Slavery? In Our Time?
For our reading class the fifth and sixth
graders are finishing off a book called “Stealing
Freedom”. It is the story of a real slave in the time before the Civil War.
The story tells of families being torn apart when some of the sons were sold to
pay off debts of the owner. It mentions how some slave owners beat their slaves
for even minor offenses. Sometimes the female slaves were more highly valued
because of their ability to produce offspring that could be sold as slaves.
This particular slave’s parents and siblings
were purchased by a group working to end slavery but they didn’t have enough
money to secure her freedom too. They wind up kidnapping her and sending her
along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.
The horrors of slavery assault our sense of
decency and morality. Yet even in our modern world, we wouldn’t have to look
too far to find examples of the very same cruelties.
Even if we were able to eradicate all slavery
in the world today there would still be a slavery going on among us. It is the
slavery that began with our first parents way back in the Garden of Eden. All
of us have been slaves to sin since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. In our
natural condition, from the time we were conceived in our mother’s womb, we were
slaves of Satan. Our condition was even more hopeless than the slaves in our
novel, we could do nothing to save ourselves, there was no escape.
But thanks be to our God! He saw our
condition, our slavery, and had compassion on us. He loved so much that he sent
his own Son to save us from this slavery. He took up the punishment we deserved
and paid the price to buy our freedom from Satan, freedom for all the slaves.
Then he reached out to each of us through his Word and created faith in our
hearts to believe his promise of freedom. We praise him for his amazing love!
Half Day on Friday
The first quarter of school ends on
Friday October 21st. School will dismiss at noon. There will be no aftercare on this day.
Basketball
Practice continues on Tuesday and
Thursday, 4:00 – 5:30pm at APU.
Our first game is this Friday at
Anchor Lutheran beginning at 6:00pm. All
players must there ready to warm up at 5:45pm. This will be a coed game, and
the only game of the night. Go Huskies!
Hot Lunch
For those new to Faith, PTF prepares a
hot lunch once a month. The students all
eat together in the fellowship hall. Parents
are welcome to come enjoy lunch with their student. Money is collected by PTF to cover the cost of
the lunch. All checks must be made out
to Faith Lutheran PTF. Hot lunch will be:
Sloppy Joes
Chips
Carrots & Celery
Juice
Dessert
The
cost is $4.00, please complete the hot lunch sheet and return by Wednesday.
Kindergarten Zoo Trip
On Wednesday the kindergarten class
will leave at 12:00pm for a field trip to the zoo. The class will eat lunch before leaving. While on the trip they will enjoy Critter
Tales, featuring the tigers. The cost is
$9 for students and $10 for chaperones.
One more chaperone is needed.
Please remember to send car seats.
They will return to school at 3:00pm.
Library trip
The
upper grade classroom will be returning to the library this Wednesday to return
our books and to get started on another assignment. We will be eating lunch at
Wendy’s on Tudor.
Parent-Teacher Consultations
Conferences will be held on the
evenings of October 25th, 26th and 27th. Please use the following link to sign up for
a time. Be sure to sign up for each of
your students.
Trunk or Treat
Trunk or treat is October 28th 5:00 to 8:00
P.M. This is open to all kids and kids
at heart. Put on your costume and come
enjoy getting treats in a safe environment.
Remember no fake weapons or inappropriate (gory or evil) costumes. We
will have popcorn, hot cocoa, cake walk, pumpkin decorating, photo booth and
more to enjoy.
Parents: We need volunteers
to decorate their trunks and to help with a couple of the activities. We will also need small baked goods for the
cake walk to be dropped off on the 27th. Oh and candy!
Please bring all candy donations to the office.
Signup
to volunteer online at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a49aca922a6f49-trunk
Or
contact the office at faithlutheran@gci.net or see the signup sheet in the
office.
Spirit Wear
New Faith Lutheran School t-shirts and
sweatshirts have been designed. We are
trying something new this year. You will
order your items online, and pay online through CustomInk. You should have received an email today with
the links to the shirts and the sweatshirt.
These items are optional for you to buy.
If you would like to order but prefer not to do so online, please
contact the office.
Math-A-Thon
The printed booklets have been ordered and should arrive
this week. You may start recruiting
donations for your support to St. Jude’s.
Our goal for this
year is to raise $500 to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The
completed Math-A-Thon is due on October 28th.
BoxTops
Please bring any BoxTops you have been collecting into
school and place in the collection box or give to your teacher. The deadline for this submission is October
28th.
Reformation Service
The school will be singing for the Reformation Service
on October 30th at 4:30pm. Please
make every effort for your student to attend.
Arrive at 4:15 pm, no uniform is required, just attire appropriate for a
church service.
No School
On October 31st and November
1st there will be no school.
The teachers and pastors will be attending the Alaska Conference of
Pastors and Teachers.
Birthdays
Emma Richardson
Amy Richardson
Eva Mendez
Ewan Flynn
Ava Taylor
Skyler Harris
Sorry we
missed your birthdays in the previous weeks.
May God richly bless you in the coming year.
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