{"id":1755,"date":"2017-04-09T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gslc-carthage.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2017-04-09T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T15:45:11","slug":"announcements-april-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1755","title":{"rendered":"Announcements &#8212; April 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> <b><i>\u00a0Earl &amp; Brenda K.<\/i><\/b>, at the death of Brenda\u2019s mother;<b><i> Jack H.<\/i><\/b>, at Freeman Hospital recovering from surgery for a broken hip; <b><i>Stella Q.<\/i><\/b>, struggling with her loss of memory; <b><i>Kathy P.<\/i><\/b>, suffering health issues; <b><i>Sara P.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing treatment for cancer; <b><i>Stephen Ministry and their care receivers.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>HOLY WEEK<\/b> <b>SCHEDULE\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Wednesday Morning Scripture Study returns to 10:30 am\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> Maundy Thursday Communion Service &#8211; 11:00 am, 7:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Good Friday Worship Service &#8211; 11:00 am, 7:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Holy Saturday Prayer Vigil &#8211; 12:00 pm &#8211; 12:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Easter Early Communion Service &#8211; 7:30 am<\/p>\n<p>Easter Breakfast &#8211; 8:30 am<\/p>\n<p>Easter Egg Hunt &#8211; 9:30 am<\/p>\n<p>Easter Worship Service with Communion &#8211; 10:45 am<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING <\/b>this evening at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>VOTERS\u2019 MEETING\u00a0 <\/b>The quarterly Voters\u2019 Meeting will be held Sunday, April 23, at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>LWML <\/b>is having a bake sale today in the narthex after both services.\u00a0 Make sure to check out the delicious goodies!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER EGG HUNT\u00a0 <\/b>Once again the Board of Education (with a lot of help from our Lutheran Youth Fellowship) is sponsoring the annual\u00a0\u00a0 Easter Egg Hunt.\u00a0 The excitement begins right after the breakfast Easter Sunday, so bring your own basket and get ready for some fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>LOVE OFFERING\u00a0 <\/b>At the Easter Breakfast the LWML will be taking up a love offering which will go to the Lutheran Youth Fellowship who will be helping with the breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>SUNDAY SCHOOL\u00a0 <\/b>The Sunday School students are singing today at the beginning of the late service.<\/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><b>\u2020 VBS PLANNING MEETING <\/b>on Sunday, April 23, after the late service.\u00a0 We would love to have anyone &amp; everyone interested in being involved in VBS this year at our planning meeting.\u00a0 It would be great to have a large group involved in the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>HOLY SATURDAY PRAYER VIGIL\u00a0 <\/b>There is a sign up sheet for our Saturday, April 15<sup>th<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>GRADUATES <\/b>\u00a0In the May issue of the Shepherd\u2019s Staff we want to recognize all those who are graduating or have graduated this school year from either high school, college, or trade school. Please submit a photo along with a bio to the church office by April 21. Please let us know all about your accomplishments and about your future plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>ANNUAL FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY CAMPOUT\u00a0 <\/b>The annual Friday Night Family Campout has been scheduled for April 21 &#8211; 22.\u00a0 This event will be held at the \u201cThe Fishing Hole\u201d (Dale &amp; Lee Ann Beshears\u2019 property south of Lockwood).\u00a0 Please contact Dale with any questions. There is a map with directions and a sign-up sheet in the narthex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERINGS\u00a0 <\/b>The Sunday School &amp; Adult Bible Class offerings for the Spring quarter are going to LCMS World Relief &amp; Human Care to help with the relief efforts after the recent tornados in New Orleans.<\/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>ALUMINUM 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<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>NURSERY\/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 \u00a0directions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>PRAYER 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0Earl &amp; Brenda K., at the death of Brenda\u2019s mother; Jack H., at Freeman Hospital recovering from surgery for a broken hip; 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\u00a0HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1755\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcements &#8212; April 9, 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-1755","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\/1755","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=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}