Announcements 3/8/23
LUNCH TODAY: PASTA BOWL STATION, CHICKEN TENDERS, CHEESEBURGER & FRIES, PIZZA
LUNCH THURSDAY: SOUP BOWL STATION, PIZZA, QUESADILLA, CHICKEN & WAFFLE SANDWICH
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARCH 8, 2023
LUNCH TODAY: PASTA BOWL STATION, CHICKEN TENDERS, CHEESEBURGER & FRIES, PIZZA
LUNCH THURSDAY: SOUP BOWL STATION, PIZZA, QUESADILLA, CHICKEN & WAFFLE SANDWICH
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Peccole Little League Opening Day – Volunteers Needed
Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 8AM – 3PM*
Rainbow Family Park (7151 W Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89117)
Please join us to celebrate Peccole Little League’s Opening Day. We need help with the following areas:
- Set-Up
- Ticket Sales
- Concessions
- Ticket Collection
- Game Attendant
- Clean Up
We understand student schedules are busy and welcome help for all or part of this time frame. Please contact Ashley Teel at (702) 526-7850 or peccoleashley@gmail.com (3/24)
NJHS and SHH are sponsoring an Easter Basket Drive benefiting Children's Heart Foundation. If you wish to donate an Easter basket or individual candies, plush toys, chocolate, etc., please bring them to the business office, front office, or to Mrs. Grant's room...224. (3/31)
Junior Golf Seminar
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29th from 6PM - 7PM, Faith Lutheran HS Arena Gym
Faith Lutheran MS + HS: Cy Frederick
SNJGA Tournament Director: Joe Sawaia
PGA Professional: Craig Barlow
Join us for a free informational seminar to discuss all things junior
golf in the Las Vegas Valley. Topics covered will range from:
Local junior golf & benefit of playing locally
Middle & high school golf opportunities
Understanding junior golf ranking systems
College recruiting and earning scholarships
2023-2024 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
FILM CLUB is an exciting AFTER SCHOOL CLUB where students can watch Movies with friends and gain insight into their production. We start at 2:45 on Thursdays in room 118 and end at varying times depending on the movie.
Want to help with chapel, but don’t like public speaking? Want to help document, film, and edit chapel services? If so, don’t hesitate to join the AV Club today! Beginners are welcome! Email skyler.tan24@flhsemail.org for more information!
Don't struggle alone! 24 hour one on one tutoring is available to all Faith students through our partnership with tutor.com by Princeton Review!
Students can access tutors (and a bunch of other homework support!) through the student Crusader Connect. Each of the core classes will have a "Homework Help" icon on the topics board with the link below. Clicking the link will take you to the tutors.
HS SPORTS INFORMATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION/REMINDERS
REGISTERING FOR SPORTS IN AKTIVATE
(Formerly Register My Athlete)
--ALL athletes must be registered for sports in Aktivate.
--To start your registration, please log in and click on start/complete registration for the 2022/2023 school year.
--Aktivate instructions can be found on: Crusader Connect, Resources Page under Sports Physicals.
NIAA PHYSICAL FORMS
New physicals are required every 12 months.
--Physicals EXPIRE 12 months from the date of previous physical.
--Please upload into Aktivate, the completed NIAA Physical Forms B (2 pages) & D (1 page) in order to complete athlete’s registration.
--Physical forms/instructions can be found on: Crusader Connect, Resources Page under Sports Physicals.
COMPLETE/INCOMPLETE AKTIVATE REGISTRATIONS
--When a physical is approved, you will receive an email from Aktivate.
--If you don’t show receiving an email or want to check on the status of your athlete’s registration, please log into your Aktivate account.
TRANSFER STUDENTS
(For new 10TH, 11TH & 12TH GRADE ONLY)
If you are transferring from out of state or from another school you MUST complete your transfer in Aktivate ASAP. DO NOT WAIT. The approval process for transfer students can take weeks or months to get completed & approved. This could affect your athlete participating in their season.
If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Sideco.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
MS Track & Field practices begin 3/6!
The first three practices are divided up by grade. Sixth graders will report on Monday, March 6th, seventh graders on Tuesday, March 7th, and Wednesday, March 8th is for all eighth graders. ALL athletes are expected to be at practice on Thursday, March 9th. A "Completed" status on Aktivate is required. Athletes should change into practice clothes and report to the first set of bleachers at the track with all belongings and a full water bottle by 3:30pm. Practices this first week will conclude at 5:00pm. (3/9)
NJHS and SHH are sponsoring an Easter Basket Drive benefiting Children's Heart Foundation. If you wish to donate an Easter basket or individual candies, plush toys, chocolate, etc., please bring them to the business office, front office, or to Mrs. Grant's room...224. (3/31)
Junior Golf Seminar
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29th from 6PM - 7PM, Faith Lutheran HS Arena Gym
Faith Lutheran MS + HS: Cy Frederick
SNJGA Tournament Director: Joe Sawaia
PGA Professional: Craig Barlow
Join us for a free informational seminar to discuss all things junior
golf in the Las Vegas Valley. Topics covered will range from:
Local junior golf & benefit of playing locally
Middle & high school golf opportunities
Understanding junior golf ranking systems
College recruiting and earning scholarships
2023-2024 High School Cheer Tryouts
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
The tryout registration is now available for all current/incoming 8th-11th graders. Please fill out the google form and more information will be sent to you by February 28th. If you have any questions, please see Coach Tonniges in 603, in the CPAC, across from the band room or email at tonnigest@flhsemail.org (3/23)
Don't struggle alone! 24 hour one on one tutoring is available to all Faith students through our partnership with tutor.com by Princeton Review!
Students can access tutors (and a bunch of other homework support!) through the student Crusader Connect. Each of the core classes will have a "Homework Help" icon on the topics board with the link below. Clicking the link will take you to the tutors.
DEVOTIONS
Today’s Reading: Luther’s Small Catechism – Table of Duties: To Everyone
Daily Lectionary: Gen 22:1-19, Mark 7:1-23
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Romans 13:9)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Back at the beginning of catechism class, and maybe even well before then, most kids don’t love the Ten Commandments. In fact, it’s usually the opposite, isn’t it? Between memorizing them and their meanings, many catechumens develop a hostile relationship with the Ten Commandments.
Rather than looking at the Commandments as a list to be wrestled into submission though, see them instead as a guide for loving your neighbor. I always ask my catechumens “who is your neighbor?” and they eventually learn the right answer: “anyone who isn’t me!”
Realizing who your neighbor is and how your relationship with all of your neighbors is affected by how you live out your faith and life is essential. It’s pretty easy to say that you’ve never murdered anyone or robbed a bank. It isn’t so easy to say you haven’t wished someone harm or pocketed something that wasn’t yours to take.
The key in all of this is remembering the First Table: Commandments 1-3, which deal with our relationship with God our Father. When we get that straight, when we love the Lord our God and gather together for worship and the study of his Word, that sets us on the path of loving our neighbor. It gets us in the right frame of mind.
Then, knowing how to love our God informs our love for our neighbors. The Golden Rule (which isn’t in the Bible, by the way) does help: treat others the way you want to be treated. In theory, this makes the Christian life easy—all the rules are there. All the possible ways to treat everyone are laid out in the open.
In reality, though, sin makes it a lot more difficult to love our neighbors as ourselves. Their sin against us, and our sin against them complicates things. Thanks be to God that our Lord Jesus has already kept these Commandments perfectly for us, that His Death and Resurrection forgives our failures, and His Holy Spirit guides us in the way to go.
How do you love Jesus? By loving your neighbors. And when you fail to love them as you should, Jesus loves you through them; especially parents and pastors who remind you that we love because Jesus first loved us. Thanks be to God that His love never fails! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Almighty and ever-living God, You make us both to will and to do those things that are good and acceptable in Your sight. Let Your fatherly hand ever guide us and Your Holy Spirit ever be with us to direct us in the knowledge and obedience of Your Word that we may obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Collect For Divine Guidance)
-Pastor Duane Bamsch is the Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley, CA and the President of Higher Things.
Audio Reflections Speaker: Patrick Sturdivant, Development and Marketing Executive at Higher Things.
Study Christ’s words on the cross to see how you can show more Christlike grace in your life. Perfect for group or individual study, each chapter has a Q&A at the end, and the back of the book includes a leader guide. Available now from Concordia Publishing House.
