Daily Announcements 8/19/16
Today's Special: Meatball Subs
Monday's Special: Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Monday's Special: Crispy Chicken Sandwich
WELCOME BACK
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Friday
AUGUST 19, 2016
ALL SCHOOL
Lunch Today: Meatball Subs
Lunch Monday: Crispy Chicken Sandwich
HIGH SCHOOL
Hey Class of 2020 (Freshman)-
If you are interested in filling our vacant positions on the HS Student Leadership Team, please contact Mrs. Buuck at buuckj@flhsemail.org for details. We are looking for a Spirit Co-chair and a Freshman Class Secretary. (8/26)
Hey Crusaders! New school year means new Model United Nations season! Model U.N. is a simulation of the real United Nations; high school students collaborate to solve the world’s largest issues such as world hunger, water shortages and so forth! If you’re as excited as we are, come out and join us for the Annual Kick-off Practice and Pizza Social Thursday, September 1st, 7:00-8:30 in Rm. 118. See you there! (9/1)
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
THE DOUGLAS J. GREEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION needs volunteers to help tape, pack boxes and organize food for their annual “United We Stand” care packages for deployed service members. The event is Sunday, September 11 at 12:00pm. For more information contact Suni at 702-845-9171 (9/9)
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)
NAHS INFORMATIONAL MEETING MONDAY HS LUNCH 104.
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 223. 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
God’s Love Revealed
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Genesis 37:1-25 God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8).
When I speak at high schools, one question I’m frequently asked is, “If God loves us, why do so many people suffer in the world?” In responding to my listeners, I challenge the idea that God best expresses His love to us by giving us things and simply making our lives easy. This inaccurate way of viewing how He operates exists and persists both inside and outside of the church.
So it was with Joseph’s brothers when they saw the favor shown to him by Jacob their father (Genesis 37:3-4). Unwisely, Jacob blatantly doted on his second-youngest son, and his other sons couldn’t help seeing he didn’t love them as much. Since they felt unloved, this brought out a hateful response from them towards the object of their father’s affection (v.8).
As this bitterness took root, the men grew so discontented that they treated Joseph ruthlessly—throwing him into a large hole in the ground (vv.20,23-24). Then they callously sold him to some Midianite traders (v.28). This seems shocking—almost impossible to believe. But consider the toxic thoughts and actions that can flow from our own hearts—especially when we begin to believe that others must be loved more by God as we view their lives of ease and blessing. An incorrect view of God’s love can make any one of us bitter toward Him and the perceived objects of His affection.
The key is in understanding that God has revealed the depth of His love for us not through material things, health, or favor, but in Jesus’ sacrifice: “God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8). In Jesus’ suffering, we find purpose for our own pain and we experience the fullness of God’s love revealed. —Russell Fralick
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How has your faith been swayed by the pain or hardship you’ve faced? How has God’s love for you changed your view of suffering?
