\u2020 IN OUR PRAYERS<\/b> Lee Ann C.<\/i><\/b>, at Mercy Joplin after a fall; Nan B.<\/i><\/b>, undergoing rehab for her shoulder surgery at St. Luke\u2019s; Jack H.<\/i><\/b>, back at home, undergoing rehab; Jody G.<\/i><\/b>, on hospice; 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 BAPTISM <\/b>We rejoice with Pastor and Megan Mehl at the baptism of their son, Elias Robert Mehl<\/i><\/b>, during the service this morning. Elias was born July 30, 2017. His sponsors are Audrey Mehl and Tim & Hope Mehl. God be with this family as they grow in His grace and love.<\/p>\n
\u2020 THE WEDNESDAY MORNING SCRIPTURE STUDY <\/b>will resume this Wednesday, August 23.<\/p>\n
\u2020 SENIOR SINGLE LADIES <\/b>Ann Luce and Ruby Saloga would like for all senior single ladies to stay a few minutes after the service this morning to meet with them to discuss the future plans for the group.<\/p>\n
\u2020 MEAL DELIVERY <\/b>Thank you to all those who helped with the Over 60 Center meal delivery this past week. What a great way to help support our local community!<\/p>\n
\u2020 SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY <\/b>has been set for Sunday, August 27. There will be a balloon launch at the beginning of the Sunday School hour. After the Sunday School hour join us for a light lunch and some fun games based on the Ten Commandments that we spent the summer learning about. Come enjoy some fun fellowship time with your Sunday School friends.<\/p>\n
\u2020 REV ROGER MACKIE <\/b>has accepted God\u2019s call to serve as the Intentional Interim Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church of Independence, Kansas. His installation will take place during the church\u2019s regular 10:30 am worship service today, Aug. 20, 2017. Thank you for keeping him and his family in your prayers and for offering encouragement during his recent hiatus.<\/p>\n
\u2020 BACK TO TWO SERVICES <\/b>Starting Sunday, September 10, we will return to our regular two services. Worship services will be at 8:15 and 10:45 am with Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 9:30 am.<\/p>\n
\u2020 DID YOU KNOW <\/b>that audio recordings of the service are made most Sundays for the sick or the shut-ins? Disks containing the Sunday service are available. If you would like a copy see Rick C. or check with the church office. Copies of Pastor Mehl\u2019s sermon are available on the table by the nursery in the narthex.<\/p>\n
\u2020 NEW MARTIN LUTHER MOVIE <\/b>The movie, Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed The World, is scheduled to be shown at the Joplin Northstar Stadium 14 theater on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm. A minimum of 100 reservations will need to be made by September 20th<\/sup> in order for the screening to take place. At this point only 28 tickets have been reserved<\/b>. The tickets are $9 for all audience members. This screening is being cohosted by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Carthage and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin. Here is a shortcut to the website that was set up to provide moviegoers with information about the movie and a mechanism to reserve tickets specifically for the Joplin screening: http:\/\/joplin.newluthermovie.com\/<\/a>. If you are interested in seeing this movie please go ahead and make your reservations soon so that we will be able to take advantage of this opportunity. The card used to reserve your tickets will not be charged if the 100 ticket reservation minimum is not met.<\/p>\n \u2020 NURSERY\/CRY ROOM <\/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. Please ask one of the ushers if you need directions.<\/p>\n \u2020 BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS <\/b>are available in the nurse\u2019s office after the service. 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 \u2020 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 \u2020 ASSISTIVE LISTENING <\/b>If you are having difficulty hearing the service, assistive listening devices are available from the ushers. They work like a transistor radio and you can control the volume.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2020 IN OUR PRAYERS Lee Ann C., at Mercy Joplin after a fall; Nan B., undergoing rehab for her shoulder surgery at St. Luke\u2019s; Jack H., back at home, undergoing rehab; Jody G., on hospice; Kathy P., suffering health issues; Sara P., undergoing treatment for cancer; Stephen Ministry and their care receivers. \u2020 BAPTISM We rejoice with Pastor… Read More »Announcements — August 20, 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":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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-1815","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\/1815","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=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9184,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/9184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gslc-carthage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}