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Have
you ever been in a group where you felt you didn’t belong? Not because you
shouldn’t have been there, but because you just didn’t feel like a part of the
group? It seemed like everyone else knew each other and you were the stranger,
the outsider. Maybe you realized that you didn’t have anything in common with
the rest of the crowd. Did you feel uncomfortable, uneasy, uncertain, unsure?
Sometimes
we may feel that way about our relationship within the family of God. The devil
likes to use our worries, sins, and weaknesses to lead us to question our
standing in that family. Do I really belong? Am I really one of God’s children?
Is God really my loving Father?
So
much of what we do and say in our daily lives is connected with those emotions
we call our “feelings”. We may look at the crowd around us and say, “I feel I’m
not really welcome here, not wanted, I don’t belong.”
Sometimes
we may make the mistake of carrying over this emphasis on feelings into our
spiritual lives. We could get the
impression that you must “feel saved” in order to be saved. That might be fine
during the high points in our faith lives, but all too often our faith is weak,
doubts are prevalent, questions remain unanswered, guilt over our sins plague
our conscience, and our spirit wanes and fails. At those moments in life we
have a vital and eternally true assurance that comes from God himself. It is
not based on how we feel but on how God feels about us! Over and over again He
says, ”You may feel unlovable, but I love you! You may feel like an outcast,
but I have adopted you as my child. You belong to me!”
Volleyball Practice and Game Dates
We will only have
practice on Tuesday this week. The
Center is not available on Thursday.
Our games
on Friday, Feb 8th, will be played at Anchor Lutheran at 6:20pm and 6:55pm,
please arrive by 6:00pm.
The times
for the tournament games next Thursday (Feb 14th) and Saturday (Feb 16th) at
Lumen Christi have not yet been determined.
We will let you know as soon as we have them.
Spanish
Class
You should
have received a text message today about the start of our Spanish Class. In the hustle and bustle of last week, we
forgot to let you know that we would be starting tonight, Feb 4th, from 3:45pm
- 4:15pm. Class will continue weekly
each Monday after school.
YMCA Visits
Although the permission slip said
Tuesdays, grades K - 8th will be visiting the YMCA Wednesday, February 6th and subsequent Wednesdays through March 6th.
Each child will be charged $3 per visit even if they do not swim. You will see the fees added to your TADS
account after March 6th.
The gym remains closed due to
earthquake damage so the 5th – 8th grades will not be able to use the basketball
courts.
Zoo Visit
This Thursday, Feb. 7th, at 10:30am,
we will have The Alaska Zoo visit us to teach the preschool-4th grades some
biological facts about animals using their “Skulls & Furs” presentation.
The cost for each student is
$3.00. If
you do not
want this fee charged to your TADS account, please send exact change with your
child.
PTF
Meeting
PTF will
meet this Thursday, February 7th at 6:00pm.
School
Tour Tuesdays
Following
in the footsteps of Anchorage School District, we are opening our school for
tours by parents looking for a school for their children. Tours will take place at 9:30am each Tuesday
in February.
No School
In observance of President’s Day,
there will be no school on Monday, February 18th.
February Birthdays
Oliva Z. – February 6
Elijah
E. – February 10
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