Announcements 3/23/17
SPECIAL TODAY: QUESADILLAS
FRIDAY: CLOSED - NO SCHOOL
FRIDAY: CLOSED - NO SCHOOL
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
THURSDAY
MARCH 23, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
LUNCH TODAY: QUESADILLAS
FRIDAY: CLOSED – NO SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Mountain View Lutheran is holding our annual Dinner/Silent Auction next Saturday, March 25th and is in need of high school volunteers that would like to earn hours working child care from 5:30pm till 11:30pm. The event will be held at Red Rock Country Club and the child care will be held at Mountain View Lutheran School. Students can email or call the school office for more information. (3/23)
HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TRYOUTS!!!!! Got school spirit? Great Attitude: Willing to work hard?
MANDATORY parent/student meeting will be held in the ARENA on April 4th @ 6:00. Tryouts will be held April 25th-28th. Questions? Contact Misty Williams @ 702-499-3724. (4/4)
There will be a Brookie Meeting at 8:15 on Tuesday, March 28 in room 501. (3/27)
MASTERACT is BACK this summer with “Walk the Plank”! Faith Lutheran’s Summer Theatre Camp will be July 10-15, 2017. Open registration to all 6-12 graders. Cost is $400 and there is only room for 100 students. To enroll, please visit www.faithlutheranlv.org/masteract or email ErikBall123@gmail.com
SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Fresh 52 Farmers Market at Tivoli Village
Date: April 1
2 shifts: 7-12 or 12-5pm
Sign up through: Carrie Hogan
Shield News…
Select Under Armour and VanSport Polo Shirts…NOW 40% off while supplies last!
Remaining Sport Spiritwear on sale while supplies last…$3 tees, $5 Bling tees, $10 Hoodies (3/31)
If you are desiring to take a AP Exam and you are not currently in that particular AP class or if you are taking an online AP class, please see Mrs. Washington before March 31st to order your exam. Any exam ordered after that time will have an additional $40.00 late fee.
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
MOUNTAIN VIEW LUTHERAN CHURCH is having a community service day on May 7, 2017. There are several different opportunities to serve throughout the community. Please visit the link to view the opportunities and to sign up:
The charity of the month for March will benefit Children's Heart Foundation. We are collecting Easter Baskets for pediatric heart patients and their families. If you would like to participate in the worthy cause, please bring your basket to Mrs. Grant in room 114. We will collect baskets throughout the whole month of March!
Give someone the gift of sight!
Do you have old eyeglasses or sunglasses? If so, Builder's Club is having an eyeglass drive through March 31st! Bring them to Mrs. Walo's room (room 318), Mrs. Bowline in the library, or any Builders' Club member. The glasses will be donated to the Lion's Club, where they will be repurposed and given to people who are in desperate need of eyeglasses and sunglasses. Thank you for your help. 3/31
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)
"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 dojust 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
MASTERACT is BACK this summer with “Walk the Plank”! Faith Lutheran’s Summer Theatre Camp will be July 10-15, 2017. Open registration to all 6-12 graders. Cost is $400 and there is only room for 100 students. To enroll, please visit www.faithlutheranlv.org/masteract or email ErikBall123@gmail.com
Shield News…
Select Under Armour and VanSport Polo Shirts…NOW 40% off while supplies last!
Remaining Sport Spiritwear on sale while supplies last…$3 tees, $5 Bling tees, $10 Hoodies (3/31)
The charity of the month for March will benefit Children's Heart Foundation. We are collecting Easter Baskets for pediatric heart patients and their families. If you would like to participate in the worthy cause,
please bring your basket to Mrs. Grant in room 114. We will collect baskets throughout the whole month of March!
Give someone the gift of sight!
Do you have old eyeglasses or sunglasses? If so, Builder's Club is having an eyeglass drive through March 31st! Bring them to Mrs. Walo's room (room 318), Mrs. Bowline in the library, or any Builders' Club member. The glasses will be donated to the Lion's Club, where they will be repurposed and given to people who are in desperate need of eyeglasses and sunglasses. Thank you for your help. 3/31
Are you interested in debating global issues and foreign policy?
If you are, FLHS Model United Nations is holding its’ 3rd Annual Middle School Model United Nations Conference, FLMUN III, on Saturday, 6 May. You will learn about the real UN and how they solve problems around the world. Please attend our informational meeting on Thursday, 23 March, 7:00-8:30 PM, in the Library. Practices will be held every Thursday, 7:00-8:30, starting on 30 March. To register for FLMUN, or for more information, email us at modelun@flhsemail.org, or check your Crusader Connect in March. See you soon!
"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
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I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope (v.15).
You have to stick with that movie, even when it gets rough.” My friend pulled The Shawshank Redemption from the DVD player as he spoke. “The rough stuff is what makes the ending so hopeful.”
In a similar way, the stoning of Achan and his family has always been a troubling story for me—part of the “rough stuff” of the Bible. During the destruction of Jericho, Achan stole treasures that belonged to God. After his sin was discovered, he and his family were taken to the Valley of Achor and stoned to death (Joshua 7:16-26).
The name Achor means “trouble.” Yet Hosea records for us that God didn’t want the story to end there. Years after Achan’s death, God announced that He would redeem the site of the man’s betrayal. “I will return her vineyards to [Israel] and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity” (Hosea 2:15).
God has the power to transform. A site of betrayal became a door to hope and future restoration. A place of judgment becomes a place of growing vineyards. Years later Jesus proclaimed to His followers, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Jesus is our hope—the way of growth and transformation.
Only God is capable of bringing hope out of betrayal. Only God can take the site of an execution and transform it to a place of grace. May He forgive us of our betrayals, and may we turn to Him today for transformation of the “rough stuff” in our lives. —Andy Rogers
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How has the rough stuff of your life kept you from hoping in God? What will you do to begin submitting anew to God’s transforming ways?
