Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 Day 3
STAFF SUPERVISION at BREAK |
Dec. 13 – Dec. 22 |
Jan. 6 – Jan. 7 |
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Grade 6-7 Lockers |
Mr. T. Taves |
Ms. M. Unruh |
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Grade 8 Lockers |
Mrs. E. Berard |
Mr. D. Tjart |
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Grade 9 Lockers |
Mr. S. Warkentine |
Mr. M. Neufeld |
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HS Cafeteria |
Mrs. A. Neufeld |
Mrs. M. Rewucki |
Daily Bulletin WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2010 Day 3
LOST AND FOUND IN BOTH OFFICES AND THE GYMS
Please check all these places for items you may have lost. The L & F will be cleaned out over the Christmas break!!
General Announcements
· Congratulations to the winners of Sports paraphernalia in the Christmas stocking draw - 1. Caleb Wong - Dolphins Jacket 2. Chad Martens -Dolphins Jacket 3. Carolyn Lesey - Goldeyes lunch box 4. Andy Loewen - Skateboard Calendar 5. Vy Cao - Tote bag. Please come to the library to claim your prize.
Daily cafeteria menu
Devotional WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2010 Day 3
The Reluctant Mother
Luke 1:26-38 (NIV, ©2010)
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
The picture of Mary in this passage brings her to life for me in ways the manger scene never has. Her unassuming honesty is refreshing. This is not Mary quietly rocking her newborn son while surrounded by fluffy lambs and a strategically placed donkey. This is a confused, perplexed and frightened girl who has just found out that she has become the instrument of God’s will. The announcement of her favor with God is not met with joyous celebration but pondering inquiry: “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
For many characters in Scripture the blessing of God’s favor is quickly followed by seasons of loneliness and struggle. God’s choosing always sets a seemingly impossible task before us, just as the task set before Mary was impossible on her own, but “nothing will be impossible with God.”
I often find myself wanting to be in a place where I can be used for God’s purposes and to be a blessing to others. I’m beginning to realize God has already placed me there; I’m just too scared to follow through with what I know God already desires of me. So I look for new ways, hoping for something easier...something I can do on my own. Mary’s confusion is encouraging for me because she becomes someone real, someone like me struggling to understand how something so impossible could happen to her.
Prayer: Lord, as we anticipate the blessing of the coming Messiah may we grow in our ability to respond like Mary. “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.”
Stephen T. Bomar
MDiv Student, MBBS, Fresno Campus