Weekly Announcements 02/22
The March newsletter is available in the narthex.
Please join us for our Lenten Midweek Services, the Seven Marks of the Church: All Lent services are at 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. with a meal in the fellowship hall between.
Lent 1 Midweek 2/25 – The Possession of the Word
Lent 2 Midweek 3/4 – Holy Baptism
Lent 3 Midweek 3/11 – The Calling and Ordination of Pastors
Lent 4 Midweek 3/18 – Prayer, Praise, and Thanks
Lent 5 Midweek 3/25 – The Holy Cross – Suffering as a Congregation
Holy Thursday 4/2 – The Lord’s Supper – The Sacrament of the Altar
Schedule of Groups Serving Lenten Meals:
Feb. 25: Choir
March 11: Board of Outreach
March 18: Board of Congregational Life
March 25: Men's Ministry
Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt: Please join us on Easter Sunday, April 5th at 9:15 AM for Easter Breakfast and an Easter Egg Hunt. A hot breakfast will be hosted by Christian Outreach followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0 through 6th grade, so be sure to bring your Easter baskets to collect eggs. Please plan to attend and be sure to invite your friends and family!
Please join us for the Lent meal this Wednesday in between the services. Our Adult Choir will be preparing a
delicious meal of pulled pork, beans, chips, applesauce and desserts. Please join us for some food and fellowship.
Save the date for VBS 2026 - Get ready for an island adventure on Tropical Trek at this year's Vacation Bible School! Join us June 22 - June 26 for a week of fun, faith, and discovery as we learn how Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Stay tuned for information on early registration. Mark your calendars today!
Your help is needed to make VBS, a Tropical Trek a success. There are endless ways to serve, so whether you feel called to teach, lead a group of students, help with snacks, decorate, or something else, please scan the QR code to register today to serve at VBS 2025. Please see Jennifer Buchanan or Rachel Forden with any questions.
Table of Friendship - In an effort to encourage more members to try Table of Friendship and for participants to make more connections/friendships at GSLC, the Board of Congregational Life is making a few changes to Table of Friendship. Here is what will stay the same: three opportunities for a fellowship meal during April, May and June and each couple (or single) would have the opportunity to be the monthly host who organizes the when and where for the meal (dinner, brunch or lunch at a restaurant, potluck at a home etc.). What will change: participants can choose to participate for one, two or all three months of the three-month cycle; each month you would meet with an entirely “new” group so that many more connections & friendships can be
made. The logistics sound complicated, but we are confident we can make this work. Please register by MARCH 29th & contact Jan Van Beek at janetlvb@yahoo.com or call 217-851-7417 with your questions and/or registration. Please. We hope you will give Table of Friendship a try!
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.
MELHS Music Department - Winter Concert: Join the MELHS Music Department for their Winter Concert on Sunday, March 1st at 4pm in Henschen Alumni Hall. Our concert theme is "The Lord Who Watches Over
You Always," a perfect reminder during the season of Lent. This concert will feature the MELHS Chorale, Honors Choir, String Ensemble, and Concert Band. Stay after the concert for a dessert reception. Be sure to bring your family & friends!
Teacher Openings: Good Shepherd Lutheran School is Now Accepting Applications for K–8 Teaching Positions Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Collinsville, Illinois, is seeking dedicated Christian educators to join our
teaching team for the 2026–2027 school year. Our school serves preschool through grade 8 with an enrollment of 404 students, and we are currently seeking teachers for Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 4, and
Grade 6. Good Shepherd is a Christ-centered community devoted to providing excellent academic instruction and faithful Christian training for the lambs of our Good Shepherd. We seek teachers who model their faith daily, demonstrate leadership, and share a love for children and teaching. Qualified applicants should hold at least a bachelor’s degree in education and a valid teaching license. Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills are essential. A detailed job description is available through the school office. For more information or to recommend a candidate, please contact Mr. Robert Mayhew at 618-344-3151 or gsls1@hotmail.com
Issues Etc. - SACRED MUSIC FOR THE SEASON OF LENT... “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “In the Cross of Christ I Glory,” “My Song Is Love Unknown,” “Glory Be to Jesus,” “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth.” You can listen to sacred music for the Lenten season 24/7 at lutheranpublicradio.org, TuneIn, Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple HomePod and the Lutheran Public Radio mobile app.
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) Steve & Marla Hendry
(8:00) Wally & Martha Streuter
(10:30) Kathy Seggerman
Greeters: (8:00) Jeanne Lomax
(10:30) Donna Kober
Flowers – Given by Jim & Mary Kruta in memory of their grandson, Ean Kruta and by the Jones’ in honor of Kay Jones’s 85th birthday.
Attendance last weekend was 417. The offering was: General Fund $15,992 Specials $7,234,
Total $23,226.
Prayers
For the family of Robert Graff, Julia Klaas's father, Asleep in Jesus
For the family of Ann Goldsmith, Asleep in Jesus
For Darlene Williams friend of the Hawk's, issues after heart surgery
For the family of Richard Ruger, Asleep in Jesus
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, undergoing chemo therapy
For Karen Eatherton, Hannah Gruben's grandmother who is on hospice
Joy Streitz, friend of Paige Beyer, who suffered a stroke