Monday, March 31, 2008
Welcome Back Students!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Dearest Place on Earth
“Give yourself to the Church. You that are members of the Church have not found it perfect and I hope that you feel almost glad that you have not. If I had never joined a Church till I had found one that was perfect, I would never have joined one at all! And the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect Church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us… All who have first given themselves to the Lord, should, as speedily as possible, also give themselves to the Lord’s people. How else is there to be a Church on the earth? If it is right for anyone to refrain from membership in the Church, it is right for everyone, and then the testimony for God would be lost to the world!
As I have already said, the Church is faulty, but that is no excuse for your not joining it, if you are the Lord’s. Nor need your own faults keep you back, for the Church is not an institution for perfect people, but a sanctuary for sinners saved by Grace, who, though they are saved, are still sinners and need all the help they can derive from the sympathy and guidance of their fellow Believers. The Church is the nursery for God’s weak children where they are nourished and grow strong. It is the fold for Christ’s sheep—the home for Christ’s family.”
–Charles Spurgeon, “The Best Donation,” (No. 2234) an exposition of 2 Corinthians 8:5 delivered on April 5, 1891 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Who Wants Wendys?
Three strikes and you're out! Just like baseball.
Here are the rules.
1. Each student has his or her name written on the end of a popcicle stick. All the sticks will be placed in a coffee cup.
2. Whenever a student is called down he/she will incur a strike without warning.
3. The next time the student is called down he/she will have to pull a stick from the cup.
4. The student is not allowed to pull his/her own stick. When that happens the student wll have to redraw.
5. Whoever's stick is pulled he/she will receive a strike.
6. Whenever a student must pull a stick he/she will be written up.
7. By the end of the week, the students who do not have three strikes will be allowed to choose one item from the dollar menu at Wendys for lunch.
8. For those students who receive three strikes but have not had to pull a stick will be given a strike back on reward day. Thus, they will be allowed to choose an item from the dollar menu at Wendys.
