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Heritage Has Expanded! Headline Story By Samara Paine Few of you may have already heard about the new Alberta Christian Online School- an online distance learning school for Alberta students. Most of those who read this are probably associated with HCS, whether you are a campus student or an online student or a teacher. Alberta Christian Schools consists of three divisions. As BCOS, HCOS, and HCS are all a part of Heritage Christian Schools- ACOS, Roots, and Living Truth Christian School (located in Mirror, Alberta) are all a part of ACS.
‘Sophie Devereaux’ (Gina Bellman), the thief ‘Parker’ (Beth Riesgraf), the hacker ‘Alec HardiA TV Show Review s o n ’, a n d t h e h i t t e r ‘ E l i o t By Davin van Urk Spencer’ (Christian Kane). Working as a team they ‘rob from the rich When I was first recommended this and give to the poor’ as a way for show I didn’t know what to expect. people with no other options to All the people that introduced me get back at evil corporations. to it told me was that it was like “Modern day Robin Hood”. Once I Objectional Content: started to watch it however I quick- It is surprisingly rare to find a show ly found myself hooked and enjoy- in our modern age that does not ing the show immensely. contain copious amounts of nudity and foul language. ‘Leverage’ is one of those rarities as it keeps swearing to a minimum (PERHAPS one word per episode) and contains little to no sexual content. There are moments that are a little towards the suggestive side but I’ve found them to be few and far between. Alcohol IS present in many of the episodes but it is usually shown as a problem. (I can’t say too much on that in fear of spoiling it.)
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Please be praying for Alberta Christian Online School. It just started up this school year, so please pray that enough teachers will be hired to keep up with students’ needs, and that God will bless those who are associated with starting up this new school in all of their hard work. Also, that ACS will continue to thrive as an expansion of HCS and successfully guide Christ-followers in Alberta, spiritually and Plot/Story: educationally, this school in year The plot for ‘Leverage’ is well and in the years to come. fleshed out with believable characters and an exciting storyline. The http://www.abonlineschool.ca/ show centers around a team of http://www.abchristianschools.ca/ thieves that help people when the http://newsletter.onlineschool.ca/ legal system has failed them. The archive/vo10_ed1_092013/Arti- Leverage company is made up of cle05.html the mastermind ‘Nathan Ford’ (Timothy Hutton), the grafter
Overview: All in all I found ‘Leverage’ to be an enjoyable show that is not hard on my conscience and a source of clean fun. Definitely check with your parents before watching it as I’m sure each family has different levels of tolerance for different things in media. If you have a show you'd like our writers to review, shoot us an email.
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NEWS FLASH: CDN Population Passed Over 35 Million!
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Change
By Kennedy MacInnis A Poem By Jennica Wlodarczyk
any strife I’m simply stating that you control your actions
Your thoughts and your words, you Where were you when you said you start your chain reactions would change? So let go and be free Take out the furnishings, the curtains rearrange? Be who you were meant to be Leave the black hole that eats Love life and live it long away your mind Don’t be afraid to be wrong Walk away from the brokenness, leave it all behind I’m here to remind you of this In the last year Canada's popula- promise you made tion has increased almost 2%. Out of all the provinces and territories I’m asking you now not to let this Ontario was the province that in- love fade creased the most and that was by 38.5% followed by Quebec with Don’t fall into darkness, lies, and 23.2% , and British Columbia with the hate 13%. People are saying that we have to many people already. It Things in life happen, but you do will mean more houses, taxes and control your fate jobs in the near future. What do you think Do we have too many Let go of the hurt, let go of the pain people? I’m telling you now, it won’t be in vain
COMING SOON: Letter To The Editor
Autumn has Arrived! A Poem By Samara Paine
I’m walking down your painted streetRed, orange, golden, and brown. When summertime and winter meet, All leaves fall gently down.
You wish you could change, I say change starts now
Everywhere, each dampened leaf Don’t fall into temptation to break weeps the sacred vow From last night’s drizzling rain. A time when every farmer reaps Send your questions to the Editor at hcosweekly@outlook.com and Today is the first day of the rest of All that he has to gain. stay on the look out for the Letter your life To The Editor column! I’m not saying that there won’t be A great, heaping pile of color
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Gathered of crunchy leaves. Your nipping air makes me wonder If inside the fire greaves.
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Away from… possible death.
That tingling feeling you deliver On the very first day. The trees all seem to shiver when In the crisp cool wind they sway.
Chasing After Refuge A Short Story Series By Samara Paine Running, running, running.
As I keep running towards the woods, I observe the massive annihilation and chaos happening around me. Car crashes- everywhere, police sirens going off in every direction, people screaming in terror as officers barge through their doors, demolishing many of their possessions as they search for signs of Christianity. That is why I ran.
The only reason I’m able to keep sprinting forward is because of the adrenaline coursing through my bulging veins. It’s far below zero degrees, yet beads of sweat pours down my face. I don’t dare glance back. The only thing on my mind is to get away. They had come in while my 16year-old brother Owen and I were Away from the officials. in the backyard, in the midst of making an igloo with the copious Away from the destruction. amounts of snow we had received the day before. My mother was still Away from torture. in bed, and my father was making
Mario and Luigi - By Joshua Wlodarczyk
a fire in our old wood stove. Suddenly I hear him hollering our names, telling us to get away. I simply obey his command and rush through our back gate, out onto the street. Owen, rather, leaped inside to try and drive away the intruders. I heard a smack of impact, a shriek, and a crashing of glass as I dash out across the street. Just a year ago, we were completely safe and sound. Free to go to school or even be homeschooled, free to buy anything we’d like, free to go to church, free to do pretty much anything. But ever since the government banned public and private declarations of faith in Christ, everything turned upside down. They appoint and send out groups to find the small amount of us who have endured, torture them, separate them from loved ones, and throw them in jail. Distracted by my thoughts, I trip over a lump in the slippery, icy ground and find myself falling to my knees onto the frozen solid snow… TO BE CONTINUED...
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Verse of the Week
Weekly LOL By Genevieve Ward
Psalm 27:14 - by Megan Ferguson