{"id":1757,"date":"2017-04-16T09:18:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T15:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gslc-carthage.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2017-04-16T09:18:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T15:18:20","slug":"announcements-april-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"Announcements &#8212; April 16, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> <b><i>\u00a0Jody G.<\/i><\/b>, placed on hospice;<b><i> Andrew S.<\/i><\/b>, continuing to struggle with weakness from his previous illness;<b><i> Jack H.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing rehab at Freeman East; <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>VOTERS\u2019 MEETING\u00a0 <\/b>The quarterly Voters\u2019 Meeting will be held next Sunday, April 23, at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER BREAKFAST\u00a0 <\/b>Thanks to all those who helped bring items for the Easter Breakfast!\u00a0 What a wonderful way to celebrate our risen Lord on Easter!<\/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 today, so get ready for some egg hunting fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>LOVE OFFERING\u00a0 <\/b>At the Easter Breakfast the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwml.org\" target=\"_blank\">LWML<\/a> 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>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>EASTER LILIES\u00a0 <\/b>Thanks to all who helped make our church look so\u00a0 beautiful by purchasing lilies to adorn the altar!<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>ANNUAL FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY CAMPOUT\u00a0 <\/b>The annual Friday Night Family Campout is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, April 21 &#8211; 22.\u00a0 This event will be held at the \u201cThe Fishing Hole\u201d (Dale &amp; Lee Ann B.\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>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>SCRIPTURE STUDY<\/b>\u00a0 The Wednesday morning Scripture Study Group is back to its normal time of 10:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>SINGLE SENIOR LADIES\u00a0 <\/b>A group of <i>single, senior ladies <\/i>has formed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.\u00a0 They are meeting the last Sunday of each month.\u00a0 Come join them for some fellowship, fun and snacks on Sunday, April 30, from 1:00 &#8211; 5:00 pm in the church fellowship hall. Bring a snack to share with about 15 people.\u00a0 For questions or more information, please contact Ann Luce at 358-4122.<\/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>ALUMINUM 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<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>\u2020\u00a0<b>ASSISTIVE LISTENING\u00a0 <\/b>If you are having a hard time hearing the service, assistive listening devices are available from the ushers.\u00a0 They work like a transistor radio and you can control the volume.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0IN OUR PRAYERS \u00a0Jody G., placed on hospice; Andrew S., continuing to struggle with weakness from his previous illness; Jack H., undergoing rehab at Freeman East; 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\u00a0VOTERS\u2019 MEETING\u00a0 The quarterly&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1757\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcements &#8212; April 16, 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-1757","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\/1757","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=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}