Announcements 8/10/23
LUNCH TODAY: Grilled Cheese & Soup, Pizza, Crispy Chicken Sandwich & FF, Loaded Burrito
LUNCH TOMORROW: Pasta Bowl & Bread Stick, Pizza, Chicken Tenders & FF, Cheeseburger & FF
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
August 10, 2023
LUNCH TODAY: Grilled Cheese & Soup, Pizza, Crispy Chicken Sandwich & FF, Loaded Burrito
LUNCH TOMORROW: Pasta Bowl & Bread Stick, Pizza, Chicken Tenders & FF, Cheeseburger & FF
HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
HS VEX Robotics Informational Meeting: Are you interested in learning lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communication, and more through designing building and programming robots. This club will compete in regional, state, and national competitions. Come learn more at the informational meet Wednesday, August 16th after school in room 310. Meeting will be short and completed by 3:15. Questions? Email Mr. Kober: koberd@flhsemail.org (8/17)
The Red Cross Club is hosting their first blood drive soon . . .
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
As a reminder, all donors must sign up using the direct link above or they can navigate to www.redcrossblood.org and search your sponsor code: FaithLutheran (9/21)
Are you interested in Cybersecurity or Cyber Defense Competitions? Students will dive into topics such as reverse engineering, web exploitation, traffic analysis, and cryptography; as well as learn to defend computer systems and networks from cyberattacks in real-world scenarios. Beginners are welcome. What is Cyber Patriot? https://youtu.be/SSZRZdyOnNo AND AFA CyberPatriot Website (uscyberpatriot.org)
- Our teams have achieved:
- 1st place in State 8-9 Years in a row
- Rank Top 1% nationwide
- 2020 and 2023 National Finalist
- Competitions Include: Cyber Patriot, PicoCTF, National Cyber League, Trace Labs, TryHackMe
Details:
Every Thursday: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Every Friday: 3:00pm to 4:30pm
- Class Starts: Thursday August 17th High Schoolers receive .5 High SchoolTechnology Credit (Credit does not apply to Graduation Technology Requirements) Any questions Email Mr. Diaz (Course Instructor): Diazj@flhsemail.org.
- Want to sign up? Email Mr. Buikema (HS Vice Principal): BuikemaD@flhsemail.org (8/25)
Butterfly Club Information:
*Do you have a green thumb? Join our Club!
We need both MS and HS students to help care and tend the Butterfly Garden across from the greenhouse. Students can join this club any time of the year and attend any dates they are available. We are anticipating the migration of the monarch butterflies to come to our campus in late October. We will collect data in Science classes and hope to care for caterpillars that will transform into butterflies and continue their great migration to Canada and Mexico.
WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: gardening tips & tricks, rock painting, ceramic garden sculpture making and growing plants in the greenhouse.
Meetings: Wednesday's after school; room 316
Advisors: Mrs. September Wilson & Bridget Laswell; Science Teachers 8/18
High School Boys Soccer Tryouts
Who: Any 9th-12th grade boys interested in playing high school soccer
What: Tryouts for the fall 2023 high school boys soccer season
When: Monday-Thursday (8/7-8/10) from 3:15-5:00 pm
Where: FLHS Soccer Field
All players must be registered through Aktivate and must bring a printed "Certificate of Completion" to tryouts. Please email Coach Merrill if you have any questions. cameron.merrill@flhsemail.org 8/11
Faith Lutheran is hosting the first Red Cross Blood Drive of the year on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Drive Details:
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Mrs. Grant at grantk@flhsemail.org. (9/22)
If you are a high school student in Spanish IV or V and wish to apply to be a member of Spanish Honor Society, please click on the link below:
SHH Application Information
Reach out to Sra. Grant with any questions or concerns at grantk@flhsemail.org or stop by her room, 224. (8/17)
Reach out to Sra. Grant with any questions or concerns at grantk@flhsemail.org or stop by her room, 224. (8/17)
DO YOU WANT TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY WITH FAITH LUTHERAN? Our Spring Break trip (March 8-16) will be to Japan with Mr. Klenz, and our Summer Trip (May 28-June 5) will be to France and Switzerland with Ms. Gieseke. Follow these links to register early, and lock in the lowest possible price. If you have questions about either trip, please contact alex.klenz@flhsemail or giesekeg@flhsemail.org. We look forward to traveling with you next year! Link for Japan (itinerary, dates, prices, registration)
Link for France/Switzerland (itinerary, dates, prices, registration)
Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Spring Break 2024 (March 8-16) will see us traveling to Israel to “Walk Where Jesus Walked.” See firsthand the pages of scripture come alive as we take a boat out onto the Sea of Galilee, sing Christmas carols in Bethlehem, and walk the steps of the Via Dolorosa. From The Dead Sea to the Jordan River, this is an experience you don’t want to miss. High School students contact Dr. Chapman at darius.chapman@flhsemail.org or go to the Imagine Tours and Travels website for this trip at registernow.ittworld.com (Tour Code: Chapman24) for more information and brochure about the trip.
HS SPORTS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION/REMINDERS
REGISTERING FOR SPORTS IN AKTIVATE
(Formerly Register My Athlete)
**2023/2024 Aktivate Registration will open on 4/1/23 **
Aktivate: If you are planning on participating in High School Sports, please complete your Aktivate registration for the
2023/2024 school year ASAP. www.aktivate.com
--ALL athletes must be registered for sports in Aktivate.
--To start your registration, please log in and click on start/complete registration for the 2023/2024
school year.
--Aktivate instructions & physical forms can be found on: Crusader Connect Resources Page under MS/HS Sports Resources. Aktivate Instructions/NIAA NEW Physical Forms to be used effective 4/1/23
NEW NIAA PHYSICAL FORMS INFORMATION effective 4/1/23
A new physical required every 12 months.
--The new Pre-Participation form consists of three pages, HEALTH HISTORY FORM, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FORM & MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY FORM
--Pages 1 and 2, the Health History Form & Physical Examination Form must remain on file with the student’s medical provider. DO NOT upload these forms into Aktivate or turn them into Faith Lutheran.
**Parents are required to upload page 3, Medical Eligibility Form to Aktivate for approval.**
--Physicals EXPIRE 12 months from the date of previous physical.
--If your athlete’s physical expires before or during their season, they will not be allowed to try out for a team. Example: Your child is trying out for a fall sport, your previously completed physical was done on
11/10/22. The physical is expired as of 11/10/23. It will not be valid for the 2023/2024 Fall season since it expires during the Fall season. A new physical must be obtained before the season in order for your athlete to tryout for
their Fall sport.
HS Sport Season Schedule 2023/2024
Fall: Football - 7/30/23 - 11/20/23
Fall: Non-Football Sports - 8/5/23 - 11/20/23
Winter: 11/13/23 - 2/23/24
Spring: 2/19/24 - 5/21/24
TRANSFER STUDENTS
(For 9th (mid-year transfers), new 10TH, 11TH & 12TH grade transfers)
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 – HS Athletic Administrative Assistant. cindy.sideco@flhsemail.org or 702-804-4425
MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer is over and school has started. Submit your summer photos for a chance to be included in the yearbook and make the memory lasting. Send photos to msyearbook@flhsemail.org. Please be sure to caption the photo (tell me as much as you can: the who, what, where, when, why). Continue capturing memories! MS Students can join the yearbook club. Talk to Mrs. Snodgrass rm 220 for more information. Club will meet once a week to take photos of school events. First Club meeting: August 24. (8/24)
Join the MS Cupcake Club!
Come to the interest meeting if you want to learn more about the monthly cupcake decorating competitions!
Date: Tuesday, August 22
Time: 3:15 pm until 3:45 pm.
Location: Library
If you can't make it to the meeting, you may sign up for the club here.
Contact Mrs. Stepanek if you have questions. amanda.stepanek@flhsemail.org (8/22)
MS Handbells Starting Soon!
MS Handbells will be starting on Wednesday, August 16 at 7:00 AM. We will meet on Gold days (unless the gold day is a Tuesday) from 7:00-7:40 AM. What is handbells? Handbells is a musical instrument in which you are responsible for a couple of notes. It involves teamwork and a lot of fun. We play in our school concerts, and we go on a competition trip to California in the spring. Please come join us on Wednesday morning, August 16. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Nuoffer at nuofferm@flhsemail.org. (8/18)
Fall sports will be starting very soon! We hope you can make the Interest Meetings!
MS Volleyball
6th Grade Volleyball
Interest Meeting - Wednesday, August 9th @ 4pm in the Aux Gym
Tryouts - August 15th-17th from 5:30-7:30pm in the Aux Gym
7/8th Grade Volleyball
Interest Meeting - Thursday, August 10th @ 6pm in the Aux Gym
Tryouts - August 14th-17th from 3:30-5:30pm in the Aux Gym
6th Grade Flag Football
Interest Meeting - Thursday, August 10th @ 3:30pm in the Library
Tryouts - August 21st - 23rd from 3:30-5:00pm at Village Green Park
MS Cross Country Co-Ed
Interest Meeting - Tuesday, August 15th @ 3:30pm in Room 311
Practices Start Monday, August 21st
Butterfly Club Information:
*Do you have a green thumb? Join our Club!
We need both MS and HS students to help care and tend the Butterfly Garden across from the greenhouse. Students can join this club any time of the year and attend any dates they are available. We are anticipating the migration of the monarch butterflies to come to our campus in late October. We will collect data in Science classes and hope to care for caterpillars that will transform into butterflies and continue their great migration to Canada and Mexico.
WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: gardening tips & tricks, rock painting, ceramic garden sculpture making and growing plants in the greenhouse.
Meetings: Wednesday's after school; room 316
Advisors: Mrs. September Wilson & Bridget Laswell; Science Teachers 8/18
Mathcounts this year. It is open to any 6 - 8th grader who has a passion for math beyond what is taught in the classroom. We will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 pm with Mr. Kirkpatrick (kirkpatrickk@flhsemail.org) in room 327. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:30 pm. If you are interested in Mathcounts, come on by. (9/7)
DO YOU WANT TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY WITH FAITH LUTHERAN? Our Spring Break trip (March 8-16) will be to Japan with Mr. Klenz, and our Summer Trip (May 28-June 5) will be to France and Switzerland with Ms. Gieseke. Follow these links to register early, and lock in the lowest possible price. If you have questions about either trip, please contact alex.klenz@flhsemail or giesekeg@flhsemail.org. We look forward to traveling with you next year! Link for Japan (itinerary, dates, prices, registration)
Link for France/Switzerland (itinerary, dates, prices, registration)
Faith Lutheran is hosting the first Red Cross Blood Drive of the year on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Drive Details:
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
Site: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Address: 2015 S Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV, 89117
Room Name: Class Room - Leadership Room 502
Date: Thur Sep 21, 2023
Time: 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Click here to make an appointment
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Mrs. Grant at grantk@flhsemail.org. (9/22)
DEVOTIONS
Today’s Reading: Acts 19:1-22
Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 6:19-7:17, Acts 19:1-22
Acts 19:19: “And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.”
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Magic always boils down to the same thing. Whether it’s Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter or genuine dark arts and witchcraft. Manipulate something spiritual to affect something physical. Poke at something you can’t see to get something you can. Which, if you think about it, is a lot like how most Christians treat prayer.
That might actually be a good way to think about this. In the text the exorcists weren’t calling out to Satan to cast out Satan. They were using the name of Jesus. They thought they knew the magic words. It’s what broke the second commandment. Magic is evil because it’s about control. Using God’s name as a magic word to get what you want (please) is evil because it’s about control. The difference between magic and prayer is control. Are you praying to a Heavenly Father who loves you for comfort in the knowledge that His will is going to be done in your life as it is everywhere else, or are you trying to manipulate something you can’t see to get something you can? God’s name is not something you use to get something else. God’s name is a comfort to all who trust in Him.
The difference between the exorcists and Paul’s teaching about the Holy Spirit and baptizing in the triune name isn’t just that Paul’s stuff worked. It isn’t because Paul meant it for good and the people trying to cast demons out of the sick and suffering had ulterior motives. It’s that God would not allow His name to be misused to teach people He was the same as any other spiritual force out there. Call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks. But do so knowing you have a Father in Heaven who loves you, and that any peace comes from knowing you have received the Holy Spirit and need not worry about having to do magic in the first place. Because God is in control. That’s way better. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high, Who ord’rest all things mightily; To us the path of knowledge show, And teach us in her ways to go. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel! (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, LSB 357:2)
-Pastor Harrison Goodman is Content Executive for Higher Things.
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