{"id":1760,"date":"2017-04-23T09:41:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T15:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gslc-carthage.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2017-04-23T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T15:41:27","slug":"announcements-april-23-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1760","title":{"rendered":"Announcements &#8212; April 23, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> <b><i>\u00a0Jan G.<\/i><\/b>, scheduled for knee surgery on Tuesday;<b><i> Nan B.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing additional tests on her shoulder;<b><i> Jody 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\u00a0 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 tonight at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>EASTER BREAKFAST\u00a0 <\/b>Thanks to all those who helped with and brought items for the Easter Breakfast and those who donated to the egg hunt!\u00a0 It is wonderful to have such a generous, helpful and giving congregation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>VBS PLANNING MEETING <\/b>today 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>ANNUAL FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY CAMPOUT\u00a0 <\/b>The annual Friday Night Family Campout has been rescheduled for this Friday and Saturday,\u00a0 April 28 &#8211; 29.\u00a0 This event will be held at the \u201cThe Fishing Hole\u201d (Dale &amp; Lee Ann B.s\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>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.\u00a0\u00a0 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwml.org\" target=\"_blank\">LWML<\/a> SPRING RALLY\u00a0 <\/b>The Spring Rally of the Southwest Zone of Missouri LWML will be held next Sunday, April 30 at First Lutheran Church in Neosho.\u00a0 Registration is at 2:30 pm with the Rally beginning at 3:00 pm.\u00a0 The theme of the Rally is \u201cWitness Always\u201d and Heidi Johnson will tell of her mission trip to Tanzania.\u00a0 Special guest will be the Missouri District LWML President, Christie Steffens.\u00a0 The ingathering is for Teen Challenge and suggested items to bring are white bath towels, white twin sheets, twin comforters, band aids, Neosporin, or dish cloths and towels for the kitchen.\u00a0 Everyone is welcome.<\/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>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 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<p>\u2020\u00a0<b>BLOOD 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>\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 \u00a0Jan G., scheduled for knee surgery on Tuesday; Nan B., undergoing additional tests on her shoulder; Jody G., placed on hospice; Andrew S., continuing to struggle with weakness from his previous illness; Jack H., undergoing\u00a0 rehab at Freeman East; Stella Q., struggling with her loss of memory; Kathy P., suffering health issues;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/?p=1760\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcements &#8212; April 23, 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-1760","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\/1760","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=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1761,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions\/1761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}