Announcements 2/7/17
SPECIAL TODAY: CHICKEN NUGGETS
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY: MEATBALL SUBS
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY: MEATBALL SUBS
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
LUNCH TODAY: CHICKEN NUGGETS
LUNCH TUESDAY: MEATBALL SUBS
HIGH SCHOOL
The Baton Rouge Mission Team has a meeting this Sunday (02/12/17) from 2pm-4pm in the library?
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Faith Community needs 10 people for a Fundraiser
Date: March 4, 2017
Time: 4:30-8:30
Location: Faith Community Church
Need to wear white top with black pants/or skirt
To sign up contact: Marybeth Bodding
Please be aware that the time of the Sadie's dance has been changed: 7 - 7:30 pm check-in time. 7:30 - 9:30 dinner and dancing. 9:30 dance ends, doors open.
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High School Praise Band Auditions February 16th in the CPAC.
Bring your Heart for Jesus, your guitar, your drums, Bring your keys and your bass. Bring your vocals and your passion for music.
AUDITIONS: Thursday, February 16th @ 3:15 in the CPAC.
INFORMATIONAL meeting: Thursday, February 9th @ 3:10 in Room 219.
PACKETS: available in room 219
Climbing Club begins in MARCH for students in all grades. The club will take place on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:45 at Red Rock Climbing Center. Cost is $40 and includes your month-long gym membership. For more information, please attend our info meeting on Tuesday, February 28 at 3:15in portable 51.
POLAND MISSION TRIP
Mr. Crowder is looking for students to join him this summer in Bielsko-Biala, Poland for the 3rd annual Day Camp. We teach English, play games with kids, sing songs, do crafts, and have a great time meeting Polish youth who are around the same age, in addition to the most important job of sharing the Gospel with kids in Poland. This trip will fulfill ALL your service hours, and is A LOT of fun. The dates of this year's trip July 14-25, and the cost is $2,500, a slight decrease from last year. The registration deadline is March 31. If you have any questions, please see Mr. Crowder for details. (3/31)
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
If you are in need of service hours, here is an opportunity on Presidents weekend. This race needs volunteers to man the aid station. JackPot is a premier ultra running event located at Cornerstone Park in Henderson.
Go to the link below to sign up.
This is a long holiday weekend, so please take that into consideration before signing up.
See Ms Uhlig for more questions. (2/17)
PRINCETON REVIEW SAT CLASS
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 starts with a practice test on March 18 and runs mostly Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 PM through May 24 leading up to the June 3 SAT. Exact dates for the classes are listed below. To sign up please fill out the form at this link by March 6 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. (3/6)
Spring 2017 – SAT
3/18 Test 1
3/20 Class 1
3/22 Class 2
3/27 Class 3
3/29 Class 4
4/1 Test 2
4/18 Class 5
4/19 Class 6
4/24 Class 7
4/26 Class 8
5/13 Test 3
5/15 Class 9
5/17 Class 10
5/20 Test 4
5/22 Class 11
5/24 Class 12
Seniors - If you are planning on graduating with an endorsement from one of our Academies, you need to fill out the appropriate Program Timeline & Checklist, have it signed by a counselor, and turn it in to the Academy Coordinator or their mailbox by February 15th. The Program Timeline & Checklist can be found on each Academy website, midway down the page. If you have questions regarding any adjustments made to the course requirements for you, see the Academy Coordinator to adjust it, but you must still submit paperwork by the deadline to receive the endorsement.
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
AND THE WINNERS ARE.......
A huge congratulations to the poster making winners. Your hard work and love for your classmates was so evident on Friday night!
Congratulations to:
Ms. Bricker and Mrs. Nell
Mrs. Beery
Mr. Gunzelman
Are you interested in debating global issues and foreign policy?If you are, FLHS Model United Nations is holding it’s annual Middle School Model United Nations Conference! You will learn about the real UN and how they solve problems from around the world. For further information, email @modelun@flhsemail.org. See you soon!
CONGRATULATIONS 7TH GRADERS!!!!YOU HAVE WON THE PENNY WAR AND FREE DRESS THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10!!!!
REMEMBER SCHOOL FREE DRESS RULES APPLY.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL
All middle school students interested in a middle school eSports clubneed to see Mr. Schumacher after school in room 105 for more information and a permission slip
Current 7th graders:
Please check your email to see if you have received for an invitation to apply to National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). The email will come from Mrs. Grant.
If you are invited, please go to her room - 114 - to pick up your application. To be considered for membership, you must have attended Faith Lutheran all of sixth grade through first semester seventh grade. The only exception to this rule is if you attended First Good Shepherd School all of sixth grade. You must also have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.8. You are not required to fill out the application for NJHS, but you are required to pick up the application.
Questions? See or email Mrs. Grant!
****New Club****
Are you interested in learning card tricks? Join the Card Trick Club! We will meet on Wednesdays (starting February 8) from 3:20-4:00 in room 219. You should bring a deck of cards and a few rubber bands. Questions? Email Mrs. Burns at burns@flhsemail.org. (2/28)
Climbing Club begins in MARCH for students in all grades. The club will take place on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:45 at Red Rock Climbing Center. Cost is $40 and includes your month-long gym membership. For more information, please attend our info meeting on Tuesday, February 28 at 3:15in portable 51.
"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
A Spiritual Powerlift
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I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him (v.19).
A physical trainer friend of mine will sometimes present his clients with a weightlifting bar with a large amount of weight on each end. He then instructs them to lift the bar, and—of course—they can’t. Next, he tells them to try and lift the weight several times a day for several weeks. After the allotted time, they return and unfailingly report that they can lift the weight over their heads. They often remark that, at first, they never thought this growth in power would be possible!
In Ephesians 1, Paul passionately wrote to the saints in Ephesus, “I . . . pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him” (v.19). He then declared with obvious confidence that the same power which raised Jesus from the dead also placed Him at the right hand of Almighty God in heaven (v.20). “Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else— not only in this world but also in the world to come” (v.21). His power is eternal, and that power has been given in fullness to His church—that is, to the people He has chosen! (vv.22-23).
The power at our disposal for furthering Jesus’ work on earth to God’s praise and honor is limitless. Yet, speaking for myself, I can frequently be found languishing in defeat— seeming to lack even the smallest amount of real spiritual strength. Paul makes it clear that defeat isn’t God’s plan for His church! Learning to rely on God’s limitless power is worth striving for, even if at first we fail to lift the “weightlifting bar” of His amazing calling. Through the study of Scripture, prayer, and the equipping of the Holy Spirit, we can learn to reveal God’s presence so that He’ll be honored and His power will be displayed in us. —Russell Fralick
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Read Hebrews 12:1-3 and consider where the strength to “run with endurance” for Jesus comes from.
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How are you practicing walking in the power of the Holy Spirit? What will happen if you spend more time in Scripture and make yourself accountable to others who can help you grow in God’s power?
