The Orthodox Anglican Church was incorporated in 1964 as a Province of the Holy Catholic Church. Good Shepherd is a parish church of the Orthodox Anglican Church in America. We are a member of the worldwide Orthodox Anglican Communion which encompasses churches through the United States, Italy, Eastern Europe, India, and Africa.

COMING ATTRACTIONS 

To request prayers for a special intention, e-mail your request to - PrayerRequest1@hotmail.com. Requests will be posted on the "Prayers" page of this site.

ST. PAUL'S BY THE SEA - The congregants of St. Paul's meet at the Volunteer EMS facility in Calabash, NC (across from Ace Hardware) on Saturdays at 5:00 pm. Please call Call Canon Jones at 843-839-3330 or Gloria Lee at 910-579-0949 for more information. Also, see the webpage on this site.

“I am the bread of life” - The John 6:35 initiative is officially underway. If you wish to commit to contributing $6.35 in food or cash monthly, please sign up in the vestibule, near the pink food basket. Cans, bags etc. will be labeled as…Given by the Christians at Good Shepherd Anglican Church. There is a serious shortage of help for the needy in the Myrtle Beach area. The items will be collected at the first of each month and delivered to Community Assistance. Cash donations will be given to the Low Country Food Bank.   Thanks for your continued generosity.

NEW THIS WEEK ON THE WEB:  Check out "Reflections on the Readings" on the Home Page.  This is a summary of the Sunday sermon.  Also, the Sunday sermon may be viewed on the Sermons page.   Other items of interest can be found throughout the following pages.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Sundays Holy Eucharist at 11 am

Wednesdays Holy Eucharist and Healing at 12 Noon

Saturdays Holy Eucharist at 5 pm at St. Paul's By The Sea

CHURCH FEASTS AND FAST DAYS

JANUARY 2012

1. First Sunday after Christmas

6. The Epiphany

8. First Sunday after the Epiphany

10. Bl. William Laud, Bishop and Martyr

13. St. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor

15. Second Sunday after the Epiphany

17. St. Anthony, Abbot and Confessor

19. St. Wulfstan Bishop and Confessor

21. St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

22. Third Sunday after the Epiphany

22. St. Vincent, Martyr

24. St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr

25. Conversion of St. Paul

26. St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr

27. St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor

29. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

30. Bl. Charles Stuart,King and Martyr

FEBRUARY 2012

1.  St. Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr

2.  The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

3.  St. Blasius, Bishop and Martyr

4.  St. Cornelius the Centurion, Confessor

5.  Martyrs of Japan

7.  St. Collette, Confessor

9.  Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor

10. St. Scholastica, Virgin

14. St. Valentine, Priest and Martyr

22. Ash Wednesday

22. St. Joseph of Arimathia, Confessor

24. St. Matthias, Apostle

Contact Information

The Rev. Canon T. Creighton Jones, Rector

Church phone: 843-839-3330

Cell phone: 843-333-3391

creogo@earthlink.net

The Rev. Fr. James W. Murray, Curate

Home phone: 843-650-4766

jwm989sc@aol.com 

Map to Good Shepherd

Our History

Good Shepherd Orthodox Anglican Church was formed in the fall of 2003. Our original founding membership has grown from 13 to nearly 80. We acquired our current facility in November 2003 and look forward to growing our membership and our facility and our outreach into the Myrtle Beach community. The Good Shepherd mission is to worship God through the Sacraments using orthodox Anglican practices as directed by Holy Scriptures, and to express Christ’s love through service to others.

As the only Orthodox Anglican Church in the greater Grand Strand area, we welcome all who truly seek God regardless of prior denominational affiliation. As Anglicans, we worship God using the traditional Book of Common Prayer and the Authorized Version of the Bible. We are led by Bishops who trace their Apostolic Succession through the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ and enjoy the same Episcopal Succession as the See of Canterbury, among others.

We are located in the heart of the Grand Strand at 700 35^th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC, and our phone number is 843-839-3330. 

A Welcome from the Rector

If you are new to the beach area, just visiting or looking for something else in your religious life, let me welcome you to Good Shepherd Orthodox Anglican Church. We are a traditional Anglican church. We are traditional in the sense that we prefer to retain the true values of our faith and are not influenced by current social pressures to be “inclusive” to the point that we stray from strict biblical teachings. Sermons are based on the true Gospel message and our core belief “that the Holy Scriptures contain all things necessary for salvation.” Although we are small in number, we are great in spirit and we try to express Christ’s love through service to others and by loving each other accordingly. Please consider worshipping with us. I think you will find the worship experience meaningful. We need YOU!

Blessings,

Canon Jones+

The Rev. Canon T. Creighton Jones, Rector

2011 Church Picnic

See "Photo Ops"...page 2 for pictures of the Annual Church Picnic at Myrtle Beach State Park. Members of both St. Paul's and Good Shepherd enjoyed a great service and picnic.

The Coming Year??? 

At this time of year, many people examine  their spiritual lives and make decisions  about the kind of weekly religious experience  they want.  If you are searching for a new  direction, please consider worshipping with us. 

We are traditional Anglicans who believe in established Bible based doctrine. 

Good Shepherd Anglican Church

700 35^th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach 

 (843) 839-3330  www.myrtlebeachanglican.com 

Now forming...St. Paul’s by the Sea

Currently meeting in Calabash, NC, Saturdays @ 5:00 pm

See the dedicated page on this website.  

Our Sanctuary

Reflections on the Readings...Epiphany III

St. John 2: 1-11

The Miracle of Christian Life by Canon Jones

Today is the second of a three part series of sermons dedicated to the subject of church growth. And in talking about growth factors, I’m not so much looking at areas normally associated with growth such as a loving, friendly and welcoming congregation, believable doctrine and activities that get newcomers involved right away. These are things we have talked about on many occasions and are certainly important aspects of churches than seek to grow. Rather I want us to explore some of the factors that may not be as obvious but are never the less very important. For example, last week we talked about the early church as being a model for growth. The early church was built around the principles of the teaching of doctrine, and the regular habits of fellowship and prayer. Those things are absolutely critical as far as church growth is concerned. It worked for the early church and in it can work for us as well.

Today, I want to concentrate our thoughts around the exemplary Christian life and how important is for others to see Christ in and through us. The Gospel lesson from John provides us with an account of Jesus’ first miracle; the changing of water into wine at the wedding in Cana. In the last part of verse 10 of the reading, the master of the feast commented…but thou hast kept the good wine until now. (John 2: 10b) In other words, you have saved the best until now! Our lives as Christians are very, much like that. Our lives really begin when we accept Jesus Christ as an everyday, ongoing and number ONE priority in our lives. It is at that point in our lives that our best days begin. Unfortunately, many people really believe that they are practicing Christians simply because they attend church every Sunday. Some folks bounce back and forth between the good life of a serious Christian and the fuzzy life of a fallen sinner. If we want to experience the good life of a committed Christian, there are several things that we must put in place and keep in place our lives…..

… We must involve Jesus in our life every day.

…We must be open to God’s will for our lives.

…We have to be willing to serve him on an unconditional basis.

Now, assuming that we are willing involve Jesus in our life every day, be open to God’s will for our lives and are willing to serve him on an unconditional basis, we need to ask ourselves some questions…

… Do people see the glory of God in us?

… Do we cause people to put their faith in God?

It all depends on what comes out of us…how we use this dedication we have made…just how committed are we willing to be?

The point is simply this….we have to forget who we are, and what we are, and concentrate on being a complete and total committed servant to Jesus Christ. And when we do this, we become willing to do whatever He asks, whenever He asks. It becomes all about Him, and not about us. Our major concern is only that His will be done, His cause is being fulfilled, and His works are being done. Our reward is not for here and now, but for later (in Heaven). We are humble slaves and servants of our Lord, and we need to keep this in mind and in sight each and every day.

The miracle of the Christian life is that we can have fulfilling, meaningful and purposeful lives if we use our lives in ways that are acceptable to God. May the service we give to God be obvious to others and cause them join us in like service.

Amen.

 St. Nicholas Festival

Our annual St. Nicholas Festival was held on Saturday, December 3.  See "Photo Ops" for pictures.

Sermons for this week and three previous weeks can be viewed on the "Weekly Sermon" page of this website. 

Important Link to the Orthodox Anglican Church

http://orthodoxanglican.net/html/metropolitan.html