Announcements 9/26/19

9/30: Chill Day— Wear PJ’s 

10/1: Riverdale—Juniors and Seniors dress like jocks and Freshman and Sophomores dress like bikers

10/2: Stranger Things—Wear 80’s clothes

10/3: Chapel Day—Wear bandanas

If you are interested in trying out for the 2020 State Mock Trial Team register online BEFORE Oct 4, 2019.  In house teams will be announced Oct 15 and practice starts Oct 15.There will be a mandatory competition tryouts NOVEMBER 15 and 16.  We will be returning to the in-house competition format.

8-10volunteers needed to make fleece blankets for Summerlin Hospital cancer patients for Make A Difference Day (PLEASE BRING FABRIC SCISSORS) You may bring any of your own fleece to make blankets if you have any, but fleece will be provided. 

EXTRA-If you cannot attend but would still like to donate blankets, please contact Morgan Stewart at morgan.stewart21@flhsemail.orgfor directions. (10/26)

 

 

COMMUNITY CRUSADER SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:

COMMUNITY CRUSADER SERVICE HOURS OPPORTUNITY:
In need of service hours?  Contact Joan Wright, Secretary for the parent organization at Journey Education (JPO).  Our school is hosting a fall festival fundraiser on Friday, October 18, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. We are in search of youth volunteers to run carnival games, etc.  I can be reached at jkw2607@gmail.com or by phone at (702) 673-7572.  Thank you so much in advance!

(10/10)

 

Faith Lutheran is proud to announce a new SAT preparation partnership with the founder and president of MostPrep, Mike Obstgarten. He will be running 6-week prep courses at 6:45 to 9:15pm in room 216 for juniors and seniors specifically for the SAT starting this summer for $600. Students interested in prepping for the ACT should still take this course as the exams are now similar enough that specific ACT courses are not necessary. This full-length course provides ample instruction and review of the concepts most frequently tested on the SAT, as well as the coaching and implementation of the test-taking techniques that have been proven to work, all while dispelling common myths and reassuring students that the task in front of them is not as daunting as it might seem. To sign up please fill out the form at this link a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the start of the class you are interested in. REGISTER The total $600 for the class will be added to your tuition bill once the class has begun. Contact Mr. Buikema at buikemad@flhsemail.org or Mike directly at mostprep@gmail.comwith questions.

 

 

Daily Lectionary: Malachi 2:1-3:5; Matthew 4:1-11

In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The prophet’s words are proven true 40 days after Jesus’ birth. His parents brought him into the temple for the Service of Presentation. Simeon takes the baby into his arms and says about Him, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which will be spoken against…that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed” (Luke 2:34-35).

Jesus, Simeon says, is a sign to whom people will show whether they receive or reject God’s Word. Simeon received God’s Word, too. He would not die until he saw the Savior. Each day Simeon grew older, but he clung to God’s promise. When Mary’s baby, the sign, came to the temple, Simeon rejoiced. The messages contained in that sign were “Now you can go in peace,” and, “this is the Savior.” A baby—this poor husband and wife’s baby—is the sign of Simeon’s peace and salvation. Simeon looked at his life and his death through this sign and departed in peace.

Simeon embraced the Savior in the sign of the baby that brought him his peace and salvation. We embrace the Savior, too, in the signs of earthly words, water, bread and wine, where God comes close to us with His peace and salvation. This sign means death and new life—death to our telling God who He must be for us. It means our rising to new life with Christ, to share His life so closely that nobody and nothing can destroy it.

All this we remember when we read Malachi’s prophecy, and rejoice in when we sing the Song of Simeon after we receive the Sacrament of the Altar. We rejoice in the Savior in whom we have our falling and rising. Our strength and preservation. Our peace and our salvation. It is Christ Jesus, “a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.” In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.