The Charger
December 17, 2004


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December 17, 2004

PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING: “Preparing God’s People to Serve” is the perfect thing to remember at Christmas! It was His grace that sent Jesus to this earth and later to the cross. May we continue to find ways to serve our Lord as we get this message out to the people. And may His enduring love be at the center of our lives as we live our lives for Him and to His glory. As you honor the Giver of this love, please take time to join your fellow Christians in worship.
     It has come to our attention that parents are dropping off their children in the front of the school rather than at the parking lot. Please remember to go to the parking lot by the gym to drop off your children. 
     In connection with this matter, after the first of the year we will be looking into dismissal alternatives. We would very much like to find a safer manner of dismissing the children to their cars at the end of the school day. We have asked the traffic division of the police department after the first of the year to come out and give us recommendations. We will keep you informed of any changes.
     God bless all of you this Christmas, and may His peace fill us all with the strength needed to face the opportunities and challenges in our daily lives. Dan Henschen

KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP: The Kindergarten Round-Up is coming soon. It will be on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. All prospective Kindergarten students and their parents are welcome to visit Concordia’s Kindergarten room. If you know of a child that will be in kindergarten next fall, please talk to the parents about our school. We will be happy to make contact with them and explain to them about Christian education.

SCHOOL CLOSING REMINDER: When District #186 closes, so does Concordia. 

GYM USAGE: There should be no playing in the gym before, between, or after any of our worship services. This includes both Sunday and weekday services.

CHRISTMAS VACATION: Christmas vacation begins on Wednesday, December 22, at 1:00. School will resume on Monday, January 3, at 8:30 am.

LUTHERAN HIGH NEWS: Basketball news: 12/17 Boys basketball—Home vs. TriCity—6:15/7:45 pm; 12/20 girls basketball—Home vs. Central A & M—6:15/7:45 pm. Lutheran High’s Christmas break will be December 23—January 3. During the vacation, the girls and boys varsity basketball teams will be in tournaments.
     Lutheran High is sponsoring their 5th annual cheerleading clinic on January 17, 2005 from 9:00 A.M.—3:00 P.M. This is open to any boy or girl in Kindergarten through 8th grade. The price is $25 and includes a pizza lunch and a T-shirt. If you are interested, we have further information and registration forms available from either Mr. Henschen or Miss Billotte. The registration deadline is January 5.

CHRISTMAS WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
12/22 7:00 Grades 1-8 Christmas Program
12/24 7:00 Christmas Eve Service
        11:00 Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
12/24 9:00 Christmas Day Service
12/26 8:15 Worship Service
        9:30 Sunday School
        10:45 Worship Service with communion
12/31 6:00 New Year’s Eve Service with communion 

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Calendar

12/19 3:30 Christmas Caroling
12/21 7:00 Grades 1-8 Christmas Program
12/22 1:00 Early dismissal for Christmas vacation
12/22-1/2 Christmas vacation - No School
1/3 School resumes
1/4 6:00 B(JV & V) vs. Beardstown Christian Academy [Coed] at Beardstown
        7:00 G(V) vs. Our Savior at Our Savior
1/5 6:00 G(JV) vs. Trinity at Trinity
1/6 5:00 G(JV) &B(JV & V) vs. Our Savior at Our Savior
        5:30 P.T.L. Meeting
1/7 5:00 G(V) vs. Good Shepherd, Pekin at Pekin
1/9 8:15 & 10:45 Grades 1-8 sing in both services
1/10 6:00 G(V) & B(V) vs. Trinity at Concordia

***************************************************************************************** Quotable Quotes: 
DID YOU KNOW

DID YOU KNOW?
As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world’s law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view...it is Moses and he is holding the 10 Commandments.

DID YOU KNOW?
As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the 10 Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW?
As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, ad display of the 10 Commandments.

DID YOU KNOW?
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?
James Madison, the 4th President, known as “The Father of Our Constitution,” made the following statement: “We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the 10 Commandments of God.”

DID YOU KNOW?
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said: “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

DID YOU KNOW?
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.

DID YOU KNOW?
The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said: “Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers.”

Something to think about...how then have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?

Chambers, US House of Representatives


CHRISTMAS WISHES: The faculty and staff of Concordia Lutheran School wish you and your family a most Christ-filled Christmas season. It is our wish that you be blessed as you again recall the wondrous love given through Jesus’ birth to you. It is our prayer that the Lord provide us opportunities to share that News so others will have the same “peace” and “joy” that gives meaning and purpose to our lives.

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Est. 1931

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