Week 33 SHINE!

 

"Shine....make 'em wonder what you've got.  Make 'em wish that they were not, on the outside looking bored.

Shine...make 'em shine before all men.  Make 'em see good works and then, let them glorify the LORD."

---quote from the Newsboys  "Shine"

We had a wonderful opportunity to share God's love on Friday.   It was wonderful to see the kids get out of their comfort zone and talk with the residents at Breeze Park, along with getting down and dirty picking up trash.  One resident saw all the kids in red shirts out her window and asked what was happening.  The Breeze Park worker told them kids from Zion were coming around to clean up their campus.  Her reply, "Oh how nice of them to do that for us!"   We were able to SHINE the light of God's love in many ways!   Thanks so much to the parents who chaperoned with us.

 

 NEWS

Permission slips came home on Friday for:

May 3  MO Veterans/Lutheran Heritage field trip (White permission slip)

     Please include the medical form, even for Tylenol or Ibuprofen as it is a longer day.

     If your child gets carsick, remember appropriate medicine.

May 6-10  Best Choice:  TAN PERMISSION SLIP

In May, we welcome an educator from Best Choice to lead our Religion classes.  Through this program, students will be involved in active discussions about setting goals, healthy relationships, puberty, and making God-pleasing decisions. The Best Choice program is designed to encourage children to make lifelong commitments to building relationships, making informed choices, choosing abstinence before marriage, and avoiding risky behaviors.

 

Miss Dubberke and I will participate in the classes and continue follow up discussions.  Look for the tan permission slip that came home Friday.  Please return by Tuesday. 

 

To help you prepare for discussions with your child at home, here are the topics Best Choice has used in the past.   During the week of lessons, I will update you daily with our discussions.  Classes start Monday, May 3 for 4 lessons (not Wednesday).  I pray that you use these as opportunities to open the dialogue with your child and share your values with them.  Research shows parents are still the number one influence on their teens!  Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

**Goals, Risky Behaviors, and Decision Making

** Respect, Friendships, and Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships, Refusal Skills

**Male/Female Puberty  

**Media Influence, Emotional Consequences, Boundaries, and Avoidance Techniques 

**Recognizing Your Value and Shaping Your Future by Making Positive Choices 

 

 

Pastor Fieberkorn's chapel on Christ's resurrection - He IS alive!!

Students created games in computer lab over the last few weeks

We took a break from achievement testing to play each class's creations

Students had to code a device that randomized turn taking and incorporate it into their designs

 

Trash pick up at Breeze Park

Enjoying a cookie with our BP friends

James led an idiom game that was quite a hit!

Walking through Frontier Park looking for trash

Zion's Junior High ready to serve!!

And we enjoyed some play time, too!

A cooler??

Visiting with some local dog walkers

Our class had a fun time SHINING the light of Jesus!!

I hope to have more photos to share next week.  Thanks again, parents, for helping make this day possible!

Check out Zion's lost and found in the commons.