\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> \u00a0The M. family, <\/i><\/b>at the death of Esther;\u00a0Nan B.<\/i><\/b>, after a fall; Jody G.<\/i><\/b>, back in the hospital; 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>has started meeting again with Pastor Mehl at 9:30 am on Tuesdays.<\/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 individual<\/i><\/b>ly<\/i><\/b> 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\u00a0LWML <\/b>will be having a bake sale next Sunday, April 9, in the narthex after both services.\u00a0 Come prepared that Sunday for some delicious goodies!<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00a0 <\/b>The Sunday School students will be singing at the beginning of the late service next Sunday, April 9.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERINGS\u00a0 <\/b>The Sunday School & Adult Bible Class offerings for the Spring quarter are going to LCMS World Relief & Human Care to help with the relief efforts after the recent tornados in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0EASTER BREAKFAST SIGN UP\u00a0 <\/b>The Easter breakfast sign-up sheet is in the narthex on the round table. Please take a moment to check it over and then put your name by what you are willing to bring.<\/p>\n
\u2020\u00a0HOLY SATURDAY PRAYER VIGIL\u00a0 <\/b>There is a sign up sheet for our Saturday, April 15th<\/sup>, Prayer Vigil on the narthex round table.\u00a0 Please consider signing up for a 15 minute slot.\u00a0 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 12 hour time period.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u2020\u00a0GIRLS IN GRADE <\/b>6 – 9 <\/b>are invited to join Rachel Eaton from 12:00 – 1:00 pm on Sundays.\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\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\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\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\u00a0LWML<\/a> QUARTERLIES\u00a0 <\/b>The LWML<\/a> Spring Quarterlies are on the table by the nursery in the narthex.<\/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\u00a0LENT<\/b> started Wednesday, March 1, with our Ash Wednesday services.\u00a0 We are once again having 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\u00a0ALUMINUM CAN TABS\u00a0 <\/b>It\u2019s time for GSLC to start collecting aluminum can tabs again!\u00a0 Audrey Garoutte\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 \u00a0others 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 \u00a0 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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0The M. family, at the death of Esther;\u00a0Nan B., after a fall; Jody G., back in the hospital; 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 has started meeting again with… Read More »Announcements — April 2, 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-1750","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\/1750","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=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}