Have you ever been lost?
It may have been when you were little
and wandered away from your mother at the store, or maybe you were camping with
your family and you started following after that cute little bunny and soon
realized that you didn’t have any idea where your family was. How did you feel
when you realized your situation? I think most of us felt a little scared. The consequences
of our situation could have been very serious. You felt helpless and maybe
frozen in fear.
Did you ever think about what your parents
were thinking during the time that you were missing? They probably went from
annoyance to anxiety to panic the longer that you were missing. They started to
search from the point where they last saw you, enlisting the help of others as
they went. When you were found, there
was relief, for both you and your parents.
All of us have wandered away from our
heavenly Father. By nature we are lost and are not able to do anything to
improve our situation. We are hopeless and helpless. “We all, like sheep, have
gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way.” Isaiah 53:6a.
Our
Father saw our condition and situation, and had compassion on us. He carried
out a plan to save us from ourselves. He sent His Son to take our guilt, to pay
our debt, and to give us hope for the future. He is concerned about each of us
and wants us to be with Him in heaven. He reaches out His hand in love to the
lost.
Cross Country
We will begin Tuesday and Thursday
practices at Waldron Park starting tomorrow, Aug. 28. Transportation to the park and back
will be provided. Students will be back
at Faith Lutheran School by 5:15pm or may be picked up at the park at 5:00pm.
If your student
is participating, please sign and return the permission slip before practice
tomorrow.
Junior
Choir
Choir members
will begin practicing this Wednesday, Aug. 29th during lunch recess from
12:30pm to 1:00pm.
Their first
performance will be Sep. 30th at 10:30am here at Faith.
Labor Day – No School
There will be no school on Monday, Sep. 3 in honor of Labor
Day. Enjoy your three-day weekend!
Text Alerts Last Week
When we have information that needs to
reach all parents, we either do a mass email or a mass text message. If you do not have alert preferences set up
in Educate, you may not receive these messages or you may get them in a manner
that is not optimal (for example, 25+ text messages!)
To
prevent this from happening again, all Educate accounts that do not have a
contact preference listed have been set to receive alerts via email for school
closings, general communications and school emergencies. Please log into Educate and review your
contact information as well as your alert preferences. Once logged in, select the pull down menu by
your name, select account, then alert preferences.
If
you have any questions, please contact the office.
Thank you
Grades 1-4 would like to thank all
parents who brought in classroom supplies.
Your thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated.
Emergency Preparedness
Every
year at this time we review our plan for emergency situations at our school. If
an emergency such as an earthquake or other disaster would occur, plans and
material supplies are in place to provide for the safety and security of our
students, as well as first aid and extended care in the event that students
cannot be immediately picked up by their parents.
In
order to help us in this, we ask each family to prepare a small “comfort kit”
for your child, with small items to provide comfort and to help keep them
occupied and calm in an emergency situation.
Pack your child’s comfort kit with a card containing your child’s name
and contact information and other small items for your child’s comfort. Suggestions include a non-perishable snack
(like a granola bar), a pair of knit gloves, a family picture, a small toy, and
a letter to your child.
If your child has not brought their comfort kit to school yet,
please have them bring it as soon as possible.
All kits will be returned at the end of the school year.
Bible Information Class
A child’s Christian education is only
as good as the cooperation between parents and teachers. To this end, we feel strongly that all
parents need to hear our fundamental beliefs and understand the basic doctrines
that all of our school children are taught.
Therefore, we invite parents of school children to attend Pastor Ewings’
“Making Life Better Class” beginning Monday, September 10. This class is an
extensive review of the basic doctrines taught in the Bible and, therefore, in
this school. Parents who complete the class will receive a $500 discount on
their child’s tuition for each of three years after completing the class.
Boxtops for Education and School
Rewards Programs
If you have been saving Boxtops over
the summer, there is a collection envelope on the bulletin board by the school
entrance, or you can give them to Mrs. Zarnstorff. If you haven’t been saving them, now’s the
time to start! Our goal for this year is
to turn in $1000 worth of Boxtops. Will
you help us reach our goal?
Faith
Lutheran School is also enrolled in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. Please link your Fred Meyer Rewards Card at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards
using non-profit number Y1503.
