Announcements 4/24/17
SPECIAL TODAY: GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH
SPECIAL TUESDAY: CHEESE RAVIOLI
SPECIAL TUESDAY: CHEESE RAVIOLI
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
MONDAY
APRIL 24, 2017
ALL SCHOOL
LUNCH TODAY: GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH
LUNCH TUESDAY: CHEESE RAVIOLI
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Miracle League needs your help! Come be a baseball buddy for a special needs player. You don't need to have any prior knowledge of baseball, just a desire to have fun and help. Saturday April 22, May 13, May 20. For more information and to sign up check www.miracleleague.com, go to "volunteer" and then "online buddy sign up". Any questions, Cindy Seigle (702) 326-8502
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
The Nevada affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is looking for Race Volunteers for the upcoming race at the Fremont Street Experience Saturday, May 6, 2017. There are multiple areas where help is needed including set up, tear down, registration, kid’s area, and sponsor booths. There are Race Day Volunteer Orientations on Saturday, April 29th from 10am - 12pm OR Monday, May 1 from 6pm – 8pm. Please email volunteers@komennevada.orgwith questions. Register to volunteer at
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COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
Summer Meet Up & Eat Up Program (July 3rd – August 11th)— Boys Town Nevada in partnership with Three Square Food Bank will provide lunch over the summer break to the youth served by our Care Coordination Schools program. Volunteers are needed to welcome the youth, distribute lunch, assist with monitoring the youth and clean-up. Schedule: Monday - Friday 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Available Spots: 3-6 volunteers needed daily. Please contact Christine Cisneros at 702.724.8413 for information and to sign up.
In an effort to encourage strong values of philanthropy and community involvement among our student body, the Faith Lutheran HS Student Leadership Team (SLT) along with the MS Student Council will select 5 charities per academic year that will receive school-wide support. Each charity will be assigned a month (Sept, Oct, Nov/Dec, Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr & May) where the Faith Family will be encouraged to contribute to fundraising or collection efforts solicited for that month’s charity.
High school students who would like to submit an application for consideration to support a charitable organization during the 2017-18 academic year, please contact Mrs. Buuck for an application at buuckj@flhsemail.org. Applications can also be found outside of Mrs. Buuck's Office (Office of Student Life) in the aux gym near room 501. All applications for consideration must be submitted to the Office of Student Life no later than May 12, 2017. (5/12)
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
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:
"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
Student Council Meeting will be Monday, April 24 directly after school in Portable 67. If you have practice that day, please stay for the first 10 minutes to get a packet. The meeting will be done by 3:20. (4/24)
Calling All Middle School Artists! The 2nd Annual Juried Middle School Art Show is coming up in May. You can apply to be in it by dropping off your original (not copied) art work for consideration. Entries need to have a label with your full name, grade, and contact information on the back. See Ms. Gilman for details. She will be accepting entries after Spring Break.
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
"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
DEVOTIONAL
Uber Conversations
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It is not good for the man to be alone (v.18).
Jasper Fu drives two hours a day for Uber, an app-based taxi service. He doesn’t do it for the money, since he already has a fulltime job. He says he does it because it’s a good way to “talk to people.” Chinese culture encourages quiet restraint, so it can seem inappropriate to walk up to a stranger and start a conversation. It’s different when you’re picking them up in your car. Jasper says, “Under no other circumstance can I find a stranger to talk with me for like 10 to 20 minutes.”
Jasper isn’t alone in his desire to connect with others. A lot of us long to matter to someone, and we receive little help from our culture. If an evil villain wanted to make sure we have as little human contact as possible, this is the society he would have created. We’re separated by houses with backyards but no front porches. We’re separated by cars, in which we travel alone. We buy groceries, pump gas, and withdraw money from our bank—all without making eye contact with others. We’re separated by technology. In our free time, we scroll and text alone.
In our isolation, we might feel like David crying out from his cave, “No one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me” (Psalm 142:4). But we won’t go down without a fight, for we know it’s not good for us “to be alone” (Genesis 2:18).
Since our triune God created us for relationship, may we follow Jasper’s lead and find ways to foster friendship. We can text our friends to meet up face-to-face. We can bring cookies next door to share with neighbors. And we can view unexpected visits not as interruptions, but opportunities to reflect the relational nature of our loving God who never leaves us nor forsakes us. —Mike Wittmer
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Why is it important for us to break free of isolation and spend time with others? How do the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit model a loving relationship?
