Weekly Announcements 01/11
2026 Flower Chart - The flower chart for 2026 is on the bulletin board. The cost for flowers is $40/vase. Please sign up at your convenience.
Thank you to all who helped with the decorating and undecorating of the church for the Christmas season. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sewing Days for Missions will not meet in January.
Life Team will be sponsoring Life Week
Jan 17 -25. Mosaic baby bottles will be put out 1/17, a Life display will be in the narthex 1/17 - 25, the Sunday School children are participating and their pictures will be on display in the connecting hallway 1/18, Zoom meetings on various life issues will be available 1/18 - 24, (a list will be on the website), and a collection of needed items for Mosaic will be collected 1/17 - 1/25. See the list below. Thank you for your participation.
• Diapers (sizes N-3)
• Wipes (sensitive skin)
• Formula (unexpired)
• Baby bottles and smaller baby items
• Pack 'n plays, mattresses, and sheets
• Baby clothes - NB to 2T
• Gift cards (Walmart, Visa, etc.)
• High chairs, strollers, and baby equipment
• Car seats
Winter Women’s Bible Study – PEACE
Beginning January 31st , we will start the 8-session Bible Study by Michelle Diercks, PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence. This Bible Study book is available for you to start, please contact Terri Blasingame.
Promised Rest: Finding Peace in God’s Presence - Concordia Publishing House
• As a Christian, you face the pressure and stressors of the world daily. You look for rest at every turn—rest from your job, family drama, personal struggles—but the only true rest can come from Christ. Michelle Diercks invites you to find His promised rest by studying eight different names and characteristics of God.
• Each week of this eight-week study will feature a new name or characteristic of God along with its pronunciation and a biblical fact about it. Learn from Michelle's personal anecdotes and biblical examples of how you can, and should, cling to God's names during times of anxiety and hardship.
• Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. (John 14:27)
Features:
• Discussion Questions and Answer Guide
• Weekly Scripture Memory Verse
• Weekly Devotional Coloring Page
• Daily Journaling Prompts
Praise for Promised Rest
Poinsettia's donated for the Christmas season may be picked up this weekend. Thank you.
LYA is a group of Lutheran young adults from congregations in the St Louis Metro East area. We get together for fellowship each month. If you're interested in joining, please text 920-918-0858 to get more information!
January Lunch Bunch – is 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20th at Bandana's Bar-B-Q in Collinsville. Bandana's address is 4 Commerce Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234. Please call Linda Luebbert at 618-830-8189 and let her know if you are planning on attending.
2026 Offering Envelopes are available on the tables in the Narthex. If you would like to have envelopes, please call 618-344-3151 to request.
NEW Website and App – The new website is live at it's old address https://www.goodshepherdcollinsville.org/
Our new app is available for download. Enter the keyword gscollinsville when you get in. Then be sure to click in the upper right hand corner on the profile and make your profile. Then you are all set.
NEW Recurring Online Giving Platform - WNEW Recurring Online Giving Platform - We have moved to a new online giving platform. It is already up and running so please switch as soon as possible! This new one will allow you to pay with your bank account, credit card or even Apple Pay. You can go to https://pushpay.com/g/goodshepherdil
*If you previously gave on a different platform please remember to cancel that one also.
MELHS is looking for a Head Girls Volleyball Coach and Freshman Girls Volleyball Coach for the 2026-2027 school year. If you are interested or know someone that is interested please email the Athletic Director Jason Batty at jason.batty@melhs.org. Thank you!!!
Boy Scout Troop 86 will hold their 25th Annual Chili Dinner and Silent Auction on Sunday, February 1, 2026. The dinner will be all you can eat, and carry outs will be available. The event will be held at the Holy Cross Lutheran School Cafeteria, 304 South Street, Collinsville. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost for adults is $12, children ages 5-12 are $7 and children under 4 are free. For more information call 618-691-9741 or go to http://troop-86-2026-chili-dinner-silent-auction.auctria.events/
Issues - EDUCATING A NEW GENERATION OF LUTHERANS... Issues, Etc. is a podcast and radio talk show produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. Recent topics include: Stranger Things: Season 5, The Top Biblical Archeology Stories of 2025, The Parable of the Prodigal Son, The Baptism of Our Lord, The Epiphany Season and more. You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.
LCMS Foundation - We live in a “I can do it myself” culture. That has been cultivated by our access to technology. Yet the question is, “Do I need help to create my Christian estate plan?” This month we consider that your estate plan represents the biggest collection of decisions with far more impact than any others in life. But what is the value of meeting with an LCMS Gift Planning Counselor if I already plan on meeting with
an attorney? The answer is, that your counselor can assist you in getting organized, thinking through
your goals and becoming specific about them, and encouraging you to spend time considering who you
might choose for a personal representative, trustee or the one named in your power of attorney
documents. This decision should be carefully made, not rushed. Prayer should be included. Your LCMS
Gift Planning Counselor can help you get started now. Contact Scott Radden @ 618-977-4049 or
scott.radden@lfnd.org.
Thanks to those who serve this week:
Usher Team: (5:30) D. Ulkus
(8:00) J. Fiudo
(10:30) M. Schneider
Altar Guild: (5:30 ) Jeff & Jeannie Moeller
(8:00) Jeff & Michelle Fiudo
(10:30) Tamara Tucker-Lindsey & Mandy Kitzmiller
Greeters: (8:00)
(10:30) Mike & Susan Kober
Attendance last weekend was 461. The offering was: General Fund $12,482 Specials $20, Total $12,502.
Prayer List
For Gary Whitehead, who is recovering from a procedure
For Craig Feichtinger, who has surgery this week
For Ann Goldsmith & ongoing health concerns and difficult changes
For Laura Parks, Blake Harrison's grandmother, who passed away
For Mark Robinson who is hospitalized for flu/pneumonia (now home)
For Jerry Wudtke, hospitalized for flu (now in rehab)
Mitota Ben, recovering from RSV (now home)
Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, surgery on Monday for cancer treatment
Kent Splaingard, continued recovery from knee surgery
Travis Lilley, recovering from flu