Weekly Anouncements 03/01
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 2 Midweek 3/4 – Holy Baptism
Lent 3 Midweek 3/11 – The Calling and Ordination of Pastors
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
Schedule of Groups Serving Lenten Meals:
March 4: Youth
March 11: Board of Outreach
March 18: Board of Congregational Life
March 25: Men's Ministry
The Youth will be serving their famous Mexican Chicken on March 4. The money raised will go towards this Summer's Higher Things Conference. Please come and support our youth! There are several ways to donate: cash, check, or on the Church App (choose Specials).
LWML: All Ladies are welcome to join us on March 7th at 9a.m in the fellowship hall. Program : Craving Spiritual Milk led by Ruth Herzog. Mission Outreach: Ingathering: Monetary contributions or gift cards to support Good Shepherd Lutheran School Auction. Any questions or comments call or text Pam Hoffman at 618-409-3163. Hope to see you all there.
Sunday, March 1, blood pressure will be taken in the connecting hallway following the 8am service
Raise Right: Charger Bucks will be available in the connector hallway before & after Sunday School today.
2026 Flower Chart: Please sign up for March 8th and April 26th. The cost is $40/vase.
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: welcome guests
3. Open the app and adjust the volume as needed.
Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt - Please join us on Easter Sunday, April 5th at 9:15 AM for Easter Breakfast and an Easter Egg Hunt. A hot breakfast will be hosted by Christian Outreach and the Youth with proceeds from the free will offering going to the youth. An Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0 through 6th grade will take place following the breakfast, so be sure to bring your Easter baskets to collect eggs. Please plan to attend and be sure to invite your friends and family!
Easter Egg Hunt Help Needed - Christian Outreach needs your help in making the Easter Sunday Easter Egg Hunt a success. Please grab a bag of 24 plastic eggs to take home and fill with small toys or pre-packaged candy and return to the church narthex no later than Sunday, March 29th.
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.
Save the Date - VBS 2026 - Get ready 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. Stay tuned for information on early registration. Mark your calendars today!
VBS Volunteers Needed -Your help is needed to make a Tropical Trek a success. 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 announcements to register today to serve at VBS 2025. Please see Jennifer Buchanan or Rachel Forden with any questions.
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. The logistics sound complicated, but we are confident we can make this work. Please register by MARCH 29th & contact Jan Van Beek at janetlvb@yahoo.com or call 217-851-7417
MELHS Music Department - Winter Concert: Join the MELHS Music Department for their Winter Concert today, Sunday, March 1st at 4pm in Henschen Alumni Hall. Our concert theme is "The Lord Who Watches Over You Always," a perfect reminder during the season of Lent. This concert will feature the MELHS Chorale, Honors Choir, String Ensemble, and Concert Band. Stay after the concert for a dessert reception.
Save the date – Red, White and Bid! Help us Honor 250 Years of American Freedom at the Good Shepherd Lutheran School Benefit Auction on March 21th at 5 p.m. There is a bulletin board in the narthex of items to donate. Thank you.
Issues Etc. - Book of Proverbs Bible study… The Word of the Lord Endures Forever is a daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Will
Weedon. Pastor Weedon recently started a study on the Book of Proverbs:11-20. You can listen at your convenience at thewordendures.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.
Thanks to those who serve this week:
Usher Team: (5:30) D. Ulkus
(8:00) C. Engeling
(10:30) K. Splaingard
Altar Guild: (5:30) Eddie Antonovich & Terri Bradtke
(8:00)Jeff & Terri Blasingame
(10:30) Janice Wilson
Greeters: (8:00) Steve & Carol Hyatt
(10:30) Kent & Kathy Splaingard
Attendance last weekend was 482. The offering was: General Fund $19,644 Specials $12,969
including memorials for Betty Moeller, Total $32,613.
Prayers
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
For Reuben Woolery, nephew of Rachel Forden & Karen Witschie, undergoing chemo therapy
For the Christians being persecuted in the country of Nigeria