Mark your calendar

What: Annual Fiddlehead Supper
Where: Church of the Good Shepherd,  Watson Hall
116 Main Street
Houlton, Maine
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 PM
When: Tuesday, May 25
Price: $8 for adults & $5 for children under 12
Menu includes fiddlehead quiche, ham,
steamed fiddleheads, potato salad,
homemade rolls, drinks and desserts.
Quiches (frozen) for later are  $11 each.

fmi: Joan Logan  532-4196 or The Rev. Leslie Nesin 732-4348

The Rt. Rev. Steven Lane, Bishop of Maine, will be with us at Good Shepherd this coming Sunday, April 11, 2010. The plate offering that day will go to his discretionary fund. Let’s be generous!  If you wish to give by check, make it out to Good Shepherd with “BDF” in the notation line.
Come and make +Steve and Gretchen feel welcome in Houlton!

While working on the Rotary’s meal dishes last week our 25+ year old dishwasher became temperamental, making unusual noises.  Our treasurer, Roger Habrle contacted the Hobart repairman and had the ‘patient’ examined.

It was determined that it could possibly be repaired with no guarantee of how long the repairs would last, at a cost of about $1,000.00.  Roger  used the internet to research pricing for a new unit.  He then consulted with several companies and found the best price for a new Hobart from C. Caprara at a cost of approximately $5,200.00  installed.  With Rotary meals and the Fiddlehead  supper coming right up, we need a reliable dishwasher.  Doing them by hand is not an option  If you would like to donate funds toward this purchase, please send a check with the reference ‘dishwasher fund’ in the corner.  Any help is much appreciated.

The vestry met on Sunday and approved
the purchase of a new dishwasher.

Tuesday, November 24,  at  7 pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Houlton
bring a canned good for admission
The Rev. Leslie Nesin preacher

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Mike Clark found this photo and edited it for us.  Notice how close the parsonage is to the church and that there isn’t a hill!!

We will be back to “normal” starting Sunday, September 13th.

• Sunday School resumes and will start at 9:30am
• The Choir will be singing.  Rehearsal starts at 9:15
• We will also be having a Pot-Luck after the service!

Look forward to seeing you there!

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If you notice a truck pulling the dead trees in the front of the church don’t fret.  Roger, our interim sexton/jack of all trades, is now looking for new ones to replace them.  They were rubbing against the building and rotting the wood.

Many thanks to Frannie Grant and Alison Bossie for their work on the new Memorial Garden next to the rectory.  It is complete with a statue of the Good Shepherd watching over it.  Leslie will be blessing the garden at a later date.  Wanda Brewer continues to nurture and plant the flowers near the side entrance and the front of the church.  What a dedicated group we have.