Immanuel Lutheran School-—Weekly Newsletter—March 11, 2016—Page 1

The Wolf’s howl

March 11, 2016

“HOPE IS THE ANCHOR” Hebrews 6:17-19

From the Principal’s Pen…

Hello everyone! I can’t seem to get my thoughts together today to start writ-ing. Maybe that sentence is not quite correct because I just wrote it. I do have some things on my mind but I’m not sure how to express them so they’ll have to wait. I looked up two words in the dic-tionary today. They are “humble” and “humility”. The dictionary is a great book and I use it often. My teachers at ILS taught me well because I’m a pretty good speller but I still look some words up just to be sure. Most of the time I ‘m correct, but it’s always smart to look them up! The DVD’s that I ordered for the Library came in yesterday. They can be used with the new Smart Board system we now have. They are mostly for Sci-ence and Social Studies with a few good stories also. One on Clouds is being used right now! Maybe tomorrow will be a little nicer and that class will go outside and use what they learn about the types of clouds to identify what they see in the sky. I’m sure some of us remember watching clouds on a beautiful day and trying to see special shapes. I hope chil-dren still do that! That’s God’s picture

which is better than any vid-eo game!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:

March 13th—Daylight Savings Time Begins

(turn the clocks forward 1 hour) March 14th—EXAMINATION of 8th Grade

Confirmands, 7pm March 15th—PTO Meeting, 7pm (OSB) March 20th—PALM SUNDAY March 20th—10:45 am Worship—8TH GRADE

CONFIRMATION March 24th—Maundy Thursday March 24th—12:30pm DISMISSAL March 25th—GOOD FRIDAY, NO SCHOOL March 27th—EASTER SUNDAY April 4th through 8th—STANDARDIZED

TESTING April 7th—7th & 8th Grade Trip to NYC April 11th through 15th—APRIL VACATION April 24th—ALL SCHOOL SING, 8am April 29th—CT Honors Choir Concert April 30th—Victorian Tea at 12pm May 6th—12:30pm Dismissal May 8th—Mother’s Day May 22nd—ALL SCHOOL SING, 10:45 am May 30th—Memorial Day (No School)

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED WEEK OFF

IN FEBRUARY FOR REPAIRS, THERE WILL BE SCHOOL ON

MONDAY, MARCH 28TH!!!

PTO

MEETING

TUESDAY,

MARCH 15TH

7:00 PM

ILS OLD SCHOOL BASEMENT!

ALL WELCOME!

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NEXT WEEK’S HOT LUNCH MENU:

March 15th Ziti, Meatballs

Salad Dessert

March 17th Tacos,

Rice, Beans Dessert

March 18th Pasta Faggioli Soup

Grilled Cheese Dessert

Announcing:

Immanuel Lutheran School

Savers Fundraiser

SAVE YOUR OLD CLOTHES and small household items.

Immanuel is having the easiest fundraiser ever and it DOESN'T COST a thing! Bring your old clothes, towels, linens, hats, shoes, bedding, purs-es, wallets, bedding, toys, books, CD's, DVD's etc. to Immanuel's Old School Basement by April 1 in bags or boxes. We will be bringing it to Savers who PAYS US BY THE Pound for what we bring. This fundraiser will support the spring musi-cal, The Sound of Music. Questions, call Linda Beaudoin @ 860 589-6431.

PUBLIC

EXAMINATION of our beloved

CONFIRMATION

CLASS OF 2016 is scheduled for

Monday, MARCH 14th

at 7:00 pm in our church sanctuary.

There will be a brief rehearsal thereafter and a reception

will follow in the old school basement (the mothers of

our 7th grade students will be providing light refresh-

ments).

Everyone is invited to attend (i.e., family, friends, and

members of our congregation).

GOD BLESS OUR CONFIRMATION STUDENTS

AND THEY PREPARE THEMSELVES

FOR THEIR EXAMINATION.

Standardized

Testing Week:

During the week of April 4th through 8th the students in grades 3-8 will be taking standardized testing. This is done annually to help assess the progress of students. This is just one aspect of assessment that can be used to monitor your child’s learning. You can help your student do their best by making sure that they get adequate sleep, eat a healthy breakfast and are following a regular schedule.

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Girl Scouts

Immanuel Lutheran School

Troop #66072

Next Meeting: Wednesday, MARCH 16, 2016

Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Place: Old School Basement

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT

IMMANUEL FOR YOUR SUPPORT

OF LAST SUNDAY’S COOKIE

BOOTH!!! Friday, APRIL 15, 2016 at Noon, Volunteer

Appreciation Lunch at Nuchies. Please let

Mrs. Wells or Mrs. Theriault know if you can

attend.

VICTORIAN TEA with Kandie Car le on Saturday, April 30th at

Noon, ILS gym (see Page 9).

Please call Becky Wells 860-916-3621

or Trina Theriault 860-384-1530 with questions.

2015 CHOICE DOLLARS®

EXPIRE SOON

ACT NOW! Thrivent Financial members have until March 31 to direct any remaining 2015 Choice

Dollars®. After that date, Choice Dollars® will expire.

FREE MONEY for Immanuel…. Sign up for Thr ivent Choice, if you haven’t already.

147 members of Immanuel are eligible but only 79 have signed up. Those 79 have brought in

$13,700 for our church and $7,100 for our school in 2015. If the other 68 signed up we could

have almost over $30,000 in our account – JUST BY MAKING A PHONE CALL or GOING

ONLINE to THRIVENT.COM to THRIVENT CHOICE!!! Please contact Linda

Beaudoin at 860-589-6431 to sign up if you are not sure how.

MORE FREE MONEY for Immanuel…. Thrivent is now sponsor ing Action Teams in

order to give back the money they would make as profit. Being a nonprofit organization they

need to give that money away. Action Teams are a

way to involve more members in Thrivent’s giving.

Each team you participate in can get $250.00 to sup-

port the cause you choose.

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CHAPEL OFFERINGS:

Donations received during the month of March will be used for the local Women’s & Children’s shelter.

GOD BLESS OUR OFFERINGS!

ILC Sunday School at 9:30 am

This week, the Elementary class (Grades K-5), will continue the

series “Jesus Teaches about God’s Kingdom”. This week will

be “Jesus Feeds Five Thousand”. In His love, God promises to

care for all our physical and spiritual needs and gives us the

greatest treasure: His Son and the gifts of forgiveness, life, and

salvation.

In the Parish Center, Junior High (grades 6-8) and Senior

High (grades 9-12)will have Bible Study and the Adults Bible

Study will be in the gymnasium.

Mark 6:41 & 44

LENTEN SOUP LUNCHES ON: February 24th (ILS-Girl Scouts)

March 2nd (ILS-PTO) March 9th

(Women of Immanuel)

March 16th (ILS Home Economics)

Since the Wednesday Ad-vent Lunch Soups were so popular, we will be continu-ing the Wednesday Soups during the Lenten Season after the 10:00 am worship service only. There will be 2 soups, bread, coffee and tea and lunch will be self-serve (gym). All are wel-come to enjoy lunch with us.

Thank you Members of Immanuel for your support of this fellow-ship opportunity!

NEW MEMBER ADULT

INSTRUCTION CLASS

Sundays 6:45 pm

ILS Library

You are invited to join Pastor Karner as he leads our Adult Instruction Class. This class

will run for approximately 12 weeks.

Childcare will be provided (at no cost) for those who may be in need. Please con-tact Dee in our office with any

questions you may have a t 860-583-5649.

“Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave

thanks and broke the loaves.”

“The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.”

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ILS SKI CLUB

HAD A GREAT TIME

ON THE SLOPES AT

MOUNT SOUTHINGTON!

A GIANT THANK YOU

TO MICHELE DUBOIS

FOR COORDINATING EVERYTHING!

Thank you also to everyone who participated!

See you all next year!

Please remember to sign up for the Tools for

Schools program at your local grocery store

(Price Chopper, Shop Rite and Stop & Shop).

At no cost to the shopper, points earned al-

low our school to purchase much needed

equipment and supplies.

If you have any questions, please contact Trina in the office or

Dawn Milano.

Thank you!

Immanuel Lutheran School of Bristol, Connecticut

is Proud to Announce the Second Quarter Honor Roll

for the 2015-2016 School Year

High Honors Lorrin Jackson (8)

Jared Krueger (8)

Hannah Krueger (6)

Honors Paris Machado (8)

Melanie Moliengo (7)

Kacie Therrien (7)

Gabriella Buonafede (6)

Luke Foley (6)

Daniel Kozman (6)

Ethan Aurigemma (6)

CONGRATULATIONS!

RITE OF CONFIRMATION for the

CONFIRMATION CLASS OF 2016 will be held on PALM SUNDAY

MARCH 29TH at the 10:45 am Service

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Severe Weather Schedule:

If there is a chance that school may be canceled, have a late opening, or early dismissal listen to

WRCH 100.5 on the radio, or Channels 3, 30, or 8, all of which will give you this infor-

mation. We follow the Bristol Public School schedule.

Below is the delay schedule: Again, this year there will be a two (2) hour delay only. In the

event of a:

2 HOUR DELAY: School begins at 10:00 am and there is no morning preschool.

Afternoon preschool will begin at its regular scheduled time of 11:30 am.

Students may arrive at 9:25 am.

Please note: Extended Care is delayed, canceled, or dismissed early according to the School schedule.

CHECK OUT THE

DIFFERENCE A

LUTHERAN SCHOOL MAKES

Immanuel is now accepting applications

for the 2016-2017 school year for Preschool — 8th grade.

If you would like to tour the school or know some who would like to see our great ministry, please call the school office (860-583-5631) or

email Mrs. Bishop at: claudia.bishop@ilcsschool.org

for more information.

TUITION ASSISTANCE —

It is our goal at Immanuel, that no child should be declined a Christ-centered ed-ucation because of finances. For over 117 years, our school has made Chris-tian Education a centerpiece of it’s minis-try. In order to make this possible, it is vital that we have resources available for tuition assistance. If you would like to contribute to this fund, you can make a donation by simply putting your gift in an envelope clearly marked for Tuition As-sistance. Like any other donation to Im-manuel, this gift is tax-deductible.

Thank you!

PALM SUNDAY IS MARCH 29th!

“They took palm branches and went out to meet

him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord!” Blessed is the King of

Israel!” Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it,

as it is written, “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of

Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a

donkey’s colt.” John 12:13-15

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You are invited to attend our annual:

SONRISE

Easter Worship Service

Sunday Morning

at 6:00 a.m.

March 27, 2016

Hill Street

(Water Department Property) Bristol, Connecticut

& Easter Breakfast 6:30 to 10:30 am (ILS gym) Menu: potato pancakes, ham, egg casserole, fruit salad & more!

If you have questions, or

require further information, please call: Immanuel Lutheran Church

154 Meadow Street Bristol, Connecticut 06010

(860) 583-5649

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED

IN OUR PAINT NIGHT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT!!! WHAT FUN!!!

We raised $800.00 for the Harvest Pack/Children Against Hunger Program!

God bless our offerings!

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Bringing nutritious food to the tables of those in need, with the help of people who care.

HARVEST PACK------WHAT A SUCCESS!!!

This past Saturday, about 150 volunteers donated their time to package 38,676 meals to send to

Haiti! This was all made possible by the generous donations from members of Immanuel, the

New England District, St. Paul High School, Immanuel's Helping Ministry and Women of

Immanuel and Paint Night as well as many other groups and members of our church and

community.

These packets of food are being shipped to the Port au Prince area in Haiti. They will feed many

children in orphanages and families in this area - all in honor of Dr. Maggie Karner.

The success of this event is a testament of how we all felt about Maggie. The support and

enthusiasm has been overwhelming, Saturday was a day filled with good fellowship and much

excitement for this event.

“God's Blessings to those that donate to help others live with a little more dignity and comfort.”

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Our second annual Immanuel Lutheran Church COLLEGE STUDENT CARE PACKAGES are getting ready to be mailed out to our college students, but WE NEED YOUR HELP IN OBTAINING ADDRESSES! Please call the church office with the mailing address of your college stu-

dent, so that they can know that we are keeping them in our thoughts and prayers. Last year’s care packages filled with messages of encour-agement, snacks and treats were very warmly received (just in time—the kids were studying for finals) and we look forward to reaching as many students as possible, with your help! Thank you.

VICTORIAN TEA with KANDIE CARLE APRIL 30, 2016 at 12:00 NOON (gym) Preliminary Menu: Italian Cucumber Sandwiches,

Pinwheel Sandwiches, Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes,

Cucumber Soup, Lemon Bars, Mini Cheesecakes,

Crème Puffs, Shortbread Cookies, and more!

(BYOT) Bring Your Own Teacup!

PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO ILS TUITION ASSISTANCE PRIZE FOR BEST HAT AND BEST DRESS

OUR OWN ILS GIRL SCOUTS WILL BE SERVING TICKETS $20.00 EACH (to be available in the office March 28th)

Lunch at 12:00 pm Performance: 1:30 pm+

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN HELPING, PLEASE SIGN UP IN THE OFFICE.

NOTICE: Men's Basketball

Sunday nights from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

(with the exception of Easter Sunday) in the ILS gymnasium.

Any men from our congregation or school are welcome.

WE ARE

THANKFUL FOR THE

FATHER, THE SON, THE

HOLY SPIRIT,

AND WE ARE

THANKFUL FOR OUR

CHURCH, OUR

COUNTRY, OUR

GOVERN-MENT, OUR

SCHOOL, OUR

TEACHERS, OUR

STUDENTS, OUR

STAFF OUR

FAMILIES, OUR

FRIENDS, OUR

FAITH, AND OUR

FREEDOM!

GOD BLESS

OUR NATION,

OUR FAMILIES

AND OUR

BELOVED IMMANUEL LUTHERAN

CHURCH &

SCHOOL!

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Immanuel Lutheran Church 154 Meadow Street

Bristol, Connecticut 06010 Telephone: 860-583-5649

Ilcs.org

LENTEN & EASTER WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

Mid-Week Lenten Worship

March 16 – Lent 6 – 10 AM / 7 PM (Lenten Soup Lunch will follow our 10 am service only)

PALM SUNDAY / March 20

8 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 10:45 AM – Worship with Holy Communion

(Please note that the 10:45 a.m. worship includes the Confirmation of our 8th grade students)

MAUNDY THURSDAY / March 24 10 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 7 PM – Worship with Holy Communion

GOOD FRIDAY / March 25 10 AM – German Worship with Holy Communion

7 PM – Tenebrae

HOLY SATURDAY / March 26 7 PM – Vigil of Easter / Service of Light

EASTER SUNDAY / March 27 6:00 AM SONrise service on Chippens Hill Hill Street (Water Dept. Property), Bristol

Easter Breakfast: 6:30 to 10:30 am in our gym Breakfast Menu: potato pancakes, ham,

egg casserole, fruit salad & more!

8:00 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 10:45 AM – Worship with Holy Communion

GOD BLESS YOUR WORSHIP!