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301 S. Maryland Parkway • Las Vegas, NV 89101
CALL US TODAY 702.384.6106

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Worship:  Saturday at 5pm & Sunday at 10:30am
Bible Study:  Sunday 9am, Wednesday 10am
Like us on Facebook.com/firstgoodshepherd
Follow us on Instagram @fgslasvegas 
Click Here for Online Offering
Worship Service & Bible Study on FGS'
YouTube Channel
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND ONE ANOTHER


Click Here for a daily Lenten devotion.
First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Statistics
Worship Attendance:
Saturday - 22; Sunday - 109; Total - 131; 2022 Avg. - 107
Worship is also posted online. 
Feel free to share FGS' YouTube channel
 with your neighbors.
 
(Received for February 2022)
February 6th: 
Church:  $9,305.93
MVCS Lease Pmt: $9,000.00
TOTAL: $18,305.93
February 13th: 
Church:  $5,452.50
TOTAL: $5,452.50
February 20th: 
Church:  $5,486.01
TOTAL: $5,486.01
February 27th: 
Church:  $6,627.00
TOTAL: $6,627.00

 
Month Total: $35,871.44
 
Budgeted Expense for One Week:  $8,155.16
Budgeted Expense for One Month:  $35,339.00

An Evangelism Thought...

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)
Our God is a merciful God! We give thanks to God for all we have, but especially for Jesus Christ, who died so our sins can be forgiven and rose so we can rise with Him!
Church Council Meeting
All are welcome to attend the church council meeting.
March 10th at 6:30pm.
(Special day this month)

Council meeting minutes are available for review as well.

Thank You for
Dropping Your Drawers!

Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) thanks all of you for the new socks and underwear that were collected during Orphan Grain Train's Undie Sunday in February.  A very large box of over 475 items, including 222 pairs of socks and 209 pairs of underwear, were donated to Lutheran Social Services of Nevada (LSSN).  LSSN will be giving the socks, underwear, undershirts, and a jacket to their clients, some of whom are homeless.  Families served by LSSN will have new clothes because of you.  Thank You!


This weekend is Big Mite Box weekend. Please bring your mite boxes to worship this weekend.

Click Here for a prayer chain for the entire family.
Click Here for a helpful prayer checklist.
Click Here for a nature prayer walk scavenger hunt.

Praise God for all the work He is doing throughout the world during this time and always.
*Seum Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, CA
*Faith Lutheran Church in Easton, PA

*Praise God for providing Rudy & Conchita Schumacher's son, Eric Estenzo, with affordable housing.

Please also keep in prayer:
*Trent Atkins, Andy & Kathy Macklberg's grandson, in the hospital with a serious bacterial infection.

*Randal Chaplick, prayers for his salvation.
*Wanita Cylke, in the hospital.
*Earl Dey, recovering after a fall and a broken hip.
*Wayne Dibos, going through chemotherapy again.
*Carolyn Gaugert, prayers for God’s continued strength and healing during Cancer treatment

*Elsie Greer, recovering from stomach surgery.
*Jim Le Mands, recovering after a fall.
*Charlie Smith, in the hospital with a stomach flu.
*Vince & Yvette Wells, son passed away.

"Do not be anxious about anything, 
but in every situation, 
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, 
present your requests to God."
Philippians 4:6
 
Please contact the church office if you are in need of prayer.
Youth Hand Bells for Easter!

All youth in 7th grade and above are welcome. Click Here for an information flier.
Holy Land Tour
UPDATED INFORMATION

The Holy Land Tour has been scheduled for December 4 - 14, 2022. Click Here for more information. 

Choice Dollars
Thrivent Choice Dollars expire March 31, 2022. Direct your Choice Dollars before they expire. Call 800-847-4836 or Click Here for more information.
First Choice Pregnancy
March for LIfe 2022


Click on the image for more information. Click Here to register for the event.
Birthdays this week
Mar 6     Zachary Grosso
Mar 8     Brittnee Morton
Mar 9     Ed Cox
Mar 10   Michael Fulton
Mar 11   Jake Pollock

 
Anniversaries
Feb 22   Marty & Edna Manke
 
We thank God for all of you!
Youth Happenings
Please click here to visit the youth page of the church website.
Youth news is sent via e-mail.  Click here to sign up for the youth e-mail list.

PLACE YOUR SCRIP 
ORDER THIS SUNDAY!

See Jon after worship to place your order.
Click Here for more information.
Click Here for an order form.

SAVE YOUR OLD GIFT CARDS! 
SCRIP reload!  Money is put back on the gift card immediately.  No waiting for shipping!
10% Off Sale Continues.
The SCRIP sale continues.  Click Here for an updated list of current SCRIP in stock. 
Purchase $100 or more of these options and receive 10% off! 


Youth Nights!
All youth are welcome. Invite friends! Click Here for more information and the RSVP sheet.
4th - 6th grade, we'll be joining MVCS' Parents' Night Out. See below for more information. You may still contact Jon to RSVP or go direct through MVCS' link.


National Youth Gathering
Please keep FGS' youth in prayer as we prepare for the National Youth Gathering.  


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Parents' Night Out
March 11th 

All are welcome!

Click on the picture for more information.
Click Here to sign up.

MVCS is now accepting applications for the 2021-22 school year.
http://mvcs.net/

Click Here for MVCS' current newsletter.



Financial Grant
There are multiple families that are receiving grants to attend MVCS.  
Please Click Here if you are interested in sponsoring a student.  Please contact Ray LeBoeuf if you have any questions.
Adult Bible Study in 2022
All are invited to a new Bible study being led by Neil Grepke on Apologetics. 9am Sunday mornings in the conference room! 
Click Here for PDFs of all study materials. 
The study will be live streamed on FGS' YouTube channel each week.
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No books are necessary. However, the study will very much align with a book called I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist.

Wednesday Morning Bible Study

Wednesday morning Bible study is at 10am each week in the conference room. If you aren't able to make it in person, Click Here for a Zoom link.

Sign up to sponsor the Altar Flowers in honor or memory of a special day.   When you sign up we appreciate a $25 donation to defray the cost of the flowers. You may place your offering for flowers into the offering plate using one of the envelopes from the pew.

Please contact the church office to sign up for altar flowers. Click Here to view the current sign up sheet.

Please help decorate the sanctuary for Easter with lilies!  Proceeds benefit Youth Ministry.  See the box in the narthex.
LCEF FunRaiser Appeal Team
FGS' Appeal Team is looking for additional members. Please prayerfully consider serving God with your talents in one of the following positions. Contact Eric Seefeldt or Pastor B if you are gifted in any of these areas.
-Inspire Director
-Lead Gifts Director
-Initial Commitments Director
-Commitment Celebration Director
-Youth Emphasis Director
-Children’s Emphasis Director
-Friends of the Congregation Director
-Follow-Up Director 
-School Emphasis Director
-Impact Phase Director
-Financial Recorder 
-New Member Coordinator
-Communications/Social Media Coordinator
-Event/Activity Coordinator
-Prayer Coordinator 

Click Here to review an e-mail that was sent out last week.
2021 Giving statements

Giving statements are available upon request.  Please contact 
Jana Buckley if you would like a 2021 giving statement.  702-882-3859

Click Here for more information.

Do you know any young man who would make a great pastor? How about someone who would be a great Lutheran school teacher, deaconess or DCE? Jesus gives His church people who work full time in service to the Gospel. He told us to pray for such workers. The LCMS continues to pray, and has begun Set Apart to Serve (SAS), an intentional effort to encourage young people to consider church work as their career. Your opinion can help improve SAS. Please fill out a brief survey at
lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve-survey by March 15, and let us know how you think SAS can be beneficial to your congregation. Thank you.
 
If we missed a birthday or anniversary, please let the office know!
 
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