Four intrepid GLCers made their way to Brooklyn Park, MN yesterday to choose and purchase fabric for fleece blankets. The blankets will be given to clients and families served by the Bliss Cancer Center and also to GLC graduates.

Pictured below are Cindy Clark, Denise Henderson and Kim Reilly. Not pictured, because she is busy with her cell phone camera, is Cindy Kruckenberg.

We’re grateful for these ladies, for the gifts they and all our sewers share and for the sweet goodness that will be stitched into over 81 yards of fabric. 

Our Easter Garden is going to be so beautiful! It's not too late to order . . .

Easter lilies are available for $16 and 8" potted hydrangeas are available for $20. To order, please use the sign-up link below, send an email to office@gilbertlutheran.org or call 515-233-2421. Please note as you order whether your lily or flower is "in memory of" or "in honor of" and also the name of the person/s remembered or honored. If you choose to share a hydrangea, please indicate your color preference from blue, pink or white.  

Order deadline is Wednesday, March 4th!

Thank you!

During these weeks of Lent, GLC will collect items for Lutheran World Relief (LWR) personal care kits. A list of what is needed is printed below and is also available in the church entryway. You may purchase any or all of the items, but please only purchase those on the list. Baskets in the entryway await donations. We’ll collect through Easter Sunday, April 5.

Checks will also be accepted to purchase items and can be made out to Gilbert Lutheran Church. Please note “Personal Care Kits” or “LWR” on the memo line.

Each LWR Personal Care Kit includes:

+ One light-weight bath towel (maximum 52” x 27”), dark color recommended

+ Two bath-size bars (4-5 oz) of wrapped soap…no boxes please

+ One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging…multipacks are accepted

+ One large, sturdy comb…multipacks are accepted

+ One metal nail clipper

If you like to order through Amazon, the following are great deals:

On Wednesday, March 4, Brian Scott, Senior Advisor for Congregational Engagement with Lutheran World Relief, will visit GLC. This is a perfect time as that is also one of our quilting days. Brian will tell us about the amazing work that Lutheran World Relief is doing. And, at the same time, we’ll be able to share some of the ways GLC is part of that mission and ministry. The morning will begin at 9 o’clock and everyone is invited to attend!

Each month, a group of GLCers serves as our Service Committee. These friends help with Community & Conversation on the second Sunday of their month and may be called on to help with special events and/or funerals. The Service Committee is an extremely important and valued group! We are grateful for all the ways they share their gifts. 

John & Kim Reilly - Leaders

Dee & Don Draper

Steve & Susan Gent

Jef & Listi Hadaway

Breanne & Lucas Marpe

Marcy & Wade Nelson

Dave & Teresa Nissen

Brett & Kim Schilling

Danny & Joelle Schmidt

Joyce Van Nieuwkuyk

RIVERSIDE SUMMER CODE

Registration is live for Riverside Bible Camp summer 2026! You can register at www.riversidelbc.org. And don't forget to use our code GLC26 for $75 off.

SUNDAY SCHOOL!

YOUTH GROUP!

IN OUR PRAYERS, WE REMEMBER . . . 

Deb Barron (friend of Cindy & Jim Clark); David & Sharon Berryhill; Jeanne Cook (mother of Denise Henderson); Peggy Drennan; Bob Edwards; Donelle Gull (sister of Denise Henderson); Loleta Hansen (cousin of Barb Licklider); Kyra Harbacheck; Kathy Henryson; Rose Houge; Rylie Hunter (granddaughter of Karen Willson); Willie Jones; Barb Licklider; David Nissen; Reed Pattee (cousin of Barb Licklider); Shirley Pattee (aunt of Barb Licklider); Debbie Petersen (cousin of Barb Licklider); Marcia Prior-Miller; Gary Pruismann (friend of Margie Scott); Nancy Rabe; Scott Raymond; the family and friends of Amy Romsey (daughter-in-law of Sharon Romsey); Kayla Rose (aunt of Rylee Tunyuck); Darrell Trujillo; Anne Walden; Jackson Weinman (son-in-law of Allison Eness and Mark Taylor); Monica Wilson (granddaughter of Ellen Wilson); Hasan Younis; Iola Zimbeck (mother of Peggy Drennan).

WE BRING NEW PRAYERS OF . . .

+ comfort for the family and friends of Amy Romsey. Amy, the daughter-in-law of Sharon Romsey, passed away February 9th. A memorial service was held Friday in Oak Brook, Il.

+ healing for Jackson Weinman. Jackson, the son-in-law of Allison Eness and Mark Taylor, has been diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer.

THE TLC COORDINATORS for the next weeks are Gene Upstill (Feb. 15-28), Pam Abarr (March 1-15) and Deb Anderson (March 16-31).