† IN OUR PRAYERS Jody G., in a residential care facility in Neosho; Stella Q., struggling with her loss of memory; Kathy P., suffering health issues; Sara P., undergoing treatment for cancer; Stephen Ministry and their care receivers.
† TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS has started meeting again with Pastor Mehl at 9:30 am on Tuesdays.
† LADIES NIGHT OUT The Annual Ladies Night Out Dinner, with a St. Patrick’s Day theme, is tonight at 5:00 pm. Make plans to join us for this fun evening. Sarah Meadows Brown will be our entertainer for the evening. She is a local girl that lives in Joplin. Sarah will sing a variety of music including gospel, country and pop. We will collect an offering to give to Sarah as a thank you.
† EASTER EGG HUNT The LYF will be filling the plastic eggs for the annual Sunday School Easter Egg hunt. They are asking the congregation for donations of rolls of nickels/dimes, small prizes, or bags of individually wrapped candy. Your donations can be placed in the container provided in the youth room or they can be dropped off in the church office. Thanks for your help with this project!
† SINGLE SENIOR LADIES A new group of single, senior ladies has formed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Come join them for some fellowship, fun and snacks next Sunday, March 26, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm in the church fellowship hall. Bring a snack to share with about 15 people. For questions or more information, please contact Ann L.
† GIRLS IN GRADE 6 – 9 are invited to join Rachel Eaton from 12:00 – 1:00 pm on Sundays. They will have lunch (please supply your own) while Rachel leads a study based on Godly and Girly by Lacy Marsh.
† EASTER LILIES If you would like to purchase one or more lilies to help adorn our sanctuary on Easter, please use the sign up sheet in the narthex. The cost is $8.00 each. Please pay Diana E.
† BABY CRIB NEEDED A member of GSLC is in need of a baby crib and wondered if anyone in the congregation has one that they could use. If you would be able to help with this need, please contact the church office, 358-1325.
† SUNDAY SCHOOL The Sunday School students will be singing at the beginning of the late service on Palm Sunday, April 9.
† LWML will be having a bake sale on Sunday, April 9, in the narthex after both services. Come prepared that Sunday for some delicious goodies!
† MORNING MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Good Shepherd would like to start a morning men’s bible study that would meet one morning a week around 6:30 am (before work) at a breakfast location in Joplin. If you would be interested in participating in this bible study, please contact the church office, 358-1325, or Greg G.
† SCRIPTURE STUDY During Lent, the Scripture Study Group is meeting a little earlier, 9:30 am, due to our 11:00 am Lent service. If you are planning on attending the morning Lent service, you could come a little early and join them!
† LWML QUARTERLIES The LWML Spring Quarterlies are on the table by the nursery in the narthex.
† PORTALS OF PRAYER The new Portals of Prayer for the Spring are on the table by the nursery in the narthex.
† LENT started Wednesday, March 1, with our Ash Wednesday services. We are once again have weekday services each Wednesday at 11:00 am and 7:00 pm throughout Lent. Be sure and utilize these services as part of your Lenten observance.
† ALUMINUM CAN TABS It’s time for GSLC to start collecting aluminum can tabs again! Audrey G.’s Technology Student Association (TSA) team is collecting them to help Montana Cole. Montana is a 14 year old girl from Kansas who has been fighting a brain tumor for the past 5 years. The money from the tabs will go to help her family with all of the hospital bills. The tabs can be placed in the container in the narthex on the table outside the nursery. Thanks for your help with this.
† NURSERY/CRY ROOM Should your child become distressed or distract others during the service, a furnished nursery/cry room is located in the narthex for your use. Please ask one of the ushers if you need directions.
† PRAYER BEARS are in the sanctuary pews and available to be signed out (notebook in narthex by nursery) and given to anyone that needs God’s love, comfort, and peace.
† BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS are available in the nurse’s office after the service. You will be given a small form that can be carried in your wallet which will include medical information and a log of your blood pressure readings.