Weekly Announcements 01/25
2026 Flower Chart - The flower chart for 2026 is on the bulletin board. The cost for flowers is $40/vase. Please sign up for January & February at your convenience.
The February Newsletter is available in the narthex.
Guide Book & Directory Advertising Opportunity: We are in the process of updating our annual Guide Book & Directory for the church. This book will contain everything pertinent to our church: the various ministries, organizations, committees, activities, functions and events plus a complete directory of all members. It is being provided and direct-mailed to each family at no cost to our church, and it is again being subsidized by local businesses that advertise. If you own or manage a business and would like to find out about advertising in our book, please callthe Church Office.
LWML - All Ladies are welcome to join us on Saturday February 7th at 9 am in the Fellowhip Hall. Pastor Gray will lead us in a Bible Study. Our mission outreach will be sending Valentine cards to college students and shut ins. Please bring a stamp only. Pat Hoffmeier will be donating the Valentine cards. Any questions or comments call or text Pam Hoffman at 618-409-3163.
Update Membership Information: Does our church’s database have your family membership record correct? If you haven’t already done so, here is your chance to update your record for our annual Guide Book & Directory with any changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred in your family over the past year. Have you changed your phone number or eliminated your home phone? Have you moved? Are you preparing to move soon? Are all of your children still at home and are they all included in your membership record? Do you have children on your record who no longer lives in the area and/or are members of another church? Do you want your record published? If you have not already informed the Church Office about changes to your record, please let us know now so that the information in the Guide Book & Directory is correct. The Church Office number is 618-344-3151. Thank you for your help!
Good Shepherd Lutheran School will hold an Open House today, Sunday, January 25th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for Preschool through Grade 8. Invite your friends and neighbors to tour the school and find out more about the opportunities at Good Shepherd!
Save the date – Red, White and Bid! Help us Honor 250 Years of American Freedom at the Good Shepherd Lutheran School Benefit Auction on March 21th at 5 p.m. There is a bulletin board in the narthex of items to donate. Thank you.
Youth Group – Support our Youth Group at Firehouse Subs on Tuesday, January 27th from
3p-8p. The Collinsville Firehouse Subs is located at 1095 Belt Line Rd. Fifteen percent of all sales will do to help raise funds for our Youth.
Metro-East Lutheran High School invites you to an Open House Sunday, February 1st. Stop by anytime between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to tour our campus, meet our teachers, chat with administrators, and get answers to all of your questions about the Knight life.
Winter Women’s Bible Study – PEACE:
Beginning January 31,we will start the Women’s Winter/Spring 8-session Bible Study by Michelle Diercks, Promised Rest: Finding Peace in God’s Presence - Concordia Publishing House. Information regarding this Bible Study is listed below. The Bible Study book is available by contacting Terri Blasingame at church, email terri.blasingame@bclplaw.com, or text 314-705-2477.
We are coordinating schedules and programs with LWML. The planned schedule for the 2026 Women’s Winter/Spring Bible Study, including the LWML programs, is:
Date Time Bible Study, LWML, Worship
Jan 31 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Feb 7 9:00 am LWML Bible Study with Pastor Gray (Fellowship Hall)
Feb 14 8:30 am Words of Peace and Protection Devotional Group Discussion
Feb 21 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Feb 28 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Mar 4 9:00 am LWML Program / Bible Study (Fellowship Hall) more to come
Mar 14 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Mar 21 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Mar 28 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Apr 4 Easter Weekend – plan on attending all the amazing, special services
Apr 11 9:00 am LWML Program / Bible Study (Fellowship Hall) more to come
Apr 18 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
Apr 25 8:30 am PROMISED REST: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
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.
Thanks to those who serve this week:
Usher Team: (5:30) D. Ulkus
(8:00) M. Kober
(10:30) W. Curtis
Altar Guild: (5:30) Jeff & Jeannie Moeller
(8:00) Jeff & Michelle Fiudo
(10:30) Tamara Tucker-Lindsey & Mandy Kitzmiller
Greeters: (8:00) Jeanne Lomax
(10:30) Donna Kober
Attendance last weekend was 443. The offering was: General Fund $25,601 Specials $16,529, Total $42,130.
Prayer List
For Ed Beyer,recovering at home
For Craig Feichtinger, recovering from surgery
For Ann Goldsmith & ongoing health concerns and difficult changes
For Jerry Wudtke, hospitalized for flu (now in rehab)
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, surgery on Monday for cancer treatment