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A Night For Kids - April 7th, 5:00-10:00 p.m.

The Lutheran Elementary School Association is sponsoring A Night For Kids Dinner Auction which includes a special meal by executive chef Rick Lewis of Grace Meat + Three. Jeff Bernthal from Fox 2 will be the emcee. Lars Gindler, 8th grade student at GSLS will be honored as Christian Student Leader. Read and register here.

Vacation Bible School planning is underway. Please go to the VBS page to see how you can help!

Table of Friendship is starting a new round!

Learning to Read the Bible is a new webpage designed to help anyone get started reading the Bible. We have helps, suggestions and recommendations that can help!

Good Shepherd Lutheran School is starting a new Learning Center. This will be used for students and teachers to integrate STEM into classroom activities. There are a number of different items needed such as wood scraps, packaging material, glue, scissors, etc. The complete list is posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex.

We've added new webpages for Bethesda Lutheran Communities and the Good Shepherd Braille Group.

Good Shepherd has been asked to help our sister church, St. James, Glen Carbon as they try to do more evangelism work in their community. We are considering the possibility of loaning them Pastor Mueller for this work. You can read more about that here.

Good Shepherd sent a team of six people to Hope Lutheran Church in Winnie, Texas, the week of September 4th to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. The group removed flooring, sheet rock, and insullation from flood damaged homes. Click here for more.

The Balcony Renovation Project is underway. We have received sixty new music chairs. The next step will be to disassemble the pews and begin work on the floor. 

At our last Voter's Assembly on June 25, 2017, the congregtion approved the Budget Summary for 2017-2018. They also approved the recommendations from the Acoustics Task Force for improvements to the balcony. .

Demographics Report - This report is a summary of a study done by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. All churches and our country as a whole will soon feel the impact of demographic changes. Reduced birthrates will have a significant impact on the church in the next twenty years. You can view a short video of the presentation.

Lars Gindler
LESA Christian Student Leader