Weekly Announcements 06/21
Congregational Assembly on June 28th after the 10:30 a.m. service. Agenda items will include the 2026-2027 fiscal year
spending guidelines. All members 18 and older are encouraged to attend.
Fiscal Year 26-27 copies of the proposed spending guidelines are available in the narthex.
VBS 2026: Students will be embarking for an island adventure on Tropical Trek this week June 22 - 26. Please pray for our students
and volunteers that this will be a week of fun, faith and discovery learning how Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
Volunteers who have not turned in their Background Check Form or Permission Slip or picked up their t-shirt should do so Sunday, June 21st in the Narthex. Any questions, please contact Jennifer Buchanan at 618-580-3150 or Rachel Forden.
Attendance: Please sign in on the app or in the Friendship book. This helps us in the church office and your Elder. Please call the church office with any questions at (618) 344-3151.
July Lunch Bunch will be on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at Agavero Grill in Collinsville. Agavero’s address is: 604 N
Bluff Rd, Collinsville, IL 62234. Please call Linda Luebbert at 618-830-8189 and let her know if you are planning on attending.
Group Run: Good Shepherd families join us for a weekly group run Tuesday evenings 6:30-7:15 pm at Drost Park! This isn’t just for our Cross Country athletes. Running over the summer is great for any fall sport and any member of the family. Walkers
welcome! We will meet at the north parking lot near the bathrooms and playground. Contact Pastor Gray (agray@gslcs.org) or Rachel Forden (rachelforden21@gmail.com) with any questions. We hope to see you there!
MELHS celebrates its 50th year of ministry this fall! An opening Festival Worship service will beheld on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026 to kick off this Jubilee Year. A mass band, held on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 22,2026 to kick off this Jubilee Year. A mass band, orchestra, and choir made up of MELHS students, alumni, parents, and friends will be a part of the service. Music will be available by August 1, with rehearsals still to be determined. If you wish to be a part of these ensembles, please contact Mr. Meador at Joseph.Meador@MELHS.org by July 31.
Issues Etc. - IN-DEPTH SERIES ON THE CRUSADES... 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 on the Crusades with Dr. Thomas Madden, medieval historian and author of “The Concise History of the Crusades” at issuesetc.org/crusades.
LCMS Foundation: A good gift plan within an estate includes inheritance for family and gifts to ministry. As you consider an estate gift to your favorite ministry, should you talk with ministry leaders in this planning? What if the gift you want to give to your favorite ministry doesn’t fit into that ministry’s future? For example, you want to give a $20,000 gift for a future pipe organ. The total cost would be $5 Million. No one else shares your same desire. That gift would be orphaned and would never accomplish anything. Conversations with ministry leaders can help discern this. Your LCMS Foundation Gift Planning Counselor can help to get this
conversation going. 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) C. Engeling
(10:30) J. Hartke
Altar Guild: (5:30) Steve & Marla Hendry
(8:00) Kathy Bohnet & Marie Wudtke
(10:30) Amy & Rose Beyer
Greeters: (8:00) Terri Blasingame
(10:30) Ken & Donna Bunton
Flowers – Given by the Sengele family in Honor of Fathers Day & June Birthdays.
In honor of the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Rob & Jennifer Pickerell on June 23rd. Given by their family.
Attendance last weekend was 456. The offering was: General Fund $31,676, Specials $110, Total $31,786.
Prayers
Richard Edmonds, hospitalized
Joanne Kraner, Lyndsey Schelp's grandmother, continuing health issues
For the mother of Thomas Harrell, growing cancer
Ron Hartman, on his ongoing cancer treatments
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, undergoing chemo therapy
Pregnancies
Tim and Megan Hurt, Megan pregnant & due 8/15/2026
Cody and Annie Daech, Annie pregnant & due 9/2/2026
Caleb & Gabby Mayhew, Gabby pregnant & due 11/14/2026