{"id":1549,"date":"2016-02-28T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gslc-carthage.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2016-02-28T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:39:02","slug":"announcements-february-28-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"Announcements &#8212; February 28, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> <b><i>\u00a0Sue V.<\/i><\/b>, recovering from surgery at St. Luke\u2019s;<b><i> Aaron P.<\/i><\/b>, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis receiving treatment for cancer; <b><i>\u00a0Kathy P.<\/i><\/b>, suffering health issues; <b><i>Jack H.<\/i><\/b>, recovering at home;<b><i> Paula B.<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>April K.<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Sara P.<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Sara T.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER EGG HUNT\u00a0 <\/b>The LYF will be filling the plastic eggs for the annual Sunday School Easter Egg hunt.\u00a0 They are asking the congregation for donations\u00a0\u00a0 of <b><i>rolls of nickels\/dimes, small prizes, or bags of individually wrapped candy<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 Your donations can be placed in the container provided in the youth room or they can be dropped off in the church office.\u00a0 Thanks for your help with this project!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER BREAKFAST SIGN UP\u00a0 <\/b>The Easter breakfast sign up sheet is in the narthex on the round table.\u00a0 Please take a moment to check it over and then put your name by what you are willing to bring.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>MEAL DELIVERY\u00a0 <\/b>Good Shepherd\u2019s week to deliver meals for the Over-60 Center is March 7-11.\u00a0 If you can help with this worthwhile project, please contact Betty E.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>STEPHEN MINISTRY <\/b>\u00a0Last Sunday morning there was a commissioning service for our first ever class of trained Stephen Ministers.\u00a0 These nine individuals are equipped to serve as an embodiment of Christ\u2019s love to hurting persons in our church and community.\u00a0 Stephen Ministry of GSLC is now accepting referrals concerning individuals who may benefit from this distinctively Christian, one-on-one, confidential care.\u00a0 If you are aware of anyone who is in distress because of illness, grief, changes in their life circumstances or any other of the hurts that occur in our earthly journey, please contact Janet C., Earl K., or Pastor Mackie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>LENT <\/b>\u00a0During lent we have weekday services each Wednesday at 11:00 am and 7:00 pm. Be sure and utilize these services as part of your Lenten observance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>SCRIPTURE STUDY\u00a0 <\/b>During Lent the Scripture Study Group is meeting a little earlier, <i>9:30 am<\/i>, due to our 11:00 am Lent service.\u00a0 If you are planning on attending the morning Lent service, you could come a little early and join them!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>THANK YOU <\/b>to all those who participated in our \u201cSouper Bowl\u201d canned good drive for Crosslines.\u00a0 Our church donated a total of 647 items.\u00a0 Thank you for all your help in supporting this worthy cause!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF\u00a0 <\/b>This Lent season, our congregation is taking part in Lutheran World Relief\u2019s Baskets of Promise campaign.\u00a0 Each week in Lent, we will collect items to form LWR Personal Care Kits that help impoverished people stay healthy in life\u2019s most challenging situations.\u00a0 This Sunday we are collecting toothbrushes (adult size, in the original packaging).\u00a0 Next week we will be collecting combs.\u00a0 Please bring your donations to worship next Sunday.\u00a0 If you have any questions please contact Lora W. or Brenda K. Thanks for your help with this project!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER LILIES\u00a0 <\/b>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.\u00a0 The cost is $8.00 each.\u00a0 Please pay Diana E.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>DISASTER ASSISTANCE\u00a0 <\/b>There is information posted on the bulletin board in the information area about receiving disaster assistance from FEMA if you were affected by the flooding in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>NURSERY\/CRY ROOM <\/b>\u00a0Should your child become distressed or distract others \u00a0during the service, a furnished nursery\/cry room is located in the narthex for your use.\u00a0 Please ask one of the ushers if you need directions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0Sue V., recovering from surgery at St. Luke\u2019s; Aaron P., at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis receiving treatment for cancer; \u00a0Kathy P., suffering health issues; Jack H., recovering at home; Paula B., April K., Sara P., Sara T., undergoing treatment for cancer. \u2020\u00a0EASTER EGG HUNT\u00a0 The LYF will be filling the plastic&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1549\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcements &#8212; February 28, 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}