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A Table in the Wilderness
A Table in the Wilderness
Jeul DaviesFebruary 23, 2015
Light Of The World
Light Of The World
Jeul DaviesJanuary 4, 2015
Light In The Dark
Light In The Dark
Jeul DaviesNovember 30, 2014
Exiles In Hope
Exiles In Hope
Jeul DaviesOctober 5, 2014
Life Together
Life Together
Jeul DaviesSeptember 7, 2014
Summer In Psalms
Summer In Psalms
Jeul DaviesJuly 6, 2014
God In Community
God In Community
Jeul DaviesJune 15, 2014
Grace Changes Everything
Grace Changes Everything
Jeul DaviesApril 27, 2014
The Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross
Michael RudzenaMarch 9, 2014
That You May Have Life
Michael RudzenaJanuary 12, 2014
Finding Your Way
Michael RudzenaJanuary 5, 2014
O Come Emmanuel
Michael RudzenaDecember 8, 2013
A Tangible Faith
Michael RudzenaOctober 6, 2013
Life Together
Michael RudzenaSeptember 8, 2013
God's Empowering Presence
Michael RudzenaMay 26, 2013
Resurrection Culture
Michael RudzenaApril 7, 2013
Easter 2013
Michael RudzenaMarch 31, 2013
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MISSION

Good Shepherd New York exists to help people embody the love of Christ for the good of our neighbor.

 

DISTINCTIVES

BIBLICAL: We are rooted in a Sacred Story.

Everyone lives according to a dominant script. In our time the dominant script is shaped by what Walter Bruegemman calls “technolocial, therapeutic, consumeristic, militarism”. The task of spiritual formation is to “de-script” our lives from stories that undermine the good news of God’s unconditional love for all and “re-script” our lives in the story of Christ found in the Bible. As a community we have diverse beliefs about the Bible, but we center this Story in our practice, individually and communally.

CREDAL: We are guided by the ecumenical creeds.

The Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds are the earliest compressions of Jesus’s story we have, written at a time when the Christian Church reached a consensus concerning essential claims of the faith. As a community these creeds guide our reading of the bible, our theological development and our ethical vision. Whatever faith/doubt we bring to them as people of the 21st century, we engage them as an act of solidarity with the faith handed to us.

SACRAMENTAL:  We find healing power through ritual.

Sacraments in the Christian tradition are portals through which we experience the healing power and grace of God at the intersection of Creation and Community. Through the waters of Baptism and the bread and wine of Holy Communion we nourish an imagination that sees all of creation as charged with God’s presence and beauty. 

MISSIONAL:  Through word and deed we proclaim Good News.

Jesus announced and embodied the good news of the “reign of God”. When God’s dream for the world is embraced and practiced, justice and peace rise up. Our responsibility is to not only to embrace the Good News of God’s inclusive love for everyone and everything, but to express that love to everyone and everything. We gladly announce in places of fear and hate that God loves the world. We deeply embody in places of injustice or apathy a consciencous pursuit of God’s justice and peace. We seek our own growth in inclusive love as we cross lines of difference. 

Good Shepherd New York

155 E 22nd St. FL 2

New York, NY 10010