Weekly Announcements 03/15
Portals of Prayer for April -June are 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 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
The church is hiring a facilities manager. They are accepting resumes for 2 weeks. If you are
interested in applying please send your resume to the church office -churchoffice@gslcs.org. The job description can be found in the online announcements.
Donations for Easter Baskets: Since Good Shepherd Lutheran no longer has a food pantry, the Board of Congregational Life is asking for cash donations to be used to purchase Aldi gift cards for our single teachers, seminary field workers and church members who indicate they need assistance with groceries. While cash donations are always welcome for this ongoing emphasis, we are asking that this be a special consideration leading up to Easter. You may place your donation in the offering plate, marked “Easter Basket". Thank you for your generosity.
Easter Egg Hunt Help Needed - Please remember to return your bags of plastic eggs filled with small toys or pre-packaged candy to the church narthex no later than Sunday, March 29th.
Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt - Join us on Easter Sunday, April 5th at 9:15 AM for Easter Breakfast and an Easter Egg Hunt. Christian Outreach and the Youth are teaming up to prepare breakfast consisting of scrambled eggs, ham, fruit and pastries compliments of Kruta Bakery. A free will offering will be collected with proceeds going to the youth. An Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0 through 6th grade will follow the breakfast, so be sure to bring your Easter baskets to collect eggs. Flyers are available in the narthex, so be sure to pick up a few and invite your friends and family.
Save the Date - VBS 2026 - Early registration begins soon 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. Mark your calendars today!
VBS Volunteers Needed - In order for VBS to be successful, we need a minimum of 40 adult volunteers. Without a commitment from adult volunteers, student registration will be limited. 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 in the bulletin announcements to register today to serve at VBS 2026. Please see Jennifer Buchanan or Rachel Forden with any questions.
Easter Lilies – Help Good Shepherd’s altar look beautiful for Easter Sunday! Please complete the form in the bulletin announcements and return along with your check to the church by March 30th. If you have any questions, please call the church office at 618-344-3151 or email churchoffice@gslcs.org Thank you!
New! Audio Stream During Church Services
1. Download the AudioFetch app (scan the QR code in the announcements or search “AudioFetch” in the App Store or Google Play).
2. Connect to the GSLSGUEST WiFi network. Password: welcomeguests
3. Open the app and adjust the volume as needed.
Illinois March for Life: The Life Team would like to take a van of people to the Illinois March for Life in Springfield on March 19 to celebrate LIFE. The event begins with Matins and Prayer Service at 11 am at
Trinity Lutheran Church across from the state capitol. An inexpensive bag lunch will be available afterwards followed by a rally in front of the capitol with pro-life speakers at 1pm and the March around the building at 2 p.m. (Marching is optional!) If you are interested in all or part of these events and would
like more information call or text: Lynn Cook, 618-789-4749, or Pat Hoffmeier, 618-305-9622.
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. 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!
Issues Etc. - EXPLAINING LUTHERANISM TO NON-LUTHERANS... Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. You can listen to a series of interviews with Dr. Jordan Cooper, author of the new book “Lutheranism for Non-Lutherans,” at issuesetc.org/nonlutherans.
Thanks to those who serve this week:
Usher Team: (5:30) D. Ulkus
(8:00) M. Scaggs
(10:30) J. Hartke
Altar Guild: (5:30) Italiano, Kober
(8:00) Jeff & Terri Blasingame
(10:30) Janice Wilson
Greeters: (8:00) Terri Blasingame
(10:30) Ken & Donna Bunton
Flowers – Given by Steve & Carol Hyatt in honor of their 16th Wedding Anniversary
Attendance last weekend was 478. The offering was: General Fund $25,458 Specials $1,030 including memorials for Ann Goldsmith, Total $26,488.
Prayers
For Gail Mayhew, who is recovering from eye surgery
For Garrett Hendry, for a successful recovery from tricep surgery scheduled for this Friday
Megan Pfeiffer, teacher Zion Lutheran in Bethalto, for her recent pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment
For Richard Tiek, friend of Jim & Mary Kruta, who is hospitalized, wisdom for the Doctors
For the family of Robert Graff, Julia Klaas's father, Asleep in Jesus
For the family of Karen Eatherton, Hannah Gruben's grandmother, Asleep in Jesus
For the family of Gary Rothe, Camille Butler's father, Asleep in Jesus (2-26-26)
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, undergoing chemo therapy
For the Christians being persecuted in the country of Libya