\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> \u00a0Jody G.<\/i><\/b>, in a residential care facility in Neosho; Stella Q.<\/i><\/b>, struggling with her loss of memory; Kathy P.<\/i><\/b>, suffering health issues; Sara P.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing treatment for cancer; Stephen Ministry and their care receivers.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS <\/b>will start meeting with Pastor Mehl this Tuesday, March 14, at 9:30 am.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0MEAL DELIVERY\u00a0 <\/b>Thank you to all those who helped with the Over 60\u00a0 Center meal delivery this past week.\u00a0 What a great way to help support\u00a0 our local community!<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0LADIES NIGHT OUT\u00a0 <\/b>The Annual Ladies Night Out Dinner, with a St. Patrick\u2019s Day theme, is next Sunday, March 19 at 5:00 pm.\u00a0 Make plans to join us for this fun evening.\u00a0 Sarah Meadows Brown will be our entertainer for the evening.\u00a0 She is a local girl that lives in Joplin.\u00a0 Sarah will sing a variety of music including gospel, country and pop.\u00a0 We will collect an offering to give to Sarah as a thank you.\u00a0 There is a sign-up sheet on the round table in the narthex, so we know how much food to prepare. Childcare will be provided.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0GIRLS IN GRADE <\/b>6 – 9 <\/b>are invited to join Rachel E. from 12:00 – 1:00 pm on Sundays, starting today.\u00a0 They will have lunch (please supply your own) while Rachel leads a study based on Godly and Girly by Lacy Marsh.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0THE FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE <\/b>needs a few volunteers to help cook and decorate for the Ladies Night Out on March 19.\u00a0 Please contact Lora W., if you would be willing to help.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0LENT<\/b> started Wednesday, March 1, with our Ash Wednesday services.\u00a0 We will 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.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0SCRIPTURE STUDY\u00a0 <\/b>During Lent, the Scripture Study Group is meeting a little earlier, 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
\u2020\u00a0CONCERT AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH\u00a0 <\/b>The Prep Singers of Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, Wisconsin will be holding a concert at Faith Lutheran Church in Carthage on Saturday, March 18, at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0EASTER 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 of 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
\u2020\u00a0EASTER 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
\u2020\u00a0MORNING MEN\u2019S BIBLE STUDY\u00a0 <\/b>Good Shepherd would like to start a morning men\u2019s bible study that would meet one morning a week around 6:30 am (before work) at a breakfast location in Joplin.\u00a0 If you would be interested in participating in this bible study, please contact the church office, 358-1325, or Greg G.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0PORTALS OF PRAYER\u00a0 <\/b>The new Portals of Prayer for the Spring are on the table by the nursery in the narthex.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0LENTEN DEVOTIONS<\/b>\u00a0 If you are looking for devotions to use during Lent, there are booklets on the information desk in the church narthex from the Lutheran Hour Ministries.\u00a0 If you have not done a personal devotion or family devotion before, this would be a great time to start.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0ALUMINUM CAN TABS\u00a0 <\/b>It\u2019s time for GSLC to start collecting aluminum can tabs again!\u00a0 Audrey G.\u2019s Technology Student Association (TSA) team is collecting them to help Montana Cole.\u00a0 Montana is a 14 year old girl from Kansas who has been fighting a brain tumor for the past 5 years.\u00a0 The money from the tabs will go to help her family with all of the hospital bills. \u00a0The tabs can be placed in the container in the narthex on the table outside the nursery.\u00a0 Thanks for your help with this.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0NURSERY\/CRY ROOM\u00a0 <\/b>Should your child become distressed or distract others during 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
\u2020\u00a0PRAYER BEARS <\/b>are in the sanctuary pews and available to be signed out (notebook in narthex by nursery) and given to anyone that needs God\u2019s love, comfort, and peace.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS <\/b>are available in the nurse\u2019s office after the service.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0Jody 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. \u2020\u00a0TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS will start meeting with Pastor Mehl this Tuesday, March 14, at 9:30 am. \u2020\u00a0MEAL… Read More »Announcements — March 12, 2017<\/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-1743","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\/1743","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=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1744,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}