity Accounts: Symbolism or Fact?,
3. Not How He Was Born, But Who Was Born,
4. The Christmas Story:  What's Real--and What's Not.
We can discussion these in our Bible Study group or possibly Tues groups - Dec 4, 11, 18.

Healing Ministry - Sat Dec 1st at 10:00 AM - On Sat Oct 20th we attended our first Healing session of a new Healing Ministry at Good Shepherd. We have 5 people from our SAM's Lambs who are participating in the Healing sessions and more are welcome if you wish to attend.

Bible Study - Saturday Nov 10th we started our new format of viewing DVDs on the 2nd Study group of the month and watched Prophesies of the Old Testament which fit well with our previous week's chapter on Prophets, in Bible For Dummies. We have also added a new dimension to our group - talking about How We Live Our Faith each week so we're not just focusing on spirituality 2/month, but every day in our lives.

Coming in December:
Sat Dec 8 11:00 am - Bible Study using Bible For Dummies - chapter 14 - Israel's Lady Wisdom literature, Love poetry, and Biblical Pickup Lines: The Song of Songs. ( hmm - maybe we could pick up some pointers ? :)
Sun Dec 16  10:15 am  - Good Shepherd's annual Christmas Pageant,
  followed by coffee hour hosted by SAM's Lambs.
Sat Dec 22 11:00 am - Discussion following DVD on - Biblical Women,.
Christmas services times at Good Shepherd can be found on Good Shepherd web site in the Newsletter section. http://www.goodshepherdepiscopal.org 

Winter Planning meeting - Sat Dec 8th - after Bible Study: We will meet to plan our winter sessions, with Father Lance Robbins. We're considering moving discussion groups from Tues nights to a weekend afternoon in the winter; as well as sponsoring a fund-raiser event with Stages Musical Revue Ensemble (mentioned in our Social calendar) To offer suggestions, please call our VM above.

Social events for December:
Our calendar is now online as well - View our online calendar by clicking on our Scroll newsletter link on the home page or use this link:
http://my.calendars.net/samslambscal  (Click on the Month link)

Sat Dec 1 6:00 pm - Good Shepherd chime choir plays at 4 corners, Webster, annual parade follows at 6:30 pm
Sat Dec 1   7:00 pm: - Euchre with Good Shepherd players in our Parish Hall
Sun Dec 2   Noon - 5 pm Christmas Open House at Joe Bishop's Auto in Ontario.
Fri Dec 7   6 pm - Holiday Showcase of Stars at Auditorium Theatre - Hors d' Oeuvres Reception at 6 pm, performance at 7:30 pm. Group rate - $15, unless we get at least 25 together then it will be $12.50  Bring a friend, or two, to reduce our rate.
Details of Stages at - http://www.mjtstages.com  This is open to  all SAM's members and friends, or Good Shepherd members and friends. Reserve on Tuesday nights or call our voice mail - 872-2281 VM # 3
Fri Dec 14  6:30 pm - Fish Fry at a Basils, Empire Blvd.Webster -
reserve on Tues nights or by VM above.

Other Ad hoc social events may be added, from our Tuesday night meetings so check our calendar periodically, or call our voice mail info line above.

'with gladness and singleness of heart'  ,

Betty Van Volkenburg
SAM’s Lambs ‘volunteer shepherdess’
See you at our next gathering - and remember his Command -
'Love One Another, As I Have Loved You' and spread it around.

Internet references:

On Solo Flight, the Episcopal Singles Ministry model for our group:
 http://www.singlescenter.com/Publisher/solo.htm

The Rev:   Father Lance’s pearls for singles:
http://www.samslambs.org/TheRevSays/index.htm

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