Weekly Announcment 11/30
Senior Christmas Dinner: Please Join Us on Friday, December 12 for a delicious meal, holiday devotion, entertainment and fellowship with friends at the annual Senior Adult Christmas Dinner! Doors open at 11 a.m. The meal will begin at 11:30 a.m. Make reservations at the church office (344-3151 or churchoffice@gslcs.org.) or by checking your name off or adding it to the SIGN UP in the narthex by Monday12/8. Hope you can all join us!
Volunteers Are Needed to help provide a special Christmas celebration for guests at the Senior Adult Christmas Dinner on Friday, December 12. Help will be appreciated with decorating and food preparation on Thursday, December 11 and serving and clean-up on December 12. If you are able to help, please text
Pat Hoffmeier (618-305-9622). Thanks!
Christian Outreach will be serving Chili, Chicken Noodle Soup, Cornbread and Hot Dogs for the first Advent meal on Wednesday, December 3rd. Proceeds from the free will offering will go towards the Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt. We will see you in the Fellowship Hall Wednesday night!
Thank you from Barabara Fedorsak to the LWML ladies who made cookies for Michael Fedorsak’s Celebration of Life.
Holy Baptism – Lewis Norman Gruben, son of Hans & Hannah Gruben is being baptized at the
10:30 a.m. Service. Please help in welcoming Lewis into our Good Shepherd home!
Dear women of GSLC: the LWML’s annual Christmas party has become a Christmas Brunch this year. We are trying to individually invite each one of you, but if we missed giving you an invitation, here are the details: The brunch will be on Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 am in the Fellowship Hall. Energize your Christmas spirit through fellowship, a lighthearted, thought-provoking skit, and singing favorite carols. This is a festive time to make new friends as you celebrate Jesus/birth. Hope to see YOU there! (RSVP by Dec.1 to gslc.lwml@gmail.com A-N bring brunch item; 0-Z bring 1 doz. Cookies)
The Southern Illinois District is launching a new outreach initiative in 2025 called, "Come Home for Christmas." The coming months will have many of our family, friends, and neighbors longing to be home for the holidays. This presents us a wonderful opportunity to invite them to join us in worship for Christmas, where they will truly be at home with the Lord Jesus. Stay tuned for more ways you can be a part of this outreach initiative, because all of us have an opportunity to invite a friend, neighbor, or family member to come home to God’s house for Christmas!
Poinsettias - Each Christmas we decorate the church with poinsettias donated by members giving In Memory Of or In Honor Of loved ones. We will list the donations in our Christmas services. You are welcome to take the poinsettia home after our Christmas service or leave it for the rest of the season. If you would like to donate a poinsettia, please fill out the form in the Bulletin Announcements or call the church office. Thank you!
Advent Calendars are on the table in the Narthex. Please take one per family.
Join us this Advent season at our Midweek Services as we explore the theme, Prepare the Way of the Lord: With Prayer, In Meditation, Through Suffering, inspired by Martin Luther’s insight into the recurring cycle of the Christian life. Luther taught that our faith is strengthened through prayer (especially as we prepare ourselves to study the Word), in reflective meditation (on the Word), and enduring suffering (as the devil tries to steal the Word from us) -steps that prepare your hearts for Christ’s coming.
Wednesdays: December 3, 10 &17 at 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Advent Meal at 5:30 p.m
Parents Night Out – Come join for a fun night on December 5th from 6-9 p.m. This is a fundraiser for the Youth Group & is a freewill donation. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/1GfqwHGa44xQR3Dk9
Crossroads - Kick off Christmas break with a family movie night on Sunday, 12/21! Crossroads is hosting a viewing of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in the Fellowship Hall. The movie starts at 6 pm with doors opening at 5:30. Bring a cozy blanket and your favorite movie snack to share! Crossroads will provide popcorn and drinks. Contact Rachel Forden.
NEW Recurring Online Giving Platform - We are moving to a new online giving platform. We are letting you know now because we want everyone to be fully moved over by January 1, 2026. It is already up and running so you can switch anytime! This new one will allow you to pay with your bank account, credit card or even Apple Pay. You can go to - https://pushpay.com/g/goodshepherdil
*If you previously gave on a different platform please remember to cancel that one also.
NEW Website and App - As of 11/24/2025 the new website is live at it's old address https://www.goodshepherdcollinsville.org/
Our new app is available for download. Enter the keyword gscollinsville when you get in. Then be sure to click in the upper right hand corner on the profile and make your profile. Then you are all set.
If you have an iPhone use this link,
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-church-by-pushpay/id1289838678
If you have an Android use this link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushpay.mychurch&pcampaignid=web_share
Or search for My Church by Pushpay.
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) Pam Hoffman
(8:00) Pam Hoffman
(10:30) Janice Wilson
Greeters: (8:00) Steve & Carol Hyatt
(10:30) Kent & Kathy Splaingard
Flowers- Given Duane & Ruth Rankin in honor of their 70th Wedding Anniversary.
Attendance last weekend was 525. The offering was: General Fund $17,591, Specials $1,046, Total $18,637.