Dear Parish Family,
Please continue praying for God’s blessing and guidance as the transition process continues with our new rector, The Reverend Pamela Dolan. We hope you will join us in this prayer and use it in your homes for continued guidance and preparation for the changes ahead.
Empower us, we pray, to continue in your stead- fast love. Summon our dreams and courage, and open us to the movement and guidance of your Spirit during this time of transition and change. Ground us in affection for you and one another through our worship and witness, our mission and ministry. Ignite us with a passion for that which you are calling us to do, and set our hearts on fire. Be with us as we discern what you would have for us and from us, that we may listen to your voice and the voices of others in our midst. Guide and guard the hearts and minds of those who shall seek and choose a rector for this parish. May we find commitment to one another in this task, always remembering to delight in each other, even as we move through this most serious of responsibilities. Steady us through our discernment that we may ask nothing more of our next rector than we ourselves are willing to do, and ready us to receive the one you have been forming for service in this place. All this we ask through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Brief History of the Church of the Good Shepherd
The Church of the Good Shepherd was established as a mission of the Diocese of Missouri in 1953, sponsored by St. Peter’s Church in Ladue, Missouri. In 1956 the facilities were available on the present site in Town & Country, Missouri.
Good Shepherd has had 6 ministers in its 58 years. The organizing minister was the Rev. Paul Bankston. From 1957 to 1978, the Rector was the Rev. Claudius Miller. The Rev. Charles Cook was Rector from 1979 to 1984. The Rev. Robert Newyear was Rector from 1985 to 1994. From 1995 to 2004 the Rev. Paul Walter was rector. Good Shepherd’s most recent rector was the Rev. John Musgrave, who currently holds the title of Rector Emeritus. Our Interim Rector is (The) Reverend Susan C. Skinner.
Please check back again soon as we are in the process of updating our history!
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
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