Lord Take My Hand

and Lead Me

Prayer Cards – Each morning our teachers meet for devotions as we prepare for our day. We also regularly pray for our students and each school family. The students we prayed for this week included: Mekayla Schwartz (1^st), Celina Burke (3^rd), Dawson Lichty (Pre-K), and Lily Keller (8^th). The school families who we lifted up in prayer included: the Dean and Linda Gerig family, the Mike and Wendy McConnell family, the Mark and Lenore Schindler family, and the Doug and Jennifer Swanson family.

What the First Grade is Thankful For:

Jacob Gentz - God

Jacob Gerbers – The World

Dawson - Food

Connor - Cats

Isaac - Houses

Brynn - Parents

Emma - Christmas

Rachel - Animals

Mekayla – All People

Thanksgiving by Allison McConnell

Thanking God for all the good food

Having the turkey in the middle of the table

All the food you can eat

Napping after lunch

Kidding around with family and friends

Saving room for dessert

Getting a big piece of pumpkin pie

Ignoring the sweet potatoes

Visiting great Grandma and Grandpa

Inside the warm house

Never again will I eat that much food

Giving hugs and kisses before leaving.

Thanksgiving

by Andy Meyer

       What my family does for Thanksgiving is we go to my Cousin Peggy’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. The adults make dinner and the kids set the tables. Before we eat we give thanks to the Lord for providing us with food. After we eat our fill we start playing card games like spoons, or poker, then after that we head home.

Thanksgiving

     By: Caleb Hathaway

I am thankful for shoes

I am thankful for clothes

I am thankful for a house

I am thankful for food

I am thankful for computers

I am thankful for music

I am thankful for school

I am thankful for church

I am thankful for Jesus

I am thankful for everything

Thanksgiving

By: Logan Buuck

            I am very grateful to have Thanksgiving. We have a ton of food. Some of it we could give to the poor people in Africa and across the world. During Thanksgiving, we gather with family and friends to celebrate the feast that the pilgrims had. Thanksgiving is something that we should thank the Lord for because He provides us with the food that is on our tables. I am also very thankful that the Packers have a good record of 8-1.

Thanksgiving

 By Jon Lindberg

            This Thanksgiving I am going to my cousin’s house in Detroit. I don’t know how long we will stay up there. We will watch the Packers game. It will be cool because half my family likes the Packers and half likes the Lions. This Thanksgiving will be good, because the Packers will beat the Lions. 

Thanksgiving

         By Lily Keller           

            I like Thanksgiving a lot. My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes in the world. They’re really fluffy and light. I love the rolls too. This year will be great because we get a whole week off from school. Once Thanksgiving is over, we have Christmas to look forward to also, so that makes it all the better.

Thank You – Between our chapel offering of a week ago and a door offering at Zion Lutheran Church, WLS was able to donate $300 toward the family in town who lost their home to fire in October. The family is very grateful to everyone who has helped them without even knowing them before the accident.

Thanksgiving Break – Let me know what you think about the week-long Thanksgiving Break this year. The Indiana Lutheran Teachers’ Conference wanted to give it a try this way. Let me know how it worked for your family. The conference committee may or may not suggest a timing change for this conference for future years.

Bible Bowl – WLS will send a team of students to St. Peter-Immanuel on Tuesday, December 4^th,  for a Bible Bowl. The students know their questions will be from the book of Luke in the Bible. They can read their assigned chapters from Luke before the competition. After the competition, I will let you know how our students did.

Woodburn Lutheran Christmas Program – Mark your calendars and invite the relatives – our WLS Christmas Celebration, “Joy For The World!” is scheduled for Thursday, December 20. There will be only ONE SESSION AT 7:00 p.m. which will be held in the school gym. The teachers are working on all the details and will begin practicing with the students sometime in November.

SCRIP NEWS!  WELCOME NOVEMBER! 

   It’s Turkey time! Can you believe Thanksgiving is here already? Time is sure flying. We have Woodburn Fresh Foods SCRIP and Scott’s/Kroger SCRIP and, don’t forget to buy a few extra for those last minute items.

   Are you going out to celebrate Thanksgiving? We have some great ideas for you. For a limited time only, we have T.G.I. Friday’s SCRIP on hand. We also have Hall’s, Cracker Barrel, Richard’s, and Bob Evans SCRIP. All great places to take your family.

   Don’t forget . . . start ordering your Christmas SCRIP early to catch all of those great after Thanksgiving sales. It’s never too early to get SCRIP for all of those people on your Christmas list.

   As many of you probably know, Uno’s has closed their doors. We have heard that the owner did it because a business partner decided to get out of the business. But don’t worry, we also have heard that it may only be temporary and that they may open again soon. But for those of you who don’t want to wait, we were told that Uno’s is refunding money to those of you with SCRIP cards. The number to call is 1-866-600-8667.

   Remember, the cooks are selling ON HAND SCRIP  at the school every day in the kitchen window from 7:30-9:00 a.m. (WE WILL NOT BE IN THE KITCHEN NOVEMBER 19-23).

   If you have any questions, feel free to call us.

The SCRIP CREW – Jennifer Osborn, Jennifer Swanson, and Heather Pyle

Chapel News In two weeks, Wednesday’s Chapel Service (November 28) will be held at Christ, 8:15 a.m., with Pastor Edwards leading. November Baptism Birthdays will be celebrated. For October and November, we will be collecting chapel offerings and Christmas gift items for two families through the Christmas Bureau. As of November 7, $325.06 was donated for this mission. Chapel envelopes will be given to K-8 students on Tuesday, November 27. Parents, Grandparents, Friends of WLS students – you are all welcome to join us for any or all of our Chapel services. Just read the WLS weekly newsletter and monthly calendars for chapel locations and times.

Acolytes for Christ and Zion Lutheran Churches – November 18, Zion Lutheran – 9:00 a.m. – Kaitlyn Wiley, Thanksgiving, 9:00 a.m. – Dylan Gasser, November 25, 9:00 a.m. – Nick Sharrar; Christ Lutheran Church, November 18, 8:00 a.m. – Josh Maroney, 10:30 a.m. – Andy Meyer, November 25, 8:00 a.m. – Morgan Gerig, 10:30 a.m. – Tara Gerig.

Lunch Menus for November 26-30

Monday, November 5 – Breakfast Pattie, Hash Browns, Juice, Pancakes, Milk

Tuesday, November 6 – Chili Soup, Celery with Peanut Butter Dip, Peaches, Frosted Graham, Bread and Butter, Milk

Wednesday, November 7 – Macaroni and Cheese, Peas, Pears, Bread and Butter, Milk

Thursday, November 8 – Hamburger Sandwich, Fries, Shape-Up, Cookie, Pickle, Milk,

Friday, November 9 – Pizza, Tossed Salad, Pineapple, Brownie, Milk

You are welcome to eat with your favorite student(s) any school day – just make sure you call the school office by 9:00 a.m. to tell us; then, when you arrive, stop in the school office to pay $2.50 for your meal. (Grades K-4 begin eating at 10:50 a.m. and Grades 5-8 begin at 11:50. a.m.)

First Quarter Honor Roll  HIGH HONORS – Grade 5 – Shawn Kitzmiller; Grade 6 – Morgan Gerig and Samuel Hathaway; Grade 8 – Elizabeth Burke, Logan Buuck, and Lily Keller; HONOR ROLL – Grade 5 – Dylan Gerig, Caroline Hoeppner, and Madison Swanson; Grade 6 – Tara Gerig; Grade 8 – Caleb Hathaway, Jonathan Lindberg, and Joshua Maroney. Congratulations to all of you!

Christmas Shop News  Looking ahead to the upcoming PTL Christmas Shop – December 10-13 (kids, look for some extra things you can do at home to earn money for the Christmas Shop, so you can buy gifts for your family members). As it gets closer to the Christmas season and you begin checking out your holiday wrapping supplies, please keep the WLS PTL Christmas Shop in mind. They will accept any extra bags, paper, tape, tags, ribbon, or bows that you would be willing to donate. Please bring any donations in to the school office – mark it for the “Christmas Shop”. Thank you!

Many thanks to Zion Lutheran Church for the Teacher Appreciation gifts of  insulated drink holders filled with candy given to the faculty this week!

Advantage Cartridge Receipts totaled $126.78 this week. Thanks to all of you who collect  used ink cartridges for WLS, along with Campbell’s UPC codes and Box Tops for Education. Everything you do for WLS helps us so much! God Bless and keep up the good work!

CHOIR NEWS – ZION PRIMARY AND JUNIOR CHOIRS SING AT 9:00 A.M. THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18; THE CHRIST PRIMARY CHOIR SINGS AT 10:30 A.M.

WEEKLY CALENDAR

NOVEMBER

17 – RECYCLING, 9-12

19-23 – NO SCHOOL: CONFERENCE & THANKSGIVING

26 – 4 & 5 BASKETBALL, HOME, VS ST. JOHN/EMMANUEL (FLATROCK), 5:30 P.M.

27 – GRADE 2 READING, 9:45 A.M.

28 – ½ HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL, 2:15 P.M.

28 – BROWNIES, 2:15-4:30

28 – FACULTY MEETING, 2:30-4:00

28 – 4 & 5 BOYS BASKETBALL AT WYNEKEN, 5:30 P.M.