Celebrating more than 25 years of excellence as a Christian school! Psalm 14:2

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1 RAM NEWS Campaign Preview HTML Source Plain-Text Details Celebrating more than 25 years of excellence as a Christian school! Psalm 14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. Our Psalm verse reminds us that our God is perfectly observant, The Lord looks down from heaven. Does God have eyes? The Bible tells us that God is a Spirit (John 4:24). God fills everything and is not confined by a human body. God does not have hands, eyes, ears, etc. as we have. However, many times the Bible (especially in the poetry of

2 eyes, ears, etc. as we have. However, many times the Bible (especially in the poetry of the Psalms) gives God some of the characteristics and features that we have. (The fancy literary word is personification. ) When God looked at His creation, He saw the perfection of the Garden of Eden and the perfection of Adam and Eve. The disobedience of the first family changed everything. Suddenly everything was out of place. God s glance at His fallen creation is summarized in Psalm 14, They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one (v. 3). God did not ignore the corruption of His creation. He provided the solution of a Savior. King David, the Psalm writer, prays, Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! (v. 7). God responded to King David s prayer by sending a Promised One from the family of David. Jesus came to be the Savior of the world. He came to restore our eternal fortunes. God is all-seeing and allknowing. What does He see? He sees that we don t understand His ways. On our own we do not understand His salvation. When we don t seek after God, He seeks after us. He places faith in our hearts. adapted from LCMS School Ministry Chapel Talk September 7th Welcome time 8:10-8:40 a.m. Program concludes at 11:10 a.m. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR SPECIAL PERSON HERE

3 Have magazines to renew? Need cookies, nuts, or goodies for a holiday celebration? Need gifts? Do your shopping early and benefit Our Shepherd Lutheran School. Follow this link to support our student and family programs, as well as our NEW band and robotics programs. Each purchase gives the student and their class credit towards their goals by entering a name before checkout. Submit your purchases before AUGUST 31st! Student Council 5th: Luke Mourer, Alex Meyerholtz 6th: Indi Keefer, Lillian Alfred 7th: Alivia Tucker, Lila Mattick 8th: Amber Stutz, Faith White, Rachel Dobler, Abbie Knuteson, Khaya Makwati, Wyatt Wash, Eddie Kelley, Zach Duigou *7th & 8th graders running for president will campaign next week and voting will take place on Friday, August 31st

4 We need 'good junk' for our early childhood STEAM outdoor learning lab kitchen! If you have any of the following items that you no longer need, please consider donating them for our use! metal pots and pans metal serving spoons tall, skinny plastic bottles (for water exploration area) flower pots bird houses children smocks (like the ones from Ikea) tree stumps flowers NEW! OSLS ROBOTICS TEAM Papers on our new VEX IQ Robotics teams were sent home last week to all 2nd-8th graders. We will have Robotics meetings every Monday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the multi-purpose room starting September 10th. If your child is interested in the VEX IQ Robotics Challenge, then please sign and return the information sheet to school by Monday, August 27th. If you have any questions about this new program, please contact Mrs. Lepley or Mr. McPeak.

5 OUR SHEPHERD RAMS ATHLETICS Our athletic teams are off to a great start this year. On Tuesday our athletes played away at St. John s. Both JV and Varsity volleyball won, and soccer also won without letting St. John score. What a great way to begin the fall sports season! On Thursday our volleyball and soccer teams competed against the Calvary Knights. Soccer racked up their second season victory over the Knights. Both our JV and Varsity volleyball teams played hard-fought matches but came up short in the end. Next week our soccer team and both volleyball teams compete at Trinity on Tuesday at 5pm and again home on Thursday against Zion at 5pm. Plan to attend and cheer on our Rams! Questions about school teams? Contact Rica Hansing, athletics@ourshepherd.org Our music ministry will be kicking off the season soon! Rehearsals resume on September 5 and 6. ADULT CHOIR, open to anyone in high school through adult, meets on Wednesdays, 7:00--8:30 p.m.

6 HANDBELL CHOIR I meets on Thursdays, 6:00-6:30 p.m. It is open to anyone in grade 3 through adult, who is a beginner, or who has played three years or less. JR CHOIR meets on Thursdays, 6:30-7:00 p.m. It is open to anyone in grades 2-5. YOUTH CHORALE meets on Thursdays, 7:00-7:30 p.m. It is open to anyone in grades HANDBELL CHOIR II meets on Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. It is open to anyone in grades 6 through adult who has music reading experience and significant playing experience. Please consider joining our music ministry! If you have questions, please call Joyce Zimmerman at Upcoming PTL Events: * Cyber Bullying and Internet Safety - September 17th at 6:00 p.m. Non-school families are welcome! * Donuts with Dad - September 26th, 7:45-8:10 a.m. Follow us on Facebook - Our Shepherd Lutheran School PTL Instagram - PTLosls Don't forget to clip those box tops!

7 CHAPEL OFFERINGS this trimester are going to school supplies for Point of Grace Academy in Kenya. Read more HERE... * August 29nd - Coffee & Conversation 8:10am - 8:45 am * September 3rd - Labor Day - No School * September 7th - Special Person's Day

8 GO HERE to create an Avon lunch account. GO HERE to submit an application for free or reduced lunch. You can access the hot lunch menu at any time by clicking HERE. Reminder from Avon Schools Food Services - If your student does not have funds in their lunch account, they may only charge two meals. After two meals, your child will be offered a PB&J meal. Thank you! EXTENDED CARE - Sign your child up for August extended care by using this LINK and September sign ups with this LINK.

9 Join us for worship! Be sure to check out our Facebook page! "Like" us to keep up to date with school and church events. "Share" often to help spread the word about opportunities and great things happening at Our Shepherd. Forward The mission of Our Shepherd Lutheran School is to joyfully share the Gospel to build and nurture Christ s children by educating them for life on earth and into eternity.

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