New Worship Schedule
We will be changing our worship times beginning Sunday, May 2.
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Outdoor in-person Eucharist: 8:30 a.m.
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Zoom worship: 10:30 a.m.
Read the complete details about outdoor worship. Reservations are required and attendance is limited. CDC guidelines specify double masking. Seating will reflect social distancing.
Plans for June include the possibility of the service of the Word in the parish hall with Communion in the nave. Stay tuned!
Sunday at Good Shepherd
April 25, 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday
Ante-Communion Rite I via Zoom
9:30 a.m.
Click here to join the service
Here are some Zoom tips.
by phone: 669-900-6833 (San Jose, CA)
Meeting ID: 870 2623 7979
Password: Good (4663)
Printable PDF order of service here
Outdoor Service at Noon
You must have made a reservation
Last Sunday's Sermon
The Third Sunday of Easter
April 18, 2021
Watch the sermon on YouTube.
Shepherd's Call E-News
Friday, April 16
This week's e-news is here.
Home Communion
The bishop has allowed our Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEVs) to start up their ministry again, with restrictions. Masks and distancing are required. There will be bread but no wine.
Visits will be done outdoors unless everyone in the building has full immunity from vaccines, which means they are two weeks past their second vaccination of Pfizer or Moderna. Double masks are required for inside.
If you would like one of our licensed LEVs to bring you communion in your home, please call John Bacher to arrange a visit.
Ongoing Events
Re-imagining Mission
How might God might be calling us to embody the Good News in our community? Led by seminarian Brian Petersen. All are welcome.
Mondays 11:00 a.m. to noon
Click here to join the meeting
by phone: 669-900-9128
Meeting ID: 897 3834 0256
Lection Divina
Join Rev. Susan for Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer.
Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom
Click here to join the meeting
by phone: 669-900-6833 (San Jose, CA)
Meeting ID: 884 1776 6173
April Drop-off Event
April 21
The date for our next Community Pantry and Valley Restart drop-off event is April 21 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
This is a drive-through collection in the church parking lot: stay in your car, wear a mask, maintain social distancing, and pop your trunk when you get to the front of the line.
For Valley Restart please bring individual toiletry items. The Community Pantry needs the following items:
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grocery bags
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baggies
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tuna or chicken - cans
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macaroni & cheese
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peanut butter
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top ramen/cup of noodles
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cereal
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canned vegetables
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pork & beans
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refried beans
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canned fruit
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instant oatmeal (individual packs)
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dry pasta noodles
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spaghetti sauce
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pancake mix & syrup
The Good News of Rogation
In The Episcopal Church there are two rogation observances. There is a major rogation celebrated on April 25th. The minor rogations are held Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Day, which this year is on May 13th.
But while there are certain days for the official rogation observances, the practice of rogation can be honored other times as well. On April 20th, Rev. Tricia Lyons of Virginia Theological Seminary and the Good News Gardens team will help participants imagine how the practice of rogation can help us re-order our communities and liturgical life as we dig in the dirt and come back together.
The Good News of Rogation
Tuesday, April 20th at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
You can register here.
You can visit the Good News Garden web page here.


Welcome
At the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Hemet, California, we strive to be instruments of God’s peace. We are a fellowship of people from various walks and ways, learning from each other as we all learn from Jesus. Our worship is both traditional (keeping us grounded) and genuine (keeping us current).
Who Are Episcopalians?
We are followers of Jesus Christ. Apart from that, there are many differences between us. This is by design! The Bible says that humankind was made in God’s image. It doesn’t say that each human is the image of God; it refers to all humankind, together.
Our Mission
The mission of the church of the Good Shepherd is to be a Eucharistic community which tends and feeds the sheep of Jesus Christ, loving one another as God loves us and reaching out in the name and love of Christ to those in need in our valley, the nation, and the world.