December 19, 2007

To Christian Parents
Richard Gurgel
Your Legacy

Overcoming obstacles
Making time for Jesus isn’t easy. Our schedules are already overloaded. But that is precisely why we need to demonstrate the importance of God’s Word on a daily basis. Our children need to see our commitment of making most needed thing of our lives a daily constant. Our message must be that no matter what comes up, our need to be reassured of God’s love in and through his holy Word is more important. We must insist that time for talking about Jesus will not be pushed aside.

Sit down and plan how the Word might be heard more often in your home. Pray about it too! Do it today! Read and study God’s Word yourself. God’s Spirit will equip and strengthen you for the task of leading your family’s spiritual growth.

Purchase a reliable devotion book suitable for your children’s ages. If you cannot make time each day, select one or two days each week to gather around the Word.

Formal devotions are just one way the Word is shared. Look for other times when your talk can turn to God’s love in a less formal setting. Such moments occur all the time. Ask for God’s help in identifying these golden opportunities. Ask him to give you the courage to make the most of them.

If you become discouraged or begin to bog down, remember that God is using you to write his eternal legacy of faith in the heart of your children. Through it he will bless your children forever. And through them he will bless many generations to come.

Mission Project
The mission project for the first semester of this school year is the ELS mission effort to support Christian schools in the Amazon of Peru. The money will be used to support our missionaries and teachers spreading the Gospel in the cities and rainforests of Peru. Please set aside an offering for your child to bring. This offering is collected during our weekly chapel services.

12/12-> $25.30
Total-> $561.03

Hot Lunch
Orders are taken on Mondays.
Tues.-> pizza from Rocky Rococo $2.25/slice
Wed.-> hard or soft shell beef tacos from Taco Bell $1.00 each
Thurs.-> Subs from Milio’s [Turkey or Ham ] $1.50
Sub Meal [includes an orange and a cookie] $2.50
Fri.-> Chicken Strips 3/$1.50
Chicken Strip Meal [includes string cheese and applesauce] $2.50

Winter Sports Practice Schedule
Boys’ A [gr. 7-8] Basketball- Mondays 3:00-4:15 and Wednesdays 4:15-5:30
Boys’ B [gr. 5-6] Basketball- Mondays 4:15-5:30 and Wednesdays 3:00-4:15
Girls’ A [gr. 7-8] Basketball- Tuesdays 3:00-4:15 and Thursdays 4:15-5:30
Girls’ B [gr. 5-6] Basketball- Tuesdays 4:15-5:30 and Thursdays 3:00-4:15
Cheerleaders A [gr. 7-8] Tuesdays 4:15-5:30
Cheerleaders B [gr. 5-6] Tuesdays 3:00-4:15
B-team girls BB Practice- January 2 from 4-5:30

GradeKeeper
GradeKeeper is the teachers’ online grade book and is available for students in gr. 3-8. Please check your student’s progress regularly. Login IDs are available from your child’s teacher.

Christmas Service of Songs and Readings
Our school Christmas worship service is December 20^th at 6:30. All students from preschool to 8^th grade will be participating in this service.
Students should arrive no earlier than 6:00. Jr. Choir warm up is at 6:05 in the 8^th grade room.

Christmas Luncheon
Our Christmas Luncheon is December 21^st. This treat, sponsored by our PTO, is for all students. There is no charge.

Call Meeting
School board will be meeting on December 20 to issue a divine call for a new principal for 2008-09 contingent on a call list being available. If a list is not available school board will have its call meeting on January 3.

Upcoming Events
12/20-> Christmas Service of Songs and Readings -6:30 gr. PreK3-8 sing
12/21-> Christmas Luncheon - 12:00 dismissal- No ASC
12/22-1/2-> Christmas Break
1/3-> School Resumes
1/4-> Away BB at St. John’s Watertown 5:00
1/10-> Away BB at Eagle School 4:00 [A-Teams only]
1/11-> Home BB vs. Waterloo 5:00
1/11-> Second Quarter ends
1/16-> Second Quarter Report Cards sent home
1/18-> Away BB at St. John’s Jefferson 5:00
1/21-> No School- No ASC- Martin Luther King Day
1/23-> LLHS Future Freshmen Testing 6:30
1/25-> Home BB vs. Our Redeemer 5:00
1/26-> LLHS Future Freshmen Testing 8:30

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