Mid North Christian College

Mid North Christian College (08) 8632 4240 admin@midnorthcc.sa.edu.au Front Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

Memory Verse “David appointed the following Levites to lead the people in worship before the Ark of the Lord - to invoke his

blessings, to give thanks, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.” 1 Chronicles 16:4 NLT

TERM 2 DIARY DATES

Fri 9th

Tomorrow

DECD buses not

running (yellow)

Fri 9th German Day

Week 7

Mon 12th

Tue 13th

Queen’s Birthday Hol.

Parent Info. Yr 10-12

Wed 14th

to Fri 16th

Yr 10 PLP Camp

Wed 14th Combined Choir

Week 8

Tue 20th Yr 10/11 Exams

Wed 21st Combined Choir

Thur 22nd Immunisation Yr 10/12

Thur 22nd Team Colours Day

Week 9

Wed 28th Combined Choir

Week 10

Tue 4th Netball Staff v Students

Wed 5th Combined Choir

Fri 7th Last day of Term 2

Chapel TERM 2

Week 6 - Friday 9th June

German Day Chapel F-12 Hosts: Mr Venz/Mr Jaeger Room: 9/10 at 9.05am

Week 7 - Friday 16th June

Junior Host: Yr 4 Mrs Dieckelmann Room: 9/10 at 9.05am Senior Host: Yr 9a Mrs Harrison Room: 9/10 at 10.25am

Hope in the living God

Week 6 Term 2 Thursday 8th June

2017

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From the Principal

Dear families,

The news has been busy with terrible news of violence and tragedy in recent days, in London,

in Syria, and in Melbourne among others.

It is always a shock to realise this can happen in places where we would normally expect to

be safe, and free.

Amidst the tragedy though, again and again we see that there are ideas behind the action.

These actions are not the result of mob wars or crimes of impulse, or payback in a moment of

rage. No, these actions are motivated by ideas that are based in ideologies. The perpetrators

have a set of beliefs that inspire the radical action they take.

While we rightly recoil from such extreme actions, the truth is we all have a set of beliefs; a set

of ideas that fit together more or less consistently. For many people, they borrow bits and

pieces from various worldviews and assemble our own pieces into an order, or more

accurately a mosaic. But it’s not something we usually think deeply about.

Those convictions just bubble along in the background until an issue or idea brings it into focus

for us – often without thinking too much about it. Like acts of terrorism.

Not all of our own ideas fit together well as a complete picture, but they have a certain

usefulness – a utility that works in certain situations, or maybe help us feel better under certain

circumstances. When a belief system does form a complete picture it can be said to be a

worldview.

One of the cherished beliefs I think we would all share is the idea of freedom. Freedom to live,

work, create, own property, say what we think, and believe what we want. But the friction

arises when one set of convictions clashes with another.

Librarian’s Assistant Mrs Fiona Whitefoot

engages Foundation to Yr 4 students in her

vibrant presentation of the National

Simultaneous Storytime 2017 book The Cow

Tripped over the Moon by Tony Wilson and

Laura Wood.

GERMAN DAY TOMORROW

The MNCC German Day will be held tomorrow (Friday 9th

June). Students may wear German colours (red, yellow

and black) but this is optional. Please ensure that

clothing is suitable for our Christian College e.g. logos,

themes and designs. A combined Chapel for F - 12 will

be held in Lesson 1 at 9.05am for German Day. Parents and friends are

welcome to attend.

PRAYER FOR MNCC

Prayer is held each Monday at 9am in the Library. All Parents and

Caregivers are welcome. For more information contact Mel Jaeger on

0478 616 475.

BREAKFAST CLUB - Please note: Not on Week 7 (next week)

FRIDAY 9TH JUNE (Tomorrow)

All Education Department schools in Port Pirie will have a student free

day on Friday 9th June. Mid North Christian College will be open as usual.

All DECD buses (yellow) will not run on this day. Town buses and the

Hanley’s bus service will run as normal. If your child accesses any Yellow

bus you will need to make alternative arrangements for your child to

attend MNCC tomorrow. Thank you for your support.

LOST PROPERTY

There are a number of uniform items and other articles in ‘Lost Property’

at the moment. The lost property rack is outside of the Front Office today,

and will also be there tomorrow. If your students are missing any items

please look on the rack. Items which are named are returned to their

owner but with un-named items this is not possible.

Mid North Christian College 08) 86324240 admin@midnorthcc.sa.edu.au Front Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Mid North Christian College Notices

PIANO/KEYBOARD MUSIC LESSONS AVAILABLE At school (Mid North Christian College) Individual, Half-hour private lessons with Anne Hansen (Bachelor of Music and Diploma of Education) For enquiries phone 0429866242 or 86362231

For Christians though, freedom is not just freedom to do whatever we want (which is more like anarchy). Freedom is perhaps better

expressed as Liberty, which has a certain noble quality about it, a moral excellence. And moral excellence is not an abstract concept,

it is in turn based on an absolute standard - the nature, character and goodness of God.

As an aside, where does moral goodness arise in worldviews that do not believe in God? And is such a standard fixed, or

changeable? Where might that lead?

So the freedom we talk about is a liberty to live our lives fully and fairly according to the healthy boundaries that God has established as

part of his original design and purpose.

We have begun bringing in changes to the policies and procedures in our College that reflect this idea of liberty. However, l iberty relies on

that moral self-regulation that puts responsibility back on the individual rather than waiting for an authority to enforce it from above.

So take for example our uniform policy with respect to hair. We wanted to give a certain liberty and freedom to be able to self manage

the freedom to wear hair responsibly. But we are noticing that some are now taking that liberty as a licence for moving away from the

clearly stated “be natural in appearance, tone and colouring” and “be tidy, complement a natural appearance, not draw undue

attention to the individual”.

We also find this expressed in our fourth ‘Quality of an MNCC student’

“A Well Presented person takes pride in their appearance, wears uniform on correct days, is clean, is well groomed, and keeps to

the uniform standards.

By all means enjoy the freedom we rightly are entitled to, but do so according to the liberty within this community to self-manage the

standards we have established and aspire to.

And with that understanding, please do not be offended when we ask for students to fix or alter hair styles that do in fact

draw undue attention to the individual. Your Servant

Matt Paterson

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Hope in the Living God

Mid North Christian College 08) 86324240 admin@midnorthcc.sa.edu.au Front Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

The

SSSSA Year 8/9

Girls 5-A-Side

Soccer

competition was

held yesterday at

Salisbury East

High School.

Well done team

MNCC!

University of South Australia -

PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

For Parents of Year 10 to 12 Students

Tuesday 13th June (Week 7, Term 2),

Emma Bulling from Uni SA will visit Mid North Christian College and

spend time with Year 12s, providing information about SATAC

applications, pathways to degrees at Uni SA (including alternative

pathways), subject selections, scholarships, accommodation and

support services.

Emma will be running the Parent Information Session

from 7.00pm to 8.00pm in the Library here at the College.

This will provide an opportunity for parents to receive information

and ask questions about university study including:

Admission to University

Pathways to University

Costs of University study

Transition between high school and University

Support services for students relocating.

Parents should have received a notice home regarding this.

Please return the RSVP slip by Tuesday 13th June. Thank you.

Hope in the Living God

Mid North Christian College 08) 86324240 admin@midnorthcc.sa.edu.au Front Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Cirque Africa

The Northern Festival Centre are very excited to have Cirque Africa

performing live on Friday 16 June at 7:30pm.

Cirque Africa features the world-renowned African troupe, consisting

of 25 performing artists from 6 African countries including acrobats,

dancers, percussionist, musicians and contortionists, performing a

100 minute awe-inspiring show.

A family ticket is available for just $47.25 per person (2 adults and 2

u17 children) or groups of 8+ $49 per person.

Book now www.northernfestivalcentre.com.au or

Box Office 8633 8500 Monday – Friday 12:30pm –

4:30pm

Disclaimer: The College is not responsible for Community events

advertised In this Newsletter.

MOVE YOUTH This week will be part 2 after watching Prince of Egypt last

week. This looks in detail at the full story of Moses and wow

it's mind blowing! Come and hang at the Baptist Church,

Hannan Street at 7-9:30pm this Friday! Contact: Corey on

0422 653 036 or Janae on 0457 674 261

Community Notices

The Magpie Warblers Present:

Performance Dates:

Friday 16th June, Wallaroo Town Hall, 7.30pm

Saturday 17th June, Wallaroo town Hall, 7.30pm

Friday 23rd June, Northern Festival Centre, 7.30pm

Saturday 24th June, Northern Festival Centre, 12.30pm Find and contact “The Magpie Warblers’ on Facebook for all

performance details.

FLAT MATE:

Looking for a responsible flat mate for a unit in Oaklands Park,

Adelaide; close to public transport and Marion Shopping Centre.

Contact Bree 0448 330 045 or Michaela 0448 881 330.

Stradbrooke Road, Clare (Just north

of Clare Racecourse)

Friday 9th June at 7.00pm

Vine Christian Church, Clare