Again this year, the W/ELCA will be participating in the LWR Basket of Promise campaign.  Each week, we will collect a different item that we’ll use to assemble Personal Care Kits that give people around the world tools to stay healthy in life’s most challenging situations.    We will ask the youth to help assemble the kits in April and they will be collected and sent to LWR on May 2.

Our collection schedule will be:

March 1:  bath towels (light-weight, 52” x 27”, dark color recommended)

March 8:  toothbrushes (adult size, in original packaging)

March 15: combs

March 22: nail clippers (metal, attached file optional)

March 29: bath size bars of soap

Help us give our Good Shepherd Families with young children a special Wednesday Night Devotional Treat!

After our 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Family Worship, Sue Blair, (member of Good Shepherd and long time 1st grade teacher who worked with puppets at St. Benedict School), will, with her inquisitive, energetic puppets, offer children 1 to 10 years old, a quick mini Lenten message and song just after our half hour worship is over.

We invite children into the classroom by the sanctuary immediately following worship (about 6 pm.) to join Sue and her puppets for about 10 -12 minutes.  The kids will interact with the puppet and song and mini Lenten lesson while the congregation is in line for our Lenten Soup Supper.

When our Puppet lesson is over, Sue will bring the kids down to the lobby by the kitchen where you can have your family hook up for the Soup Supper.

May we all be like children, full of wonder, joy, laughter and love during this Holy Season of Lent.

New activity bags are available to children and guests during worship services. Bags are geared toward children ages 9 and younger and include a multitude of activities (coloring books, stuffed animals, games, puzzles and toys) to help keep our little ones occupied.  Special thanks to the members of Good Shepherd W/ELCA who put together the new busy bags for church worship. Bags are located near the coat racks closest to the sanctuary.

You are invited! Join Pastor April’s Lenten Bible Study Series, “Going Deeper”, on Thursday mornings during Lent. The sessions begin on February 26 and extend through Thursday, March 26. They will meet from 10:00–11:30 am in Good Shepherd’s Fellowship Hall. Each session is an in-depth study of the upcoming weekend’s worship service texts. Participants are welcome to come early for coffee.

The Sunday School would like to invite you to contribute to this year’s Lenten Project:  Mutuelle Matters.  Last year, member Julie Jensen connected us to Partners in Health and their work in Rwanda.  We will again be supporting Rwanda by helping individuals who can’t afford Mutuelle de Sante, their public healthcare insurance (sample insurance card above).  Five dollars provides healthcare coverage for an individual for an entire year! Let’s see how many people we can help – drop your donations into the doctor’s bag up front during offering.  The Mutuelle Matters project will extend from the weekends of February 21/22 through March 28/29.  It will be a blessing for us all to mutually Reach Rwanda once again as we collect for our project, Mutuelle Matters!