Jeremy May, Pastor Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Church: 580-762-1111 www.flcspc.com
David Birnbaum, Principal School: 580-762-9950 website: flcspc.com On-line pay: http://flspc.org/resources.html E-mail: lutheransecretary@yahoo.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide,
Sola Scriptura
February 20, 2019
CARDINAL CHATTER 2/20 2/21 2/23 2/27 3/2 3/14 3/15
Schlotzsky’s Night, 4-9:00 p.m. TONIGHT! Spring Portraits/Class Pictures TOMORROW! The Cross & the Crescent, 9-4, FLC Fellowship Hall (lunch provided) Freddy’s Night, 3:30 – 8:00 Ash Wednesday Talent Show, 6:30 p.m. Last day to bring BoxTops for class contest
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2-4 FLS Alumni Reunion Basketball, Gym 5:30 – 9:30 FLS Legacy Dinner, Auction, Dance @ Osage Casino, $35/$50, RSVP to office FLS Alumni Reunion Unity Sunday: 9:30 Sunday School & Bible Class 10:45 Worship & Memorial w/Pastor Ramsey 12:00 Celebration Meal, $10/$12, RSVP to office 1:30 Volleyball & family games 2:00 Golf Tournament at Wentz $75 pp
And now, it’s time for the CARDINAL SHOUTOUT; a place for us to recognize how talented and diversified our students are! CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRST GRADERS:
Dalton Laughlin for winning 2nd place at the Patriotic Pen Regional Essay Contest. Varsity Girls for winning 3rd with a 3 & 1 record at the Topeka Lutheran Basketball Tournament. PICTURE DAY TOMORROW!
SMILE! IT’S PICTURE DAY TOMORROW!!! Fall Individual pictures and class pictures will be held TOMORROW, Thursday, February 21. (Class pictures must be purchased prior to being taken. Extra forms are in the office.)
FREE DAYCARE! Leave your kids (4 years old to 6th Grade) with us on Sunday morning’s from 9:4510:45 in the basement under the First Lutheran Gym. You can have the hour to do shopping, have breakfast with friends, etc., and your kids will learn about the word of God! We want YOU(R) Kids! Please contact the church or school office with any questions.
SCHLOTZSKY’S NIGHT! First Lutheran School will have Schlotzsky’s night TONIGHT! Wednesday, February 20, 4:00-9:00 p.m. All you have to do is have dinner at Schlotzsky’s! When the cashier is ready to take your order, tell them you are there in support of First Lutheran School, and Schlotsky’s will donate a portion of your purchase to the school! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and complete strangers. It doesn’t cost you anything more than the cost of your dinner, and the school will receive a little bit of your purchase price as a fundraiser. Thank you! FORE!
Golf Tournament coming through!.. The First Lutheran Golf
Tournament will be held on March 31, 2019 in conjunction with the FLS Reunion weekend; the entry form is attached. Sign up your team and have a great day on the course! KIDS HEART CHALLENGE: Thank you for all of the success for the Kids Heart Challenge last week! Any final money needs to be turned in by the 28th so that we can send off a check. We’ll update you on the final donation amount when all donations have been turned in. -1-
BOXTOPS: Remember to save BoxTops! The class who collects the most wins a pizza party!! Thank you! PASTOR NORDEEN BENNAI: will be presenting an informative workshop on "THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT". This will be a study of the differences between Christianity and Islam, and how we can reach out, IN LOVE, to the other children of Abraham by sharing the Gospel of Christ with them. This Workshop will be held THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019, from 9 am-4 pm in the FELLOWSHIP HALL. Lunch will be served and will even feature some Moroccan food! You are encouraged to BRING A FRIEND; please MARK YOUR CALENDAR and PLAN TO JOIN US for this special time of LEARNING, FOOD, and FELLOWSHIP. TAX STATEMENT: If you would like a printout of your payments to First Lutheran during 2018 for tax purposes, you can print them off yourself by logging into your FastDirect account, click on “Finance” on the top, then click on “tax report” on the left. Now click on the button that says “2007”, change it to the calendar year that you need, and then click “tax year printout”. It will bring up a printable page complete with our tax i.d. number. (This report includes school-related expenses only; summer daycare tax statements must be requested from Ms. Heidi in Daycare.). If you have problems, you can call the office and we can print statements for you as well. Not all payments to FLS are tax deductible, and you should contact a tax advisor to find out what can be written off, and what cannot. Things that make me go hmmm...The word "Swims" upside-down is still "swims". PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Schlotsky’s night tonight & Picture Day tomorrow. This Saturday we will have a Lutheran Pastor speak about growing up MUSLIM and he is making Moroccan food for us here from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please Join Us! PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Colvin: Thank You to all the Parent's and Grandparent's that came to our Valentine's party, and who brought stuff. The Children really enjoyed it! This week we will be learning all about Transportation and the letter W. Have a great week! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly: Picture Day is tomorrow! Class pictures must be ordered at the time of pictures. Please bring your order forms with payment in the morning. Thank you for all of the wonderful valentines! Thank you to our room mom and all of the other parents that made our party fun! Dr. Seuss week starts on Monday with Wear Red and Blue Day. Our Bible words this week are, Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 We are starting the letter cluster V,J and Q this week. Have a Blessed Week! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Heitman: It seems like it’s been forever since we've had a normal week of school! I hope you all enjoyed the days off, and the snow this week, and stayed safe and warm! We've had lots of sickness going around our classroom. Be sure you're encouraging lots of hand washing at home. Thank you Mrs. Spears for bringing all the animals to visit last week! Our chapel offering is still going to benefit Mrs. Spears and the New Life Trails Ministry. Thanks to all the parents who came and helped with our Valentine's party! I think we had fun! Next week is Dr. Suess week (and finally a full week of school!). A flyer was sent home last week with our dress up theme days. I'll also be putting those on the calendar in our app. Our letter cluster for the next couple weeks is V, J, & Q. Our Bible story this week is "The Good Samaritan". Our Bible words are "We love because He first loved us" 1 John 4:19. KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: This Sunday, February 24th the kindergarten will sing in church with the first grade at the 11:00 service. We hope to see everyone at First Lutheran Church at 11:00! The kids can sit with you and just come up front when it is time. I would like to thank all the parents that came to our valentine party making it special for the kids. Also, thank you for all the help. Have a magnificent week! FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Thank you to all the parents who were able to help with our Valentine Party and for providing snacks. Our memory for Friday, February 22 is Galations 5:22-23 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Picture day is on Thursday. Individual pictures and class pictures will be taken. If you would like to order a class picture, please return the form and payment by Thursday. Our class has been working on a book that is going to be published. A note, order form, and envelope were sent home today. Please return form (even if you mark "no") and payment by THURSDAY, FEB. 28! Also, please remember that our class, along with Kindergarten, are singing in church on Sunday at the 11:00 service. I hope to see you there! We will have show and tell on Friday. SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Our Valentine party was great fun! Thanks to all of you for all you do! Thanks, Mrs. Steichen and Mrs. Sibley and Ms. Amber, for planning a fun Jump for Heart event. Our God has made us wonderfully. We're thankful for the skills God has provided doctors who are able to care for us and especially our hearts! Remember that picture day is Thursday. Some of us need extra help with memory work at home. Please ensure that -2-
your child is able to say memory before dropping off at school. We hate losing our recesses when we aren't ready. Stay warm! Blessings! THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: Brr.. I think our Groundhog got it wrong! Where is spring? Kids have been getting sick lately. I have been stressing to them to not share drinks, or food, also to wash their hands all the time. Water bottles are allowed in class, please keep the liquid clear. This week: Spelling, Reading, and Memory all due on Friday. Memory: the 3rd Article. Math: We will do normal lessons for two days then finish our zoo project. We will test over our five multiplication facts next week. A.R. Everyone is at least half way to their goal. WAY TO GO!! I am super proud of them all for working so hard to get their goals. They are going to love our party for this quarter. Book Reports: DUE this Friday. Please let me know if you have any questions. Picture Day: THURSDAY is class picture day. Grades: Grades on FastDirect are up to date. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a wonderful week! FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: Applications for the school talent show are available in the classroom. All Valentine’s Day boxes were wonderful and had lots of hard work put into them. Very impressive! Congrats to Jordyn for Most Creative/Unusual, Halleigh for Most Traditional, & Izzy for the Funniest. I amazed at the creativity & wide range of the ideas! Thanks you for all of the Valentines that I received. They were very yummy and mean a lot to me. Continue to read for AR. Some have made or are really close to making their AR goal. Many have found that without nightly reading at home, it can be difficult to make our AR goal. Blessings as we stay warm! FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: It was wonderful to have a four-day weekend! I came back refreshed and ready to go. I think some of the students were a bit less enthusiastic about being back. ;) Thank you to all who made our Valentine's Day party so much fun. We enjoyed the game, treats, and reading our Valentine's cards. Stay warm! Blessings!
MIDDLE SCHOOL Wednesday’s, 3:30 – 4:30, MathCounts & Friday’s during study hall 2/24 2/25 3/5 3/12
Wednesday’s, 5:30 – 7:00, Youth night in the gym! (details below)
FLCS Youth (6th-12th) Game Night, 4-7 p.m., Fellowship Hall; call or text rsvp to 251-7522453 or 314-740-4853 8th Grade families – Private Assembly for First Lutheran, St. Mary’s, & PCCA, 6:00 p.m., PoHi Assembly Center Athletic (Basketball and Cheer) Banquet, 6:00, Cafeteria 7th/8th to iFly (see Hanson’s article)
"FLY" NIGHT TONIGHT! in the gym! Middle school through high school students are welcome to join us for some fun and fellowship! We will meet each Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 in the FLS gym. Parents are invited to join our 5:30 Bible study during this time. Hope to see you all there, and bring a friend or two!! SUNDAY NIGHT YOUTH: We are changing up Sunday Youth Nights! We are going to try offering one large, themed event a month with an RSVP required (to help with chaperones and expenses). We'll usually need two extra adult volunteers for each event. For now, this will take the place of the former 1st and 3rd Sunday nights. February's event will be "Game Night" on the 24th, 4-7 pm. This event is for 6th grade-high school and will meet in the Fellowship Hall. We'll have a variety of games going: co-op, competitive and just plain goofy. The evening will start with a short devo. and prayer time and we'll have chili and baked potatoes for dinner. This event does require an RSVP and two adult volunteers. Volunteers will just be needed to hang out, no planning involved (unless you really want too :). Please call or text Susie at 251-752-2453 or Becky at 314-740-4853, please include your name and how many people attending in the text. (Adult volunteers please also contact either Susie or Becky.) STUDENT COUNCIL: Hello from your First Lutheran student council members! We've held our first meeting and learned how to run meetings. Our very first accomplishment is setting the date for the Spring Dance. Here are the details... When: Friday, April 12 Who may attend: Any First Lutheran middle school student Where: FLS gym Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Dress: Casual/Hawaiian Theme: It's a Hawaiian Luau! That's all for now. We will announce more events and special dates in the Chatter so keep checking back! -3-
CHEER – Mrs. Heitman: Congrats to our Lady Cardinals for placing 3rd in our final tournament of the basketball season! Cardinals, Lady Cardinals, and Cardinal Cheer all had a fun weekend in Topeka, KS, and even got to play in a little snow while we were there! Mrs. Harbeson: Chilly Greetings to Everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed another 4-day weekend. I'm writing this on Tuesday not knowing if tomorrow will be another snow day. Congrats to our Lady Cardinals on winning 3rd at the Topeka tournament, and I also heard that our boys played well but just came up short in their games. No matter what the outcome, we are all proud of you! Believe it or not, we are heading into the final few weeks of our 3rd quarter. Spring Break is just four weeks away! With that being said, I encourage you all to study and do your best work. You'll be glad you did once those report cards come out! Just to remind you, study hall is offered to all middle school students at no extra charge every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-4:30. You may come for part of it or stay for the full hour. This is a great time to get some one-on-one help from your teachers on anything you're struggling with. I encourage you all to take advantage of this opportunity. In language, everyone should have their books chosen for their book reports that are due in three weeks; and we are all finishing our noun units in grammar. Be looking for a unit test this week! All classes scored a class average of at least 80% on their last vocabulary tests, so as promised, we will be heading to Turtles on a decent day next week to celebrate. Good job, Everyone! God's blessings to you on the rest of your week! Mrs. Hanson: WHEW!!! Mousetrap cars- done. DNA models- done. Tests-done. What a last few weeks we have had! So proud that everyone worked so hard on everything and did so well. j No it's on to new content. We are starting with vocab and will have our first quiz Friday. 7th/8th graders will be going on a field trip to iFLY on March 12 for a STEM lesson on air resistance and terminal velocity and will cost $35. I just wanted to let people know in advance. A permission form will go out soon. p.s. Let it snow! Ms. Pacey: I hope everyone enjoyed their second long weekend in a row. Test corrections are due Thursday, and every box needs to be filled for each question in order to receive credit. In Algebra we are writing linear equations. PreAlgebra is working with rational numbers. Course 2 is reviewing operations with fractions and will have a test Tuesday of next week. Course 1 is finding the LCM in order to add fractions. Have a great week! Mr. Covert: We’re back after another long break! I hope everyone had a chance to get recharged and ready to hit the ground running now that we’re back. Our classes are picking up where we left off. The 8th grade is looking at the cultural changes in our country that occurred in the late 1800s. In 7th grade, we’re continuing our look at the northern part of South America. As for 6th grade, we’re going to wrap up the birth of Islam and then head back over to Europe and cover the period from the fall of Rome to the rise of the first major kingdoms of the medieval era. I pray that God continues to bless our school family as we move through this month. Blessings on your week!
8th Grade Students & Parents…Mark Your Calendars: Monday, Feb 25, 6:00 pm in the Po-Hi Assembly Center will be a private assembly for First Lutheran, St. Mary's, & PCCA families to ask questions and get additional help & information.
First Lutheran Church & School—Growing up into Jesus, Reaching out with Jesus, Walking together in Jesus -4-
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Did you send your child with a coat or jacket today? Please make sure their name is in the jacket.
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With all of these field trips, we know you have some great pictures! Please share them with the Yearbook Staff…we are building pages for this years’ yearbook as the school year goes on, so we need your pictures NOW! Please download the ReplayIt App and upload your pictures today!
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