† IN OUR PRAYERS Katherine R., recovering from surgery for a broken hip; Earl K., suffering from an injury to his bicep; Mary Beth C., recovering from a broken wrist; Wynette Q., recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor; Sue V., at St. Luke’s in Carthage receiving rehab after a broken hip; Jack H., at St. Luke’s dealing with multiple health issues; Kathy P., suffering health issues; Stephen Ministry and their care receivers.
† GSLC ANNUAL LADIES’ NIGHT OUT A big thank you to Lora Wacker and all those involved in helping and donation food for the annual Ladies Night Out. A wonderful time was had by all who attended!
† SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ MEETING There will be a Sunday School Teachers’ meeting after Sunday School today.
† HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
April 18: Maundy Thursday Communion Service – 11:00 am, 7:00 pm
April 19: Good Friday Worship Service – 11:00 am, 7:00 pm
April 20: Holy Saturday Prayer Vigil – 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
April 21: Easter Sunrise Service – 6:30 am
Easter Breakfast – 7:30 am
Easter Worship Service with Communion – 9:00 am
Easter Egg Hunt – 10:30 am
† HOLY SATURDAY PRAYER VIGIL There is a sign up sheet for our Saturday, April 20, Prayer Vigil on the narthex round table. Please consider signing up for a 15 minute slot. Certainly you are welcome to come in for prayer at anytime and you can stay as long as you want, but we would like to have someone here in prayer through the entire 6 hour time period.
† EASTER EGG HUNT DONATIONS The LYF is asking the congregation for donations of rolls of nickels/dimes, small prizes, or bags of individually wrapped candy to fill the plastic eggs for the Sunday School Easter Egg hunt. Your donations can be placed in the container provided in the youth room or they can be dropped off in the church office.
† THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN will be singing on Palm Sunday, April 14, during the service.
† HE IS RISEN EASTER BREAKFAST SIGN-UP An Early Easter Sunrise Service calls for a new early riser breakfast menu. This year LWML will provide biscuits, gravy, and scrambled eggs. There is a sign-up sheet available in the narthex on the round table for others to help out with: fruit, juice, milk, sweet rolls, paper plates, and cups.
† EASTER LILIES There is a sign-up sheet on the round table in the narthex for Easter lilies. It would be nice to have at least 20 lilies to adorn the sanctuary for Easter. Thanks for your help.
† SOUTHERN SYMPHONIC CHORUS Several members of GSLC are performing in this chorus today at 3:00 pm. The concert of John Rutter’s Requiem will be held in the Central Christian Center. Admission is free. It would be wonderful to have our congregation there.
† PORTALS OF PRAYER The new Portals of Prayer for the spring are on the table by the nursery in the narthex.
† 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.