God’s
Blank Check
Charles
Steinmetz had a pretty sweet arrangement with his sponsors. Charles was a great
electrical engineer and inventor during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. He
never received a fixed salary from those who sponsored his work. Instead, from
time to time, his backers would give him a book of blank checks. When a need
arose, whether great or small, all Steinmetz had to do was fill in the amount
on the check, sign his name as the payee, and present it to the bank.
Not
too bad an arrangement! It would surely help at bill-paying time if you never
had to worry about the balance in the account.
However,
there were limits to this arrangement. The backers could have run out of money,
or Charles could have written a check so large that the account couldn’t pay
what he asked. Certainly, his sponsors would have been helpless in keeping him
from getting sick. They couldn’t give him the strength, knowledge, and ability
he needed to do his work.
We
have such an arrangement with God, only it is infinitely better. God provides
for the needs of all people. From Him came everything in the universe. From Him
comes all we need for our bodies. If God were to withdraw his providence for
even one second, we would have nothing and we could not live.
More
importantly, through Him alone come all of our spiritual blessings. In a sense,
God has given us a blank check, made out to us, and signed in Jesus’s blood.
Our greatest need is our problem of sin. Our sin has separated us from our God,
but “the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.” I John 1:7. We have been reconciled and that
makes all the difference in the world.
Whenever we have a need, we can take that
need to our Father knowing that He will lovingly fulfill that need for us in
the way He knows is best.
Indoor
Soccer
We will
practice today 4:30pm-6:00pm and Thursday 3:30pm-4:45pm at The Center. The games Friday will be played at Lumen
Christi between 3:00pm and 6:00 or 7:00pm.
Exact times will be announced later this week.
Spanish
Class
We will
have class tonight and Wednesday from 3:45pm-4:15pm.
Midweek Lenten Services
Midweek worship services continue this
Wednesday, March 27th at 3:00pm and at 6:30pm.
These services will last a little more than half an hour.
Hot Lunch
Hot
lunch will be served this Thursday March 28th.
The menu for this month is Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza, Salad, Fruit, and Dessert. Please return the sheet indicating your pizza
choice to your child’s teacher by Tuesday, March 26th, in order to assure we
have enough pizza for everyone.
Due to Spring Break and a super busy
March, we are late sending out hot lunch sheets. We apologize for the late notice. If you are unable to send payment ($4.+00 cash
or check made out to PTF) with your child by tomorrow, please try to send it by
this Friday, March 29th.
Parent
Meeting
Come this Thursday night, March
28th, at 6:30pm for an open forum to discuss the future of our school. Please bring all comments, questions, and concerns
to discuss with us.
Science Fair
This is not a required event, but if
you are interested we encourage all students in grades K-8 to participate in
the 2019 Alaska Science and Engineering Fair happening March 29th-31st. If you'd like more details, please contact the office.
Heath Fair
Faith
Lutheran Church and School is sponsoring a Health Fair Saturday, April 6th,
from 8:00am-12:00pm to bring free health education, health screenings and
affordable blood tests to our community.
Alaska Health Fair Inc. will provide
most of the materials, supplies, medical volunteers, and core support but we
need volunteers to help set up and take down, and donate food. Set up will be
Friday, April 5th, at 4:00pm.
A signup sheet is in the Fellowship Hall
or you can contact Gabby Bauer at gyb279@yahoo.com or 907-223-8449.
Free Piano
Are you in the market for a free
piano? All you’ll have to do is move it and have it tuned on your own. Please see Mrs. Z for more details.
March
Birthdays
Connor S. – March 25
