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Immanuel Lutheran School-—Weekly Newsletter—November 20, 2015—

The Wolf’s howl

November 20, 2015

“HOPE IS THE ANCHOR” Hebrews 6:17-19

From the Principal’s Pen…

Happy Thanksgiving Greetings! The chil-

dren are always asked what they are thankful for in

their lives. The answers are amazing, sometimes

funny, and sometimes surprising. Some children

can pop the answer right out and others really take

time to think about it. How often do we as adults

think about it? As we grow older are we too busy

to think about all we have or do we take it for

granted? I admit to being “too busy” and having

to take a better look at my life and see that I have

more than enough to be happy.

My life is filled with so many things to be

thankful for that I cannot make a list. It would take

me too long and who would really care to read it.

I’ll share a few things...my dear husband Jim, my

sister Sandy and her family, close friends Sue G.

and Susan and Bill, many more friends, my educa-

tion which started at ILS, my 35 years of teaching,

Tigerboy and Fuzzball (our cats), and being back

at ILS with the children, wonderful staff and great

teachers. The most important thing I am thankful

for is my faith in my Savior Jesus Christ. Nothing

tops that!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING

DATES: November 22nd—FOOD DRIVE, 7:30 am to

12:00pm, ILS gymnasium November 25th—10:00 am CHAPEL November 25th—11:30 am DISMISSAL November 25th—7pm Worship Service November 26&27—THANKSGIVING BREAK December 2nd—Advent Service, 10am&7pm December 4th—ILS CHRISTMAS SHOP December 4th—12:30 DISMISSAL December 6th—REVERSE PARADE, 1pm December 9th—Advent Service, 10am&7pm December 11th—Christmas Music Concert

December 12th—CAROL SING, 6:30 pm December 16th—ILS Christmas Program,

10am (preschool & K-8) & 7pm (K-8) December 22nd—12:30 DISMISSAL—NO

BUSSES IN THE PM December 23rd through January 3rd—

CHRISTMAS BREAK—NO SCHOOL December 24th—CHRISTMAS EVE, 7pm

Worship Service; 11pm Candlelight Divine Service (Holy Communion)

December 25th—CHRISTMAS DAY, 9am Divine Service (Holy Communion)

December 31st—New Year’s Eve, 7pm Divine Service (Holy Communion)

LAST CHANCE to buy "Sparkler Pens" produced by 2nd graders to support the poor in other countries. While learning about producers and consumers the 2nd graders "produced" pens to sell to purchase "wool producing animals" for those in less fortunate countries. The goal was to raise $80.00. They have surpassed their goal but still have a few pens left. Get them while they last. Only $1.50. Sale ends Wednesday, Nov. 25.


Announcing the

First Quarter Honor Roll Immanuel Lutheran School

Bristol, Connecticut

High Honors

Lorrin Jackson (8)

Jared Krueger (8)

Paris Machado (8)

Hannah Krueger (6)

Honors

Melanie Moliengo (7)

Kacie Therrien (7)

Gabriella Buonafede (6)

Luke Foley (6)

Daniel Kozman (6)

CONGRATULATIONS!

REMINDER:

As the cold is finally upon us, please be

reminded to dress your children in

weather-appropriate attire.

If children are not dressed appropriately

for the weather, they will not be

permitted to be outside for recess.

Further, please make sure children are wearing

dress-code appropriate clothing and

shoes. If you need a copy of our Dress

Code, it can be obtained in the office or

printed from our school website

“ilcs.org”.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation!

Mrs. Bishop

HOT LUNCH MENU This Coming Week:

November 24th Cheese Ravioli Broccoli Dessert

November 26th No School

November 27th No School

IIF YOU WOULD LIKE…. anything submitted into our

weekly school newsletter “The Wolf’s Howl”, please contact Mrs. Theriault in the school office at 860-583-5631 or send an email to: [email protected]. Please have any submissions you would like to appear in Friday’s newsletter in the school office by noon on Wednesday.

Thank you!

CHILDREN’S

HOLIDAY

PARADE

IN REVERSE

Sunday

December 6th at 1:00 pm

Starts at 1pm sharp off the

Federal Hill Green The Fire Department will be handing out

hot cocoa on Main Street.

If you have any questions, call the office at

860-583-5631 or call the Chamber of

Commerce 860-584-4718.


BOYSCOUT NEWS: Troop 21 welcomes new boys aged 11 through 17 and meets every Tuesday night in the Old School Scout Room (top floor). For additional information contact Scoutmaster Mike at: [email protected] Robert Foley, ASM Troop 21

Girl Scouts Immanuel Lutheran School

Troop #66072

Next Meeting date is: DECEMBER 2nd Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Place: Old School Basement

GREAT JOB GIRLS PACKING THE

SHOEBOXES FOR OPERATION

CHRISTMAS CHILD!!!

NOTICES: OUR GIRLS ARE SEWING HATS &

BLANKETS FOR THE HOMELESS on Friday,

November 20th, 6 to 8pm in the Old School Base-

ment. The hats and blankets will be delivered to the

Zion Food Kitchen and the St. Vincent DePaul Soci-

ety with the FOOD DRIVE DONATIONS, as the

local needs are so great this year.

FOOD DRIVE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND,

OUR GIRLS WILL BE UNLOADING DONA-

TIONS FROM VEHICLES TO BRING INTO THE

GYM FROM 7:30 am to 12:00 pm.

God Bless Our Work

And Our Donations.

THE POWDERPUFF DERBY

IS COMING UP FEBRUARY 20TH!

REGISTER BY DECEM-

BER 1ST! If you have any questions, please call:

Becky Wells 860-916-3621 or

Trina Theriault 860-384-1530.

Thank you Immanuel Lutheran Church &

School for your generous support of our

scouting programs!

Cub Scout Pack 21

successfully camped

overnight in Page

Park, had a Great

pumpkin Pack meet-

ing where they made

pumpkin neckerchief

slides and scare-

crows, and have

earned their first couple of awards leading up to their

rank in the month of October. November is looking

just as busy. On Tuesday, November 17th at 6:00pm

Pack 21 will have pour "Knights of the Roundtable"

Pack meeting. The Wolf den is also having a chil-

dren's clothing drive during the month of November

which will culminate at our Pack meeting. Any gently

used children's clothing may be dropped off in the

office, or in the Scout room before that date. The

clothing will be

donated to a local

shelter.

Pack 21 would also

like to thank every-

one who supported

us by purchasing

popcorn this past

month. If anyone

would like more information on joining Cub Scouts,

please contact Jason Krueger at:

[email protected]

EAGLE SCOUT NEWS: On Saturday, November 7, 2015 Evan Foley's Eagle

Scout Court of Honor was held. All of Immanuel's Boy Scout Troop 21 and friends

and family of the Foley Family attended

(Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York and Rhode Island). Evan

received Official Citations from Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Bristol's Representative Frank N. Nicastro, Sr., Bristol's Mayor

Ken Cockayne, and Grand Master, Charles W. Yohe, of The Grand Lodge of Connecticut and The Connecticut

Masonic Scouters Association.

mailto:[email protected]



CHAPEL: Our Chapel Service is usually held on Wednesdays at 10:00 am. Parents as well as guests and visitors are always welcome to attend. The service is normally about 45 minutes.

CHAPEL OFFERINGS: Donations received during the month of November will be used for the FOOD DRIVE and donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Society. Children may bring in non-perishable food items and the donations will be collected during chapel. They may also bring mone-tary donations for their offering.

GOD

BLESS

OUR

OFFERINGS!

ILC Sunday School

Sundays at 9:30 am

All school age children from grades K to 5 are welcome and encouraged to at-

tend. During our first Semester we will be exploring the Old Testament. Come

and find out more about Joseph and Moses.

We will all meet at 9:30am in the Kindergarten room where we will have an

introduction to the Bible story and an opening song and prayer. Then we will

split up according to grades for the presentation of the Bible story. Students in grades K-2 will remain

in the Kindergarten room and students in grades 3-5 will go upstairs to another classroom. During this

time the bible story will be presented in a way that is appropriate for each age group. After that, every-

one will join together again in the Kindergarten room to make a craft, and we will end with a song and

a prayer. Parents are then asked to pick up their children from the Kindergarten room at 10:30am.

For students in grades 6-12, we also have a Jr. and Sr. High youth Bible study that takes place in the

Parish Center from 9:30-10:30, and there is a Bible study in the gym for adults during that time as well.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

God’s Blessings to you all!

PASTOR’S

NEW MEMBER CLASS

SUNDAY, 3:30 PM TO 4:45 PM

in the

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL LIBRARY


Please remember to SAVE YOUR “Box Tops for Education”!

Every little bit helps raise money for our school and PTO programs.

Thank you!

Warm-A-Child from the Helping Ministry

Immanuel’s Helping Ministry is sponsoring the very popular “Mitten Tree” Christmas giving project. For this holiday season we again are presenting a wonderful way for our church and school community to help some needy children from local public schools, St. Vincent de Paul, Bristol Pre-schools, and from within our own congregation. The Warm-A-Child Christ-mas tree, found by the library, is decorated with paper mittens describing specific clothing requests. If you would please choose a mitten or two, fulfill the request, and place the gift wrapped package (with the mit-ten attached) back under the tree by December 6th, your gift will be very, very appreciated! If anyone has requests for this service, please call MaryAnn at 860-583-2975. We are also sending unwrapped newborn items to the area’s Crisis Pregnancy Center. We hope to fill some boxes with lots of diapers, clothing, and just about anything suitable for an infant. Thank you in advance for your help and support. And...have fun shopping!

Immanuel Lutheran Church Helping Ministry

Mitten Tree


SAVE THE DATE:

COMMUNITY CAROL SING DECEMBER 12TH at 6:30 PM

Meadow Street will be blocked off and we will join together to sing

Christmas Carols on the church steps and in the street and

prepare for a most joyous Christmas Season!

Hot Chocolate, coffee and snacks will be served in the gym following the

Carol Sing.

The word “Advent” actually means

“coming”. This is a season beginning

four Sundays prior to Christmas

which has been used by Christians

throughout the ages to prepare not

only for the Christmas season but for

the promised second coming of our

Savior. It is tradition that an Advent

wreath containing four candles be-

comes part of the holiday decorations

as one prepares for Christmas. There

are three purple or blue candles that

remind us to live in hope. The fourth

candle is pink because on the third

Sunday of Advent the focus is on the

joy we have as Christians in our eager

expectation of Christ’s return. Some-

times a fifth candle is added—this is

the Christ candle which is lit on

Christmas indicating the birth of our

Savior.

If you have any questions, please do

not hesitate to ask any of the teachers.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL PTO

CHRISTMAS SHOP

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015

The Christmas Shop Letter and Shopping List were sent home with your children today.

Please call the office if you are able to volunteer on Friday, December 4th from 9:30 am to

2:00 pm. Even if you are only available for an hour, it would be helpful, just to get the

children in and out and back to class. Thank you!


Immanuel Lutheran Ski Club

We are excited to offer the Ski Club at Immanuel Lutheran School (ILS) again this year to ILS

students (Grades 3 – 8 only) and family members at Mount Southington on Friday’s beginning in

January 2016. We will be going five (5) times as a club and registration forms are available in the

school office. The registration form lists out each package type and cost.

The registration form and payment are due by December 11, 2015. No exceptions will be made

after this date.

If you should have any questions, please contact your ski Coordinator, Michele Dubois, at 860-

404-0864 or via email at [email protected].

Ski Club Dates

January 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th and February 5th. This is a five week program.

In case of a snow day or bad weather, in which one of these dates is cancelled, a mass email will

be sent by the ski Coordinator, to inform the group that Mount Southington needs to close. A re-

schedule date will be emailed once confirmed.

We will be skiing evenings from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Student’s will need their own transportation

and supervision.

We are also in need a few Chaperones in the event that a student is injured. We are thinking a few

parents who will be supervising their children and/or an adult who will not be skiing. In the event

that one of our group’s member’s is injured, Ski Patrol must have a way of contacting someone. If

interested please contact your ski Coordinator, Michele Dubois, at 860-404-0864 or via email at

[email protected].

Payments Methods: Check (payable to Mount Southington) or Credit Card*

*Below are instructions for participants who wish to register online.

1) Go to www.mountsouthington.com

2) Select Groups from the main menu

3) Select Groups Participant Registration under ‘School’s Out’

4) Enter your Group Number & Password

GROUP #: 252

PASSWORD: DUB252

5) Confirm your group name in the top left cor-

ner before proceeding

6) Follow the directions and after payment write

your online transaction # on the bottom of

the registration form



http://www.mountsouthington.com


Severe Weather Schedule:

If there is a chance that school may be canceled, have a late opening, or

early dismissal listen to WRCH 100.5 on the radio, or Channels 3, 30, or

8, all of which will give you this information. We follow the Bristol Pub-

lic School schedule. Below is the delay schedule: Again, this year there

will be a two (2) hour delay only. In the event of a:

2 HOUR DELAY: School begins at 10:00 am and there is no morning preschool.

Afternoon preschool will begin at its regular scheduled time of 11:30 am.

Students may arrive at 9:25 am.

Please note: Extended Care is delayed, canceled, or dismissed early according to the School

schedule.

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A TRULY BLESSED THANKSGIVING and… until next week… The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen

FOOD DRIVE

Sponsored by the Helping Ministry The Helping Ministry would like to THANK those who have

Sunday, November 22, 2015 generously donated to past food drives.

7:30 a.m. — NOON Immanuel has been an enormous help to many local food

Drop off at Immanuel Lutheran Gymnasium pantries.

154 Meadow Street, Bristol, CT 06010 Telephone: 860-583-5649

Some suggested items:

Baby food

Canned food

Cereal

Pasta

Spaghetti sauce

Coffee

Fresh vegetables

& fruits

Frozen turkeys

Peanut Butter

Jelly

33 gallon black

trash bags

Paper towels

Toilet paper

Soap

Toothpaste

Shampoo

Meals in a can (Spaghettio’s, ravioli, etc.)

Canned Milk

Dear Immanuel Friends, In addition to our MITE BOX offerings through November 22nd, we will once again be collecting food on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND for the benefit of Zion Meals for the Needy and St. Vincent DePaul. These organizations are in desperate need of our help, and we know you will respond as gen-erously as you have in the past. At this time we also take fresh and frozen turkeys, and fresh fruit and vegetables. Checks or cash may be placed in the MITE BOX, given to Wanda Hubbard, or left in the church office. Finally, we know those frozen turkeys and bags can be heavy! This year our Scout troops will be wait-ing at curbside before each service to help you carry them.

THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU ALL! “A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor” Proverbs 22:9

Note: The

October

& November

Mite Box

Offering will

go toward

the food drive.

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