\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> \u00a0Kes & Betty K.<\/i><\/b>, <\/i>dealing with various health & mobility issues; Kathy P.<\/i><\/b>, suffering health issues; Linda D.<\/i><\/b>, Sara P.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0SPECIAL VOTERS\u2019 MEETING\u00a0 <\/b>A Voters\u2019 Meeting has been scheduled for December 4, at 7:00 pm to review the pastoral candidates submitted by the Call committee.\u00a0 A brief summary of the candidates will be provided prior to the meeting with the intent of potentially voting to issue a Call to one of the candidates.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0WEDNESDAY MORNING SCRIPTURE STUDY <\/b>will not meet this Wednesday, Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving, but will start an Advent study on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS<\/b>\u00a0 GSLC is down to just a few people providing blood\u00a0 pressure checks on Sunday mornings, so we are in need a few more people who would be willing to help out one Sunday a month.\u00a0 If you would be interested in helping with this please contact Jan G.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM <\/b>is scheduled for Sunday, December 18, at 7:00 pm.\u00a0 Along with working on the songs and speaking lines in Sunday School, there will be rehearsals on Sunday, December 4 & 11, after the late service.\u00a0 A light lunch will be provided before we start rehearsal.\u00a0 Please encourage your children to get excited about this special opportunity to tell the story of Jesus\u2019 birth to our church family!<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0MSSU CHAMBER SINGERS\u00a0 <\/b>The Carthage Musical Devotees will be hosting the MSSU Chamber Singers today, at 3:00 pm, here at Good Shepherd.\u00a0 Admission is free and there will be refreshments afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0BAKE SALE\u00a0 <\/b>The LWML<\/a> annual November bake sale is today.\u00a0 Shop for your holiday goodies.\u00a0 Shopping starts after the early service and continues after the late service.<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0THANKSGIVING EVE WORSHIP\u00a0 <\/b>Join us this Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm for a special Thanksgiving Eve Service with Holy Communion.<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0MIDWEEK ADVENT SERVICES<\/b>\u00a0 As in recent years, Good Shepherd will provide\u00a0 midweek worship services at 11:00 am and 7:00 pm each Wednesday during\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advent. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cThe King Shall Come When Morning Dawns\u201d. Lessons will show how certain kings of Israel prepared for the coming of Christ\u00a0 our King. Please join us!<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0BISCUITS <\/b>& GRAVY BREAKFAST\u00a0 <\/b>Next Sunday, November 27, the first Sunday of Advent, Lutheran Youth Fellowship will be hosting a breakfast for the congregation between the services, during the Sunday School hour.\u00a0 The menu will include biscuits & gravy and egg casseroles.\u00a0 Please come and join us for some fellowship and food as we begin a new church year!<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0SCHEDULING SPECIAL MUSIC<\/b>\u00a0 If you want to provide special music during a worship service, please contact the church office at least two weeks ahead of time so plans can be made to include all who wish to participate.<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0POINSETTIAS\u00a0 <\/b>If you would like to purchase a poinsettia(s) to help adorn the sanctuary at Christmas, please use the sign-up sheet on the table in the narthex.\u00a0 The cost is $8.00 each.\u00a0 See Diana E. with any questions and about payment.<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0COMMUNICATIONS<\/b>\u00a0 Beginning in December, GSLC will offer a couple of additional ways to receive information and announcements.\u00a0 For more details about these added ways for communication, check your November newsletter.\u00a0 If you would like to receive a weekly email, please use the sign-up sheet on the round table in the narthex.\u00a0 Also on the round table, there are instructions for how to join GSLC\u2019s \u201cremind\u201d group to receive texts.<\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0CHRISTMAS COLLECTION<\/b>\u00a0 During the months of November and December the\u00a0 Sunday School children will be collecting new, small stuffed animals which will be placed in the Bright Futures food backpacks that go home with the school children over Christmas break.\u00a0 There is a tree set up in the Sunday School opening area for you to drop off your donations.\u00a0 Thanks for your support of this project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0Kes & Betty K., dealing with various health & mobility issues; Kathy P., suffering health issues; Linda D., Sara P., undergoing treatment for cancer. \u2020\u00a0SPECIAL VOTERS\u2019 MEETING\u00a0 A Voters\u2019 Meeting has been scheduled for December 4, at 7:00 pm to review the pastoral candidates submitted by the Call committee.\u00a0 A brief summary… Read More »Announcements — November 20, 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-1668","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\/1668","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=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}