Announcements 12/7/16
Special Today: Pulled Pork Sub
Special Thursday: Chicken Nuggets
Special Thursday: Chicken Nuggets
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 7, 2016
ALL SCHOOL
Lunch Today: Pulled Pork Sub
Lunch Thursday: Chicken Nuggets
HIGH SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE FOR EDITH AND LOYD KATZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! They are in need of ANY old winter clothing such as jackets, scarves, and gloves. Contact Lizzy Tuls at: et8612@flhsemail.org or 702-401-8026 or you can drop off donations at the front office.
Any high school girl interested in playing lacrosse there will be a meeting December 14th at 6pm in the library. The player and a parent should plan on attending.
HS Photo Club is meeting tomorrow, Thursday 12/8 in Room 104 at 3:00pm until 4:30pm. Any HS student is welcome!
Time to get your UGLY on!
Monday, Dec 12th is wear your ugly Christmas sweater to school day!
There will be competitions during all lunches - Maybe your's will be the ugliest? You may wear free dress bottoms, spirit day bottoms, or uniform bottoms if you have an ugly sweater on!
CINDERELLA AUDITIONS ARE COMING. Please visit the Cinderella moodle page-- password is cinderella17 - one word, all lower case-- to find all the information needed. Please sign up for audition times in advance.
All forms (cast and tech) need to be filled out in advance and either brought or turned in by the last day of auditions. If you have any questions please contact Mr Elliott ASAP.
This semester's last Spanish tutoring date will be Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Mrs. Grant's room. There is no tutoring the week of final exams.
High School and Middle School Sign Language Club starts January 12th at 3:30 to 4:30 in room 404. We will meet every Thursday. (1/12)
In cooperation with Princeton Review, Faith Lutheran is offering Princeton Review's Ultimate SAT course on campus, which includes 30 hours of instruction and 4 full-length diagnostic practice exams on Saturday mornings at 9:00. This course is valued at $1099, but Faith students can take it for only $599. The next available course is an SAT class which starts with a practice test on Jan. 28 and runs mostly Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 PM through March 8 leading up to the March 11 SAT. Exact dates for the classes are listed below. To sign up please fill out the form at this link by Jan.17 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJYTEl5VFF0UGR4Q3diUzFTUWF2RXc6MQ. The total $599 for the class will be added to your tuition bill once the class has begun. Contact Mr. Buikema at buikemad@flhsemail.org or 804-4400 for more information.
Spring 2017 – SAT
1/28 Test 1
1/31 Class 1
2/2 Class 2
2/6 Class 3
2/8 Class 4
2/11 Test 2
2/13 Class 5
2/15 Class 6
2/21 Class 7
2/22 Class 8
2/25 Test 3
2/27 Class 9
3/1 Class 10
3/4 Test 4
3/6 Class 11
3/8 Class 12
Join a great team! Get your questions answered at the HS Swim and Dive Meeting on Thursday, December 8 at 2:40pm in Coach Blank's room (408). Click to be inspired: VIDEO. E-mail at blanks@flhsemail.org if you need.
SHH Friday, December 9th in Sra. Grant's room! Food and beverages will be provided.
Little Girl Christmas Cheer Camp
When: December 9-10th
Time: Friday 6-9pm (Student Center)— Saturday 8:30-11:30am (Arena) -Performance @ 11. Where: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Cost: $75.00 (includes pizza, snack, and performance shirt)
-Please bring your can foods to Christmas Camp to support our “WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE” food drive. Thank you for supporting with a cheerful heart! Contact Misty Williams (head coach): 702-499-3724
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! (6/25)
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." In Philippians 4:6, God calls us to pray to Him about anything and everything in all situations. A new prayer group is starting up to do just that. The group will meet twice a week on Mondays and Fridays in room 112 at 7am, and the sole purpose of the group will be to pray for this school and those in it, this city, this country, and this world. If you are in need of prayer, whether you are a faculty member or a student, you are welcome to come on Monday mornings starting on September 12 and the members of the group will pray for you in person. If you want to request prayer, but not in person, you can send emails to request@flhsemail.org. If you are interested in joining the group and praying for everything under the sun, please contact Hannah Hines by email (hh8604@flhsemail.org) for more information or to confirm your intent to join. The first informational meeting for the members will be sometime next week. More information on that meeting to come. 6/2
MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE FOR EDITH AND LOYD KATZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! They are in need of ANY old winter clothing such as jackets, scarves, and gloves. Contact Lizzy Tuls at: et8612@flhsemail.org or 702-401-8026 or you can drop off donations at the front office.
Time to get your UGLY on!
Monday, Dec 12th is wear your ugly Christmas sweater to school day!
There will be competitions during all lunches - Maybe your's will be the ugliest? You may wear free dress bottoms, spirit day bottoms, or uniform bottoms if you have an ugly sweater on!
CINDERELLA AUDITIONS ARE COMING. Please visit the Cinderella moodle page-- password is cinderella17 - one word, all lower case-- to find all the information needed. Please sign up for audition times in advance.
All forms (cast and tech) need to be filled out in advance and either brought or turned in by the last day of auditions. If you have any questions please contact Mr Elliott ASAP.
This semester's last Spanish tutoring date will be Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Mrs. Grant's room. There is no tutoring the week of final exams.
High School and Middle School Sign Language Club starts January 12th at 3:30 to 4:30 in room 404. We will meet every Thursday. (1/12)
WINTER SPORTS TEAMS PLEASE MEET AT 9:35 IN THE SPORTS LOBBY THIS FRIDAY SO THAT YOU CAN RUN THROUGH THE ARCH!!
SWIM TEAM
7/8 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
7/8 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
WRESTLING TEAM
ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS!!!!
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BLAST ON FRIDAY CELEBRATING OUR WINTER SPORTS TEAMS.
WEAR CRAZY SPIRIT WEAR OR A SANTA HAT AND YOU WILL GET YOUR NAME IN TO WIN A PRIZE FRIDAY AT LUNCH!!!!
Little Girl Christmas Cheer Camp
When: December 9-10th
Time: Friday 6-9pm (Student Center)— Saturday 8:30-11:30am (Arena) -Performance @ 11. Where: Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Cost: $75.00 (includes pizza, snack, and performance shirt)
-Please bring your can foods to Christmas Camp to support our “WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE” food drive. Thank you for supporting with a cheerful heart! Contact Misty Williams (head coach): 702-499-3724
ATTENTION ALL 6-8 GRADE GIRLS: MS Girls Lacrosse interest meeting is Dec. 8th at 3:30 in Room 501. Tryouts will be Jan. 13 and 14, more information to come at the meeting. Questions see Mr. Frederick (frederickc@flhsemail.org)
Boys Lacrosse: Every Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 there will be preseason conditioning at Village Green Park. This is a perfect time for boys interested in the sport to workout without having to commit.
ATTENTION ALL 6-8 GRADE BOYS: MS Lacrosse tryouts are Dec. 16th 12:30-2:30 and Dec. 17th 10:00-12:00. Please have your register my athlete certification printed out and with you at the first day of tryouts. If there are any questions please contact Cy Frederick (frederickc@flhsemail.org) or Coach Mike Hoffmann (mwhoff08@gmail.com). Thank you and hope to see you out there! (12/16)
Attention 6TH GRADE Boys & Girls Basketball Players and Parents: We offer 6th grade A and B teams.Please Note the following Try-Out Dates (You must have a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION from RegisterMyathlete.com to try-out, this replaces our Crusader Card).Please realize all try-outs have the potential of extending to 6 p.m.
GIRLS 6: Dec. 7, 8, 9 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Student Center)
BOYS 6: Dec. 12, 14, 15 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Student Center)
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." In Philippians 4:6, God calls us to pray to Him about anything and everything in all situations. A new prayer group is starting up to do just that. The group will meet twice a week on Mondays and Fridays in room 112 at 7am, and the sole purpose of the group will be to pray for this school and those in it, this city, this country, and this world. If you are in need of prayer, whether you are a faculty member or a student, you are welcome to come on Monday mornings starting on September 12 and the members of the group will pray for you in person. If you want to request prayer, but not in person, you can send emails to request@flhsemail.org. If you are interested in joining the group and praying for everything under the sun, please contact Hannah Hines by email (hh8604@flhsemail.org) for more information or to confirm your intent to join. The first informational meeting for the members will be sometime next week. More information on that meeting to come. 6/2
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. The first informational meeting is Thursday, September 15th, at 6:30 p.m. in the library. If you have any questions or need further information, please talk to or email Ms. Gieseke or Mr. Crowder. Stay tuned for more information! (6/25)
DEVOTIONAL
Sacrificial Love
READ
If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it (vv.23-24).
Charlie has given up everything to care for Sarah. The life they knew has slowly deteriorated with Sarah’s early onset of Alzheimer’s. Charlie has rearranged his schedule to more effectively care for her. He cooks, cleans, bathes, administers medicine, and makes sure Sarah is able to get to and from the bathroom even when her body fails. He cherishes her in sickness, health, disappointment, and frailty. Great love drives him to selflessly give up his life for her whether she knows it or not.
Charlie’s sacrificial decision to give up everything to care for his ailing spouse reminds me of what it means to “take up [our crosses] daily” (Luke 9:23-24). Only love enables him to continue to die daily to those things that would draw him from caring for Sarah (see 1 Corinthians 13:1-8). When we’re truly in love with Jesus, our hearts become devoted to Him. We want to spend every waking minute in His presence to become more like Him. We want to do whatever it takes to live like Jesus.
To live as He lives and love as He loves—to do what is required—means making sacrifices. We have to turn from our selfish tendencies—our plans and our desires—in order to follow our Savior’s example. To put it differently, love calls us to carry our cross (a symbol of death) even as we learn to put to death anything in us that’s not pleasing to God. In Romans 8:12-13, Paul wrote, “You have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.”
Like Jesus, may we carry our cross today and sacrifice our lives out of love. —Marlena Graves
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Read Mark 10:28-30 and consider what the disciples gave up to follow Jesus.
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How are you living out sacrificial love before God and others? What does it mean for you to carry your cross?
