Daily Announcements 8/18/16
Lunch Today: Wings
Lunch Friday: Meatball Subs
Lunch Friday: Meatball Subs
WELCOME BACK
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
THURSDAY
AUGUST 18, 2016
ALL SCHOOL
Lunch Today: Wings
Lunch Friday: Meatball Subs
HIGH SCHOOL
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
First Good Shepard Fall Carnival
Sunday, October 23 from 9-4 pm (Does not need to be the entire time, whatever you can do)
Contact: Hilda Washington (702)429-2690 Or First Good Shepard School
Wear Faith Polo. Helping with Set up, take down, and running activities. (10/21)
Attention 8th-11th graders! Would you like to visit the amazing Inca ruins of Machu Picchu? Sail to an island on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake? Explore Lima, the historic capital of Peru? Or walk the streets of Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas? Then join Ms. Gieseke and Mr. Crowder on a trip to Peru during spring break 2018 (March 29-April 7, 2018). We know it is a long way off, but start thinking about it NOW. If you have any questions or need further information, please talk to or email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Crowder. Stay tuned for more information! (6/2)
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Hi all. We are starting 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 in room 306. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 8, 2015. If you are interested in Mathcounts, come on by. (9/2)
Attention 8th-11th graders! Would you like to visit the amazing Inca ruins of Machu Picchu? Sail to an island on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake? Explore Lima, the historic capital of Peru? Or walk the streets of Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas? Then join Ms. Gieseke and Mr. Crowder on a trip to Peru during spring break 2018 (March 29-April 7, 2018). We know it is a long way off, but start thinking about it NOW. If you have any questions or need further information, please talk to or email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Crowder. Stay tuned for more information! (6/2)
If you are a 7th or 8th grade girl and you are interested in playing Volleyball, there will be an interest meeting in the Library at 3:30 on Friday, August 19th. This meeting should only last 15 minutes. If you have already completed the forms for resister my athlete, you may print that off and bring that to the meeting as well. (8/19)
Daily Devotional
The Presence of Jesus
READ:
John 5:1-17 Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! (vv.8-9).
The small car shook as Frank pushed down hard on the accelerator while fixing his eyes on the headlights coming toward him. Having Christlike parents who ran a counseling organization, you would think that Frank would have had the skills to navigate his way through the trials and temptations of life. But his sinful choices, including the abuse of alcohol, had taken their toll, and he resolved to silence the shame and guilt. As he prepared to pull into the lane of an oncoming truck to end his pain, however, he was suddenly stopped by the palpable presence of God.
It’s possible to live in an environment of healing, and yet never receive healing for yourself. A man lying beside the pool of Bethesda had been sick for 38 years (John 5:1-5). Although only meters from the edge, he had no one to help him get into the pool to be healed when the water began to bubble. Though he longed to be well, someone else always reached the water before him and he remained in his afflicted state (v.7).
Perhaps you’ve sought healing from the wrong you’ve done against God and the shame that won’t leave you alone. Like the man by the pool, you’ve felt helpless and unable to get well spiritually and emotionally.
Jesus asked the man, “Would you like to get well?” (v.6). He then told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” (v.8). At Jesus’ command, “the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking!” (v.9). Later, Jesus told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you” (v.14).
Don’t allow sin and shame to keep you at arm’s length from those who want to help you and from the God who longs to restore you. Find forgiveness and hope in His presence today. —Ruth O’Reilly-Smith
MORE:
Read Mark 2:2-5 and consider how some friends helped a man enter Jesus’ presence where he could be healed.
NEXT:
What past or current sinful choice has caused you to experience shame? How will you pursue the forgiveness and restoration that Jesus alone can provide?
