Remember Your Leaders….
“Remember your leaders, who spoke the
word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their
faith.” Hebrews 13:7.
These words came to my mind this
weekend after I learned that Pastor James Oldfield had left this world of pain
and sorrow to live with his Lord in heaven. He had served this congregation
from 1992 until early in 2016. Some months before that time, he was diagnosed
with a brain cancer. At that time, his cancer made him unable to carry out all
of his duties for this congregation. In his battle with this disease, his Lord
kept him strong in his faith and finally, on Saturday morning, delivered him
from his suffering and took him to his eternal home where he stands before the
throne of God, joining his voice with the voices of all the saints and angels,
praising his God and Father.
During his time as our pastor, our
shepherd, he focused a great deal of time and effort educating the members of
this church in Bible study. The Lord knew that this church needed to be
strengthened in its foundation, it needed to be rooted deeply in the Word. He
provided for that need in the calling of Pastor Oldfield. Pastor Oldfield liked to tell us that we were
some of the most well-trained, Bible-based, orthodox Christians in Alaska. So
as we mourn his leaving us, let us also hold onto the faith he professed before
us, that faith that led him home.
Pennies for Patients
The drive is finished, we will announce
the donation total in chapel on Thursday.
Jr. Choir
Thank you to the Junior Choir members
for singing at King of Kings on Sunday.
Comfy Day
By popular demand, we will have a makeup
spirit day due to the snow day last week.
This Friday will be comfy day, wear the comfiest of clothes. No onesies please.
Sports Nights
This week, Tuesday and Thursday, during
the regular practice times, we are inviting the soccer and basketball teams and
their parents to come and play. We will have some skills competitions for the
team members and some open games. Tuesday will be for soccer and Thursday will
be basketball. Also, Thursday night will be a pizza feast at school after the
games. Please join us.
Singing in Church
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, April 9th. The preschool and kindergarten students will
be singing in church. Please be sure to
have your child here by 10:15am. The
service begins at 10:30am.
Kids’ Day at the Dena’ina
Faith Lutheran School will be hosting
a booth at Kids’ Day on April 15th.
The event runs 10:00 – 4:00pm and highlights programs for children in
Anchorage. We will need volunteers to
help throughout the day. Please let Mrs. Z know if you can volunteer for an
hour or two to help out at Faith’s Booth.
We also need plastic colored eggs for the craft which can be dropped off
in the office or with Mrs. Z.
No School Days and Early Dismissal
April 14th and 17th
there will be no school. April 28th,
school will dismiss at noon for teacher in service.
Spaghetti Fest
A big thank you to all who contributed
to the spaghetti fest! We were able to
raise $2000.
A special thank you to Kristi Gartman,
Gabrielle Bauer, Judi Hegerberg and Mrs. Z for all their work planning and
serving the delicious food.
Easter Celebrations
For those of you looking for a place to
celebrate Easter, Faith Lutheran Church invites you to join us on April 16th. Faith will have Easter services at 8:00am and
10:30am. Breakfast will be served
between services beginning at 9:00am. We
look forward to seeing you!
Hot Lunch April
Parents, a volunteer is needed for hot
lunch this month on April 20th. Please
contact Sheila Lillo at 229-7901 if you are able to help. The menu for this
month is pizza.
Open Enrollment
Enrollment
for the 2017/2018 school year is now open.
Please enroll your student if he or she is returning next year so we can
begin to prepare for the school year.
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