Where’s Your Comfort Blanket?
Do any of your children have a special
blanket, or toy, that is the thing they turn to when things don’t go their way?
When they are sad or hurt or in trouble with Mom or Dad, do they curl up in
that one special blanket to soothe themselves until all is well? Or maybe there
is no peace in your house until that one special pacifier is found for that
infant who has a loud, insistent voice.
The people of Israel had no such
blanket. They had turned away from their loving God in heaven and worshipped
idols. God had allowed the Babylonians to defeat the Israelites and carry them
off to faraway Babylon. There they languished in captivity and could only blame
themselves for their situation. During this time of separation from their
homeland, they came to their senses and realized their sin, and confessed their
wrong to God.
God had compassion on them and sent
his prophet Isaiah to them with these words of comfort: “Comfort, comfort my
people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that
her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she
has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Is. 40:1-2.
That same comfort is for all of us too.
Our debt for sin has been paid; we are free of the guilt of all of them, free
to serve the Lord in gladness. He gives this salvation to us freely and
promises to bring us safely to His heavenly home.
Classrooms Need Tissues
With
the colder weather comes more runny noses.
Please consider bringing a box or two of tissues for your student’s
classroom, especially if you have younger students.
Kindergarten Field Trip
The Kindergarten class will visit
Anchorage Animal Care and Control tomorrow, December 5th from 2:00pm
to 3:00pm.
Handchimes Choir
In preparation for the Children’s
Christmas Service, we will be practicing twice a week for the next two weeks. We will meet at 12:30pm on December 5th,
7th, 12th, and 14th.
Advent Services
We invite you to join us and your
children as we celebrate the Advent season at Faith. We will have special worship services on
December 6th, 13th, and 20th at 3:00pm to
close out the school day. These services
will last a little more than half an hour.
Students will be dismissed for the day at the end of the service. Please pick up your students through the main
church entrance instead of the school entrance.
Bake Sale
The
PTF bake sale is this Thursday, December 7th. This sale is for homemade, edible goods like
cookies, cakes, jellies, breads, or any other items you make. The items will be
available for sale starting at noon and continuing until 4:00pm. If you have any questions or would like to
help, please contact Sheila Lillo by cell at 907-229-7901.
Yearbook
With the year nearly half over, this
is a reminder to create your yearbook account at www.treering.com/signup-intro
so you can upload pictures, personalize your child’s pages in the front, and
buy your books. A reminder email was also
sent to all parents with a link to the website.
We can’t be at all of the events so it helps when parents upload their pictures. It is important to us that every child has
their picture in the yearbook. Together,
we can make our yearbook a success.
Meet Your Teachers Monday
The
answer to last week’s Meet Your Teacher trivia question was Mr. Z. Congratulations
to Connor Klebs for guessing the correct answer! Make sure to check the school’s Facebook page
for this week’s question.
December Birthdays
We
would like to wish these students God’s richest blessings on their upcoming
birthdays:
Elin F. -
December 25th
Kathrin K. -
December 27th
Ryan T. –
December 31th
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