† IN OUR PRAYERS Stella Q., Sue V., recovering from surgery at St. Luke’s; Aaron P., at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis receiving treatment for cancer; Kathy P., suffering health issues; Jack H., recovering at home; Paula B., April K., Sara P., Sara T., undergoing treatment for cancer.
† CHURCH MEMBER SURVERY The online and paper survey begins today and will run from April 10th – 20th. Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3WTY66 using passcode GSCS2016, or obtain a paper survey from the church office and return it to the church office by April 20th. Please pay careful attention and answer the survey questions exactly as asked. Certain questions on the survey may ask for 3, 4 or possibly 5 answers.
† GAME GATHERING The Lutheran Youth Fellowship will be hosting another Game Gathering event today at 3:00 pm, in the Fellowship Hall. This will be a fun afternoon of Bingo and prizes put on by the members of our LYF. Everyone is encouraged to come, bring a friend and enjoy some fun while supporting our youth for the National Gathering in July! There will be some concession type food available during the time and there will be door prizes and Bingo prizes including gift cards to various restaurants and other locations. The suggested donation for a pack of Bingo cards to play all the rounds is $10.00. Hope to see everyone here!
† MORNING BIBLE CLASSES There will not be a Tuesday morning Bible Class this week because Pastor will be gone for a Pastoral Conference. Also, there will not be a Wednesday morning Bible Class this week because Earl Kirn will be gone for training.
† VBS PLANNING MEETING Next Sunday, after the late service, there will be a VBS planning meeting. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
† BASKETS OF PROMISE LWML would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who donated items for the Baskets of Promise during Lent. Instead of the goal of 35 personal care kits, they were able to put together 48 kits. On top of that, they donated an extra 365 items to Crosslines of Carthage. Thanks for your generous donations!
† PASTOR SUBMISSIONS If you’d like to submit a pastoral candidate to the Call Committee, submit a written request to either Dave W. or Rob S. by May 5. The submission should include the pastor’s name, current position, your name (in case we need to follow up with you) and how you know the pastor.
† ATTENTION ALL GRADUATES If you are graduating from high school, college, tech school, etc. we want to hear about it. Please get a picture with a bio to the church office by April 22. We want to publish your accomplishments and future plans in the May issue of the Shepherd’s Staff. Parents, we may need your help with this, we don’t want to leave anyone out, but if we don’t have the information we can’t print it. Thanks.
† LWML SPRING RALLY The LWML Spring Rally will be held on Sunday, April 24, at St. Andrew’s Church in Stockton. It is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm with registration starting at 2:30 pm. The program will be Jason Glaskey with the Comfort Dogs. All ladies (and men) are invited to attend these rallies. They are a wonderful afternoon of spiritual growth and spending time with fellow Lutherans.
† SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERINGS For the first couple of quarters in 2016, both the adult and the children’s Sunday School offerings will be going to Children’s Haven in Joplin. If you would like to monitor our progress, keep an eye on our bulletin board downstairs that will track our Sunday School offerings!
† VOTERS’ MEETING The regular Voters’ Meeting will be held Sunday, April 24, at 7:00 pm in the fellowship hall. Along with our regular business we will also be asked to approve a resolution to GSLC’s Constitution. The insert in the bulletin today addresses this resolution.