Monday, January 11th, 2010 Day 6

Monday, January 11, 2010 DAY 6

STAFF SUPERVISION	Jan. 11 - Jan. 22	Jan. 25 – Feb. 5
Grade 6-7 Lockers	Mr. R. Visch	Mr. G. Dahl
Grade 8 Lockers	Mr. M. Braun	Mr. S. Cooney
Grade 9 Lockers	Mr. B. Plett	Mr. J. Goossen
HS Cafeteria	Mrs. B. Piché	Mr. R. Buhler

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in FILMMAKING, WRITING FICTION, PLAYWRITING or MUSIC MARKETING & PROMOTION? Students ages 16-19 have opportunity to work on projects in each of these four areas. This program runs from February to May where you will meet and work with a professional to work on a project in that field. This is a free program - application deadline is January 8 (this Friday). Application forms and information can be found at www.creativemanitoba.ca under "Youth Programs".

Upcoming scholarship opportunities: Royal Bank of Canada for immigrants who entered Canada on or after January 1, 1999 ($3,500, deadline February 1); Manitoba Youth Leadership ($500, deadline March 26); Terry Fox Award ($7000, deadline February 1); Toyota Earth Day ($5000, deadline February 28). See Mrs. Herr or posters for details.

Upcoming Campus Visit Days: CMU - January 29, February 17 & 26; Providence College - January 29, February 18-19 (stay overnight).

Early admission deadlines: University of Winnipeg - March 1, 2010

University of Manitoba - February 19, 2010 (Music - January 15, 2010)

Red River deadlines vary - check their website (www.rrc.ca) or see Mrs. Herr

Open House dates: CMU - February 17; Red River - February 17; University of Winnipeg - February 17, University of Manitoba - February 17 & 18; Providence College - February 18.

STUDENT NEWS

TALENT SHOW: On Wednesday January 13 day 2 there will be a talent show in Jubilee Place. It will take place during part of periods 2 and 3. Fred Pauls will be in touch about the exact details.

LIBRARY

YIP - First meeting of 2010 today. It is important that all members of the committee attend.

MUSIC

Junior Jazz Band: a reminder - After school rehearsal TODAY Monday, January 12, at lunch as well as 3:30 - 5:00 pm.

Concert Band: A reminder - Saxophone Sectional Tuesday, January 12, 3:20 pm, Trumpets on January 20.

Grade 6-10 Band Students - Audition applications for the Manitoba Junior and Intermediate Honour Bands are due March 8.

Concert Choir: Monday Jan. 11 day 6 is SA.

SPORTS

Congratulations to the gr. 8 girls BBall team for taking 2nd place in the Sargent Park tournament on the weekend. They defeated Acadia & Stanley Knowles before losing to a strong Sargent Park team in the finals.

Cafeteria Lunch Specials for January 11-15, 2010 Week # 4

Monday… Beef and bean burrito with soup or wedges

Tuesday… Greek Gyro in a pita with Tzatziki sauce and a choice of salad or baked potato wedges

Wednesday…BBQ chicken, sweet potato fries and coleslaw

Thursday… Cowboy Quesadilla with soup or onion rings

Friday… Spaghetti and meat sauce served with garden salad

Specials ($4.35)

Devotional Day 6, Monday, Jan 11, 2010

Revisiting friends

I hope your Christmas break was a good one. I know school has been on for a week and the Christmas break seems long gone. Whether your break was good or not-so-good, I want to welcome you back to MBCI. It’s 2010 and it’s a fresh year. There’s a lot to look forward to.

Do you make resolutions? Do you make goals for yourself now that another year has passed? You may not believe in making resolutions. Perhaps you’ve seen someone try to make goals and then not attain them. No matter if you like setting goals for yourself or not, a new year presents us with an opportunity to revisit some things.

Over the holidays, I was reminded about my friends. I was pleasantly reminded that I have a lot of friends. I have a lot of people that care about me. Sometimes, leaving home for a bit helps remind me of the blessings I have at home. What about you? Do you have people that care about you? Do you have people that you care about?

It’s important to have both. We’re going to spend some time thinking about our friends this week. I think a lot of times, I forget that the friends I have are people that I’ve chosen. You lose track of people that you don’t hang out with, but you get closer to the people you do hang out with. And to be with friends, means you have to make plans to get together. And that’s a choice that we make. So if you think you have some friends you might be better off without, or you think you don’t have enough good friends, pay attention to devotions over the next couple of days. I think you’ll learn something from them just like I did.

Romans 5:6-11 reads: 6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. 10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. 11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

Prayer:

Dear God – Thank you for taking an interest in us, your creation. You are the potter and we are the clay, yet you desire to be friends with us. Thank you for that. Give us more and more divine revelation of the friendship that we can have with you.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen

By Adrian Enns