Weekly Announcements 09/27
Baptism & Adult Confirmation: We have three baptisms and one confirmation this week. Please welcome them into Good Shepherd. Brittany Dickerson will be baptized and confirmed at the 8 a.m. service. Cassidy Nicole Frerichs, daughter of Nicholas & Kendell Frerich, and Mary Catherine Daech, daughter of Cody & Annie Daech, will both be baptized Sunday. Please welcome them to Good Shepherd.
Dear Members of Good Shepherd,
We are writing to express our heartfelt thanks for your overwhelming support, cards, kind words, and prayers during this challenging time. Your compassion, thoughtful gestures, and ongoing
encouragement have provided our family with immense comfort and strength. We are deeply grateful to be part of such a caring and supportive faith community. Thank you again for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Jim and Robin Fritzsche, Jeanne and Terry Burke
LWML - All Ladies are welcome to attend the Lwml program on Saturday October 3rd starting at 9am in the fellowship.
Program: Mrs. Rachel Gray will talk about “Finding Beauty in Literature ".
For the month of September thru November we will continue to collect for Love Packages. there is a box in the connecting hallway to receive the following items: Bibles, Christian Magazines, Daily Devotion, Sunday School Material ,cds and dvds.
We want to Thank all congregates who donated the items for the Baby Layettes. Any questions, please text or call Pam Hoffman at 618-409-3163.
Save the Date for Harvest Fest! Please plan to join us on Sunday, October 4th from 3- 6 PM for FREE food, games, bounce houses, music, and more, and be sure to invite your neighbors, friends and family to join us as well. Please click, Good Shepherd Lutheran Christian Outreach: Harvest Fest 2026 to sign-up online to donate pies, help set-up, grill, serve food, clean-up and more! If you have any questions about Harvest Fest, please contact Jennifer Buchanan at buchanjL@gmail.com.
Calling all Pickleball Fans! No matter what your skill level, you will have a blast at the Bi-Annual Youth Pickleball Tournament!
When? October 18th 1:30pm
Where? Metro-East Lutheran High School
What? Doubles Pickleball Tournament to support Good Shepherd's Youth Program
Cost? $25 per person
Prizes, Concessions, & Fun!
Register here: Pickleball Doubles Tourney
Mums Are Back! Our Youth Group will once again be selling beautiful mums this fall! Stop by the Youth Group’s mum sale at Harvest Fest and pick up a beautiful mum—or two! All proceeds will go toward helping our youth with the upcoming Mission Trip.
Blood Drive: Our next blood drive will be Sunday, October 4, from 2:00-6:00 p.m. during the Harvest Fest!!! This will not be in the mobile unit, but will be in the Early Childhood Center Lobby so that people can stop in to donate while they are at the Harvest Fest and save themselves a trip. If we have 20 viable units of blood donated the school will receive a grant for Physical Education equipment. It is a WIN, WIN, WIN, opportunity…Harvest Fest, Blood Drive, and possible school grant in one afternoon!!
Youth News: The next Junior High Youth Night is September 20th from 5pm-7pm in the church fellowship hall. Fun, Food, and Bible Study!
The next Senior High event is Saturday, September, 26th. We will be going to Skyview Drive-in, Belleville.
Mission Trip News! Our team of 24 will be traveling to Guatemala this summer to build two homes and two cookstoves for families in the San José Calderas. We will also be holding a VBS there for the children of the village. In the evenings we will be interacting with the children of the Child Beyond Children's Home. To be able to bless these three areas, our group must raise $850 per person for just the homes' materials, VBS snacks & materials and a set donation for the orphanage. Along with these donations, each person must pay for their travel, lodging, and food. This
cost will be around $2000 per person. Our group hopes the members of Good Shepherd would help with some of these costs through your donations and supporting our fundraisers this year. Please be on the look-out on how you can be part of this mission too through your financial support and your prayers! Stay tuned for more info about the trip to Guatemala!!
Our Fundraisers for September:
Envelope Wall: Pick an envelope from our envelope wall, place the dollar amount shown in the envelope, turn in the envelope to the offering basket or turn into the church office.
Braille Help: The Braille ministry that Good Shepherd participates in every first Thursday of the month at Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto continues to do well. We are one of several churches that put together Braille books of the Bible in assembly fashion. We need 10 people to make up the assembly line and we are in need of people to substitute. If you think you might be interested, contact the church office.
Volunteers are needed from Good Shepherd to drive and deliver Meals On Wheels for the Collinsville area for our elderly, disabled, and homebound community. Our church is responsible to deliver six weeks of the year Monday through Friday rotating with nine other local churches, one week every two months. Deliveries are from approximately 10 AM to 11:15 AM. If you can volunteer in this way, either regularly or as a substitute and would like to know more, please contact Tamara Tucker-Lindsey at 618-806-3062 or by emailing ttlindsey@att.net. Thank you.
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: How to Read the Bible, Why Men Aren’t Marrying, The No Contact Movement, Debate Over the Location of the Town of Bethsaida 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: The best scenario when creating a Christian estate plan is to work in collaboration. When it comes to estates, few of us know all the answers. We need to have conversations with others who will ask us questions that spur good thinking. We need to work with experts who have experience in gift planning, to ensure all the bases are covered in the plan. To begin identifying where you have need to ask for help, reach out to your LCMS Foundation Gift Planning Counselor. 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) M. Scaggs
(10:30) J. Hartke
Altar Guild: (5:30) Pam Hoffman
(8:00) Jeff & Michelle Fiudo
(10:30) Tamara Tucker-Lindsey & Mandy Kitzmiller
Greeters: (8:00) Jeanne Lomax
(10:30) Debra Downing
Flowers – Given by Julie Wrigley in Memory of Mary Jane Wade.
Given by the Sengele Family in Honor of Brittany Dickerson’s Baptism and Confirmation.
Attendance last weekend was 545. The offering was: General Fund $18,534, Specials $485, Total $19,019.
Prayers
Kathy Bohnet, recovering from surgery and thankful for all the cards & calls
John Skosky recovering from hernia surgery
Karla Werre recovering from emergency gallbladder surgery
Pastor O'Brien, recovering in rehab
Susan Kober, recovering from hip surgery
Bo Jaraback, recovering
Mike Kober, diagnosed with prostate cancer
Carolyn Ashcraft, recovering at home
Ron Hartman, on his ongoing cancer treatments
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, undergoing chemotherapy
Pregnancies
Mason and Kendra Wilkerson, due 11/9/2026
Caleb and Gabby Mayhew, due 11/14/2026
Emmanuel and Joyce Ben, due late January, early February