THOUGHTS ON STEWARDSHIP: Luke 12:51 – “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” Jesus has come to divide us out of the world, to carve out a people for Himself redeemed by His Blood and trusting His Word. The world hates this Word, but for us it is life and salvation. We seek to follow Jesus’ Word in all things because we know Him who gave us the Word. We know He always seeks to bless us.
FAITH IN ACTION OF BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL: One ride, one visit, one Senior at a time. Need a ride? Want to volunteer? Need more information? Call (309) 827-7780; or email: office@bnfia.org or contact Barry Hamlin at (309) 750-9424.
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL meets at 9:15 a.m. in the Choir Room which is located on the 2nd level (the west side).
THE ADULT BIBLE CLASS meets in the basement at 9:15 a.m.
TODAY is the deadline for items to be submitted for the SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER. Any announcements you want to be published in the Newsletter should be submitted via email to: office@goodshepherdblm.org, mail, hand-delivered, or you may call (309) 662-8905 or (309) 838-1552. Thank you!
PICTURE DIRECTORY PHOTOGRAPH DAY: Tomorrow, August 19th from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Lifetouch will be here taking pictures of our New Members and those who want to update their picture from three years ago. There are still a few slots available if you want this done. Please talk with Becky Love who can get you signed up.
FROM THE OFFICE: The church now has a new email address. Our new email address is: office@goodshepherdblm.org.
THANK YOU: The LWML would like to thank everyone for the donations of school supplies. We have enough to fill 75 school kits! We now need boxes to ship the school kits and 25-30 quilts to the Lutheran World Relief warehouse. Paper boxes are ideal but if you have anything similar in size, we would much appreciate the donation. Thank you!
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY will begin on Sunday, September 8th at 5:00 p.m. The class is studying “Lutheranism 101: Worship”. If you have not been a part of this class but would like to join please talk with Group Leader, Steve Parry or Pastor Lueck.
FROM THE OFFICE: If your son or daughter is going away to college or they no longer live at home, please fill out an Information Sheet located on the table in the narthex. As their church home, we like to stay in contact during these important years by sending them Pastor’s Sermon and the monthly Church Newsletter. Please return the form to Sandy in the church office when completed. We lift our young people up in prayer as their spiritual journey continues.
FELLOWSHIP HOSTS: In order to get more people involved in our Coffee/Donut Fellowship for 2019 we have two separate sign-ups: Donut Pick-up and Coffee Set-up. We would like to encourage you to sign-up for one or the other. You may also sign-up for both if you wish. The sign-up sheet is by the door by the north stairwell.
THE CAMP CILCA CHICKEN FRY AND AUCTION will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2019. Seminarian Ian Heinze will be preaching at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Auction starts at 1:00 p.m. Visit cilca.org/auction-items.html to see some of the great items up for bid. Call (217) 487-7497 or email: camp@cilca.org to reserve your spot or to get more information.
THE CID – LLL RETREAT AT CAMP CILCA is on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The speaker is Reverend Dr. Ken Schurb. He will be discussing “St. Paul’s Missionary Journeys”. The registration fee is $10.00 per person and may be paid at the Retreat. You will need to register by Sunday, September 1st by contacting Deloris Blessman, 24204 ECR 1850N; Topeka, IL 61567 or by email at: delorisblessman@yahoo.com.
THE LUTHERAN HOUR: “Does He Know You” is the topic for next Sunday. The sermon text will be from Luke 13:23-25. August Archives – People often do what they do because they think the rules don’t apply to them. The speaker will be Reverend Dr. Ken Klaus. Hear his message on The Lutheran Hour on WGN (720) at 6:00 a.m.; WJWR (104.7 FM) and WJWR (90.3 FM) both on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Also, if you can receive Lincoln, IL radio station WLLM (1370 AM) the program is broadcast two times on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tune in! You can also listen to The Lutheran Hour on your personal computer at RealAudio, www.lhm.org.
FROM THE CHURCH OFFICE: If you miss church, please be reminded that copies of the previous week’s sermon are available on the table in the narthex. Also, the sermon will be available on our web site at www.goodshepherdblm.org. Thank you.
PRAYER CIRCLE: If you have a prayer request please submit them by email to Mary Anne Kirchner at makirchner@yahoo.com or you may phone a Prayer Request to Mary Anne; her cell phone# is (309) 532-2582. The Prayer Request box is on the table in the narthex for any written requests.