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Meetings and Events
Piece Corps: Material Needed
Join us Wednesdays from 8:00 to 11:30 am
Quilting Material Needed
“Piece Corps” Quilting is in need of backs for quilting. Any size (twin,
full, queen or king) flat sheets or blankets are welcome as well as material
of any size. Quilts are given to those in need locally and throughout the
world.
Youth Group Nights at Good Shepherd!
7th-12th graders, come join in the Fun and Connection on
Wednesday nights at 7pm! Prayer, Games, and Conversation. Let’s grow
together! Feel free to invite friends! Who will you invite?
Food Pantry Volunteers Needed
Good Shepherd helps at the Food Pantry on 4th Saturday of the even months.
Feeding the people is an important ministry. If you can help this year,
please put your names and phone number in the sign-up sheet at the ramp. If
you can be a sub, please let the office know. Thank you.
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Worship Will Resume
after April 7th
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (118 E. Mason St. Lena, IL), will not gather
for worship until after April 7th, due to the statewide lockdown. Please check our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GSLCLenaIL/) for update or call the
church at 815-369-5552.
Readings and Prayers can be found on the Worship
page in the Bulletin list. Click here.
Lent
Lent is forty days of
journey of discipline, renewal, and new life. This year’s Lenten seasons
starts on February 26th. Lenten devotion for 2020, Wondrous Love explores
Jesus' journey from baptism to the cross and the empty tomb, as depicted in
Matthew. We have large print and regular print available at the rack.
Holy Week and Easter Services
Palm/Passion Sunday (April 5) 9:30am
Maundy Thursday (April 9) 5pm at GS, 7pm
at Lena UMC.
Good Friday (April 10) 3pm at Lena UMC,
7pm at GS.
Easter Sunday (April 12) 6:15am at Lena
Cemetery, 7am & 9:30am
Good Shepherd 2020 Scholarship Applications
The criteria for eligibility are as follows:
1. Participating member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
2. Graduating senior presently enrolled in college, or a returning college
student.
3. Full time student with a minimum of 12 credit hours.
4. Student entering an Associate or Bachelor degree program.
5. Thorough completion and timely return of application.
6. Adult student returning for courses toward certification, associates or
bachelor degree.
Since 1997, sixty-nine scholarships have been awarded. Applications for 2020
scholarships will be available April 1, 2020 at the church office. They must be
returned to the church office by April 30, 2020. Recipients may not reapply for
additional scholarships. Amount of scholarship is not to exceed $1000, and may
be less than this amount as demand requires. Also offered is a $200 award for
adults returning for class work.
Friendship Club at Good Shepherd
Second Thursday of Each Month at Noon
The Lena Friendship Club is a non-denominational
club sponsored by the Lutheran Social Service of Illinois and Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church. The club started October 21, 1959. We meet the 2nd Thursday
of each month at 12:00pm (noon) for potluck lunch and entertainment by local
musicians. No dues. Free will offering only. We invite and welcome all older
folks to our club for fun, food and fellowship. For more information:
contact the church office. Phone: 815-369-5552 or E-mail:
goodshepherdlc@mediacombb.net.
Hymn Sing at Lena Living Center
Join us the 2nd Tuesday of each
month at 9:45am at the Lena Living Center for a Hymn Sing. It is a great
chance to serve others by helping them find their page numbers, to encourage
others, and to sing praises to God! All youth, family, and friends are
invited and welcome to join in this fun, relaxing, and rewarding sing along.
Devotion Books for 2020
We have new devotion books for you to start a new year! Christ in Our Homes and
The Word in Season provide daily readings and prayers. Pockets has fun easy
reading, puzzles, and recipes. They are free and for your spiritual growth. Pick
your copy at the rack today.
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Youth Owl Night and Christmas Program
Lenten Devotion Book—Wondrous Love
Wondrous Love provides a devotion for each day from Ash Wednesday to the Vigil
of Easter (traditionally known as Holy Saturday). Devotions begin with an
evocative image and a brief passage from the Gospel of Matthew. The writers then
bring their unique voices and pastoral wisdom to the Matthew texts with
quotations to ponder, reflect, and prayer. (p3 Wondrous Love) Both regular print
and large print editions are available at the rack.
Mental Health First Aid Training-Youth
Friday March 20th
Monroe Clinic and CONTAC of Northern Illinois are offering a Mental Health
First Aid Training-Youth at Senior Resource Center (206 E. Stephenson St.
Freeport). If you are interested, contact Tammie Jamiska at 608-324-2639 or
e-mail: tammie.jamiska@ssmhealth.com
It Is Time to Order Easter Lilies
Order Deadline is March15th
Lilies will be $12.00 per plant and can be ordered by using the flower
envelopes provided in the pews. Please place them in the offering plate or
you can drop them off at the church office. Lilies may be picked up after
the 9:30 am Easter Sunday Service.
Go and Cheer!
We Are Your “Grandparents
Sunday, April 5th HCC Choral Spring Concert
at Highland, 3:00 pm.
If your games, concerts, plays, etc. are coming up, please share with the church
office.
Hannah Circle
Will Not Meet In April.
Hannah Circle Typically meets the first
Thursday of the month.
Jr. High After School Arts and Cooking
If you are in Jr. High and interested in art and/or cooking, come to this new
after school program. We’ll meet every Wednesday 3:45pm-5:15pm for art/cooking.
It’s free! Sessions will alternate each week.
Cooking Sessions will meet at Lena UMC, 118 W. Mason: April 1, 15, 29, May 13.
Art Sessions will meet
at Synergy, 845 Birch Drive: March 25, April 8, 22, May 6, 20. We are also
looking for volunteers. If you are interested or have any questions, please talk
to Pr. Miho.
61st Annual Spring Craft & Antique Show
Saturday, March 21st, Harmony United
Methodist Church, 2600 W Pearl City Rd, Freeport;
9:00am-2:00pm
Admission is free there will be a variety of exhibitors, door prizes, lunch
stand and bake sale.
Northwest Conference Women of the ELCA
March 28; First Lutheran, 303 S. Galena Ave., Freeport, Il.
Click
Here for Registration Form
The Conference Coordination Committee (CCC) of the
Northwest Conference invites all ladies and guests to join us at the Spring
Assembly gathering in For brunch and a program on “Doors Open Wide”. Find out
how the “Dow” house is ministering to young girls and their babies in our
community. Gathering starts with registration at 9:00am and brunch served at
9:30am with the program to follow. It is a great time to have fellowship with
our friends in the NW Conference of WELCA. Reservation and a fee of $10. to
cover the brunch and the program is needed by March 21, 2020. See registration
form at the bottom of the flier. A free will offering will be taken for ongoing
programs of the NW Conference Committee. Please join us for a morning outing
with friends.
Judy Castle, Conference Coordinating Convener
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