Meet Our Rector

The Reverend William J. McGinty

Click here to see his biography. For emergency contact information for Father Bill, click here.

 

Weekly Services

Our services are held Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist is celebrated at both services and all baptized Christians are welcomed at this communion table. The Church School and Nursery meet during the 10:00 a.m. Sunday service.

Monthly Schedule for Ushers, Lector Readings, Eucharistic Minister, Lay Reader, and Pledge Counters.

Annual Worship Calendar

Sundays:
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
Church School and Nursery during the 10:00 a.m. service
Coffee Hour immediately following service

Vestry Meetings:
Vestry Meetings are held once a month on the 3rd Monday of each month.

Veterans Day or Memorial Day Ecumenical Gathering
(TBA)

Christmas Eve:
6:00 p.m. Birthday celebration for Jesus
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Pageant
10:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Epiphany (celebrated on the nearest Sunday):
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)

Ash Wednesday:
6:30 Soup supper
7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Bible Study:
Lent and Fall. See Calendar.

Chrism Mass:
Celebrated the week before Maundy Thursday at the Cathedral of Nativity in Bethlehem, PA.

Maundy Thursday:
7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist
Prayer vigil 8:00 p.m. through 3:00 p.m. Good Friday

Good Friday:
Good Friday Liturgy 7:30 p.m.

Holy Saturday:
Easter Pageant rehearsal, egg dyeing and pizza party at 12:00 p.m.

Easter Eve:
7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Service

Easter Sunday:
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
Festive coffee hour and Easter Egg Hunt following the 10:00 a.m. service

Easter Pageant:
Held during the 10:00 a.m. mass one week after Easter Sunday

Ascension Day:
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)

Pentecost:
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
Parish Picnic

St. Francis of Assisi Day (celebrated on the nearest Sunday):
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
1:00 p.m. Blessing of the Animals Service

All Saints Day (celebrated on the nearest Sunday):
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite II)

Thanksgiving Eve:
7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Church of the Good Shepherd & St. John the Evangelist
5th & Catharine Street    Milford, PA. 18337
Telephone: (570)-296-8123  -   office@goodshepherdmilford.org