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River City Christian College Term 01, Week 05

rccc.vic.edu.au Monday, February 25, 2019

Mercy & Grace

Over the last four weeks it has been very good to

be reminded, in the Scripture verses we have been

focussing on, to look up to the heavens in wonder

and praise at our all-powerful creator God who in

every way cares for us. As we move into this next

four weeks, we take in the bigger story of God’s

great love for us as outlined in the words of

Ephesians 2:4-10 “But because of his great love for

us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with

Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—

it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised

us up with Christ and seated us with him in the

heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the

coming ages he might show the incomparable

riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in

Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved,

through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is

the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can

boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in

Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared

in advance for us to do.”

Maybe some of our students will only be able to

remember a section of this Scripture and that’s OK

because it’s all good and we need to allow time

for it to soak into us. Even though some of us

don’t always realise it, we so need God’s great

mercy and grace to build up in us and flow out of

our lives toward those who are around us but

what is this mercy and grace? I’m sure there are

many scholarly definitions of God’s mercy and

God’s grace but they will probably go something

like this:

Mercy, God’s compassion and kind patience

shown to us even though we have offended His

ways and have been enemies against Him.

Grace, God’s unmerited favour on us. His

goodness toward us even though we have no

reason to expect it or have done anything to

deserve it.

Let’s be people, young or old, who welcome

God’s grace and mercy in our own lives and freely

reflect that character toward the others around us.

Peter Nelson

In this issue

From Peter Nelson 1

Prayer Points 2

School News 2-3

Calendar of Events 4

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Class of the week is Ovens

Well done to the young people in Years 9-10

Prayer Points

Thankfulness for the privilege of being a school community together and to be able to share in the lives of

the wonderful young people who are at the heart of it.

For God’s comfort as some within our school community mourn the loss of loved ones at this time.

For healing and peace as some of our past and present students face significant health issues.

For fun and safety as we experience our third annual whole school Water Games event on Tuesday and

then our Snowy class (Years7/8) head to Bendigo on Wednesday for a Theatre Sports workshop.

Parents and friends are welcome to a time of prayer for the school each Monday during the

school term, 9am to 9.30am, in the meeting room off the front office.

Marriage Retreat - March 8 - 11th Suitable for relationships of any length—married, long term relationship, engagement, thinking about marriage. Venue: Cavall Manna Tongala

$450 per couple includes 3 night accommodation and meals

Check out www.thecampingprogram.org.au for more details.

Riddle of the Week

I have keys but no doors, I have space but no rooms, I

allow you to enter but you are never able to leave.

What am I? (Answer on back page :))

RCCC Board Meeting

Last Wednesday evening the school Board met for a usual

monthly meeting. 2018 finished off well and the annual

financial audit process is underway. It has been a relatively

smooth start to the year and the Board’s next meeting is

scheduled for Wednesday evening March 20th.

The current Board members are Peter Costello (Chairman),

Glenn Mackenzie, Ruth Broad, Chris Smith and Greg Jasper.

If you need to communicate with the Board, I may be able

to assist with that or you can contact Peter Costello through

the school front office. Peter Nelson

Merit Award Winners

for Term 1 week 04

Phoebe Johnstone for showing great listening skills

Kate McDonald for her efforts in history

Eliza-Anne Snell for positive and courteous manner

Charlotte Attwell for her continued positive attitude

Dylan Putt-Atley for being willing to assist the

teacher

Miley Wiltshire for her great effort in PE

Heidi Putt-Atley for completing all set tasks and

homework on time

Chloe Grey for working on her maths at home and

completing her online tasks

Taya Calder for working well this term and working

so well with the younger students last Thursday

Congratulations everyone!

Labour Day Public Holiday

Just in case you have missed this one in your diaries,

Monday March 11th is a public holiday so it’s almost time to

enjoy another long weekend!

ICE CREAM AND ICY POLES FOR SALE

On Thursday lunchtime this week the SRC will be selling ice

cream in cones, and icy poles. Cost is 50c each.

Schools Clean Up Day

Next Sunday is Clean Up Australia Day but we’re extending

our twice a term clean-up of Rose St and having the whole

school involved in Schools Clean Up Day next Friday March

1st. The Mitchell class will be cleaning up the school ground,

the Swan class cleaning up part of Rotary Park and the

Snowy and Ovens classes cleaning up different parts of

Campaspe Ave. We’re planning for this to occur for a short

time straight after Friday morning’s weekly Assembly.

WATER GAMES DAY

Coming up on this Tuesday the 26th of February is the annu-

al water games day! This is a great day to get involved in as

we splash around and enjoy time in the pool with our

friends. With many games and activities to keep you in the

water, come ready to battle it out and see who can

win the most points for their team!

Parents are welcome at the pool.

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Primary SRC Award winners

Caitlyn Putt-Atley for being positive

Secondary SRC Award winners

Aymon Atkinson-Combe for being friendly and

caring

Lost Uniform Item. Can you help?

Narelle Foley has lost her named brim school hat.

Can anyone help her find it please?

RCCC Fun Run

Sponsorship forms have been handed out to students

today for the annual whole school event run around

our oval and into Rotary Park on Friday March 23rd.

More details will be in later Newsletters, with parents

and friends welcome to be here to cheer the young

people on from 9.30am. In the meantime, please be

collecting sponsorships as all money received will be

shared between the Echuca Community Food Bank and

Emmanuel, the Compassion child we have been

sponsoring for some years.

Please check the sponsorship form out for more details.

Australian Government Collection of

Student Residential Address Information

Attached to this Newsletter is a notice from the Australian

Government advising parents and guardians that they have

requested us to supply your address related details to assist

them in assessing funding arrangements. This is something

that all non-government schools are doing at this time and

the attached notice, with frequently asked questions, provide

some helpful background. You don’t need to do anything

except advise us if you suspect our records of your family

details are not up to date. Please also contact the school

office if you have any other question related to this.

QUEENSLAND FLOOD RELIEF FUNDRAISER

Pancake Tuesday, 5th March, at RECESS

Organised by Year 7/8 Snowy class

See enclosed order form

Rose St clean up—left

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Contact Us: Phone: 03 5482 4594

Website: www.rccc.vic.edu.au

Email: reception@rccc.vic.edu.au

BSB: 063 511 Account: 1005 5226

River City

Christian College

School Calendar of EventsSchool Calendar of Events

Feb

2019

4 Wk 2

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6 Preps off Playgroup

7 Welcome BBQ &

Class Meetings

8

9

10

11 Wk 3

12

13 Preps off Playgroup

14 Open Water

Program

15 Beacon

Leadership

Development

16

17 Staff & Board

Commissioning @

Lifesource, 10am

18 Wk 4

19

20 Preps off Playgroup

21

22 BUPA

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24

25 Wk 5

26 Water Games

27 Preps off CSEN Theatre

Sports workshop Playgroup

28

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2

3

Mar

2019

4 Wk 6

5 Pancake Day

Fundraiser

6 Playgroup

7

8

9

10

11 Labour Day

public holiday Wk 7

12

13 Playgroup

14

15 Beacon

Business Breakfast

16 Working Bee

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18 Maths/English

assess Wk 8

19 Maths/English

assess

20 Maths/English

assess

Harmony Day Playgroup

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22 23

24

25 Fun Run

“mission”

fundraiser Wk 9

26 Immunisation

Yr 7

27 P/T meetings Playgroup

28 NAPLAN

Online practice test

29 Purple Day

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Riddle of the Week answer: A keyboard!