Weekly Announcements 06/28
Congregational Assembly TODAY 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.
Baptism for Henry Parker Hulse, son of Harrison & Sarah Hulse, is at the Sunday, 10:30 a.m. service. Please help in welcoming Henry into our Good Shepherd home!
Baptism for Madeline Grace Pieper, daughter of Jonathan & Rachel Pieper, is at the Sunday, 10:30 a.m. service. Please help in welcoming Madeline into our Good Shepherd home!
Attendance: Please sign in on the app or in the Friendship book, this includes children. 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.
Join the Crossroads Group for Fellowship and Food! The Crossroads Group invites all Good Shepherd families and individuals to connect through faith, activities, and service.
Join us in the Church Fellowship Hall right after the 10:30 AM service for three family-friendly potlucks: July 26th, August 23rd, & September 27th
An email will be sent to a Crossroads distribution list for dish sign-ups. To join the email list or ask questions, contact Wilhelmina Roney at roneyhousehold@gmail.com.
Group Run: Good Shepherd families join us for a weekly group run Tuesday evenings 6:30-7:15 pm at Drost Park this summer! 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. - EQUIPPING THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS… 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: The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, Marxism & Liberation Theology, Expressive Individualism & the Christian Life, The Sevenfold Graces of the Spirit in Isaiah 11 and more. You can tune in live weekdays from 3–5 p.m. on KFUO, 850 AM in St. Louis. You can also listen on-demand at issuesetc.org, the LPR mobile app or a podcast provider.
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? St. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9, that the use of God’s gifts can well up into God’s people rejoicing and giving thanks together. If you let a ministry leader know of your intended future gift, you can join together in rejoicing, thank God and praise Him for His grace. Your LCMS Foundation Gift Planning Counselor can help. 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) W. Curtis
Altar Guild: (5:30) Eddie Antonovich & Terri Bradtke
(8:00) Wally & Martha Streuter
(10:30) Kathy Seggerman
Greeters: (8:00) Jeanne Lomax
(10:30) Debra Downing
Flowers – Given by Wally & Martha Streuter in Honor of their 51st Wedding Anniversary.
Given by the Monaco Family in honor of their families June birthdays.
Attendance last weekend was 465. The offering was: General Fund $15,228, Specials $1,487, Total $16,715.
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