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A Tribute to Chris Klicka |
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By Newsletter Editor on
10/14/2009
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Mike Smith, president of HSLDA announced by email, “Chris Klicka went home to be with the Lord at approximately 1:00 p.m. Eastern time [Monday, October 12, 2009]. His family was all present and simply watched him peacefully slip into the hands of His Savior....
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In the Word |
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By Newsletter Editor on
10/14/2009
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Recently I’ve been thinking of our nation and why things are going the way they are and immediately I am reminded that in the Scriptures all of our fears find comfort....
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Doing Good Is Academic |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/14/2009
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September’s WCFS Calendar saying asks about the goals you are setting for your children. I am convinced that the Christian has a duty to set academic goals that reflect a pursuit of the Kingdom of God. These goals are derived from the Great Commission. Essentially, believers are charged with...
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Trust Him |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/14/2009
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In John 19:10-11, Pilate asked Jesus if He knew that he had power to release Him. Jesus’ answer has given comfort through all the ages. Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against me unless it had been given you from above…”
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Homeschooling is Discipleship Part II |
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By Newsletter Editor on
8/14/2009
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The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. (Matt 10:24-25a) When you read this verse, remember that God has woven some incredible things into your family. He has woven...
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Created by God |
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By Newsletter Editor on
8/14/2009
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How good of God to continue to reveal to us just what we’re ready for and can use. Recently, as I was reading different parts of the Holy Bible, the Spirit taught me that God in His Word answers all dilemmas that we may face. You may say...
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WCFS Yearbook Club Needs A New Director for 2009-2010 |
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By Newsletter Editor on
7/23/2009
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Since 1992 the WCFS Yearbook Club has been in existence; keeping track of and capturing each year in the school’s yearbook. Originally the senior class ran the yearbook so that they would also have a memory to take with them after graduation. After a few years “The WCFS Yearbook Club” was formed and has been run entirely by student and parent volunteers.
It has been my pleasure to be the WCFS Yearbook Club Director for the past two years. Because of recent circumstances...
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Highlights from the 2009 Christian Filmmakers Academy |
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By Newsletter Editor on
4/27/2009
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Some fruit of the Academy can be seen in the recent blockbuster independent film Fireproof which was written and directed by Alex & Stephen Kendrick and produced with the help of their church. Although the Kendrick brothers were making films long before the first Christian Filmmakers Academy in 2004, Stephen credits the things he learned from a past Filmmakers Academy with helping him write the script for Fireproof.
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Taking Hard Stands |
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By Newsletter Editor on
3/3/2009
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Six weeks after a formerly homeschooled daughter enrolls in a “good” rural public high school in conservative East Texas, her new boyfriend and friends brutally murder her family – including her little brothers - because her parents were attempting to uphold biblical standards for relationships with their daughter by forbidding her to date ungodly youth according to the Word of God...
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Children: A Blessing or a Sacrifice? |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/20/2008
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I once heard Dr. Dobson talk about a trip he took to the Middle East where he saw altars on which people sacrificed their own children many years ago. He went on to talk about how the same perversion continues today with the rejection of children by our culture for the sake of money and affluence. His comparison is ....
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Children: A Blessing or a Sacrifice? |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/20/2008
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I once heard Dr. Dobson talk about a trip he took to the Middle East where he saw altars on which people sacrificed their own children many years ago. He went on to talk about how the same perversion continues today with the rejection of children by our culture for the sake of money and affluence. His comparison is accurate.
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Complete In Christ |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/17/2008
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"And such trust have we through Christ and God-ward: Not that we are
sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God." 2 Corinthians 3:4-5...
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Never Give Up - by Abby Frierson |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/17/2008
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Popular today is the theme, "Never give up." It is used in a variety
of circumstances, from sports to dream-seeking. The basic
illustration it confers is the stubborn determination to suck all you
can from this life, from yourself, from others; it emphasizes the
power of self over hardship and obstacles. It is used in Christian
circles as well, but there the focus is clinging to God, not
ourselves....
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Becky's Notes |
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By Newsletter Editor on
11/15/2008
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I would challenge to read Psalms 139 over and over. Read it when you are afraid, and when you think you can’t teach good enough. Read it when your hair does not respond to the brush, when your children seem like your enemy, and when...
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Junior Class Fundraiser |
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By Newsletter Editor on
10/3/2008
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WCFS Juniors are conducting a Pampered Chef fundraiser. YOU CAN HELP by browsing the Pampered Chef catalog and shopping for high quality kitchen tools for yourself or for gift-giving to your friends and family members and/or others in need of a “kitchen shower”!
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Drama Club Announcements |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/10/2008
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The Drama Club will be meeting at the State-Wide Workshop at the Howard County Fairgrounds, this September 30th 2008. If any students wish to join the Club, please come to the workshop! The Drama Club will be accepting student ages 10 and older. If you have any...
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Tips for the Summer |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/10/2008
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“ Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the sham, and is set down at the right hand of throne of God.”
Indeed, to such an author our surrender is never in vain. He is all knowing, all powerful and fully and completely...
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Pressing for the Mark |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/10/2008
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Pressing Toward
Philippians 3:14 “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” “Pressing toward…” Consider this phrase. Could it mean, in part, that you are going to set goals and then be willing to pay the price to reach...
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Enough is Enough! |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/10/2008
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Are you tired of being told that truth is whatever you want it to be?! This lie from the pit of Hell is destroying lives everyday. The youth of this nation can no longer be silent! We can no longer sit quietly by like the Germans did in the 1930’s, when Hitler took power. It’s time that the youth of America stand up and say enough to the lies and one sided bias they are told in the...
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Soccer Clinic |
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By Newsletter Editor on
8/29/2008
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The WCFS 4th annual Soccer Clinic will be starting on September 12th. If you desire your children to participate, please send your application form into the school office by September 5th, please call us after this date: 301-271-0123.
Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
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Jewel |
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By Newsletter Editor on
7/2/2008
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A story by Gary Cox
Once upon a time there was a beautifully tender-hearted princess named Jewel who was cared for faithfully by her Nana in a far-away country called Thead.
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Why Am I Alive? |
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By Newsletter Editor on
6/24/2008
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"Many people question their existence. I too have often wondered what my purpose or excuse was to live. We often do not take time to stop and think about it because we are too busy running around trying to find the answer. The answer is simple, if we believe it is true; we will find that our reason for living rests is in the redeeming grace of Jesus Christ. He is the hope of all the Nations. It is for Christ that we live!..."
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Learning to Trust |
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By Newsletter Editor on
6/21/2008
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Did you ever struggle with wondering why God permits things? Maybe you know of a sick young person and the prognosis is not good. Maybe you wonder about the war and why God isn’t more active...
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Be Strengthened |
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By Newsletter Editor on
3/17/2008
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"Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto
all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness." Colossians 1:11
Do you feel sometimes that you must "do" certain things to gain strength?
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Family Life |
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By Newsletter Editor on
3/14/2008
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Recently I’ve been pondering the Proverbs and the help that they give us in training children. I challenge you to teach them diligently to your children. We want our children to be vividly aware of the difference between the wise and the foolish. If, then, they choose to make decisions contrary to the Word of God, they will be fully aware that they are acting the fool with all of his consequences....
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The Decision |
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By Newsletter Editor on
2/25/2008
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"When we started home schooling, we came to a place of faith. We knew that we really didn't understand everything we needed to do. We realized that we needed to throw away worries, selfish desires and plans and move into the camp of the Lord..."
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Developing Goals for Your Children |
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By Newsletter Editor on
2/21/2008
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When traditionally structured academics begin to choke out the freedom of pursuing the unique needs and interests of their children, parents need to reassess the daily workload in the light of the eternal and create goals that cooperate with God's own plans for His Kingdom.
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Study |
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By Newsletter Editor on
2/17/2008
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"Study to show yourself pleasing unto God, a workman that needs not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the truth." 2 Tim. 2:15. Hold fast to the
fact that the study of the Word can help your praise and worship.
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Celebrate! |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/17/2007
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In “Renewed Day By Day A Daily Devotional” by A.W. Tozer for Nov. 28th he states, “God in love and wisdom has given us in His Holy Spirit every gift and power and help that we need to serve Him. We do not have to look around for some other way!”
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On the Salvation of Children |
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By Newsletter Editor on
12/17/2007
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When my wife and I first heard the news that we were to have a child, the very first thought I had was the sober reality of raising a child who was headed for hell without the intervening Grace of God. My whole focus narrowed to this daunting task of training "up a child in the way he should go so that when he is old, he won't depart". (Proverbs 22:6)
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Are All These Your Children? |
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By Newsletter Editor on
11/19/2007
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My wife and I are frequently asked this question when we are out with our whole crew. My wife and I came to our convictions about family planning as young believers who earnestly desired a scriptural basis for discerning what Christ demanded of us as disciples. We felt that there must be absolutes that are clearly revealed in scripture in order for us to assess what is our domain and what is God’s for making our “family” decisions.
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Remember the Basics! |
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By Newsletter Editor on
11/19/2007
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Let me share with you part of the morning message from November 7, from Charles Spurgeon’s, “Morning and Evening”. The verse he quotes is: “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.” Is. 49:16, he then shares, “How dare you doubt My constant remembrance, when the memorial is set on My very own flesh?”
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WCFS Drama Club |
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By Newsletter Editor on
10/22/2007
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The Drama Club will be meeting at the State-Wide Workshop at the Howard County Fairgrounds, this September 30th 2008. If any students wish to join the Club, please come to the workshop! The Drama Club will be accepting student ages 10 and older. If you...
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Egypt from God's Point of View |
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By Newsletter Editor on
10/14/2007
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It would seem that God didn’t really love the Egyptians because, as we read in the story of Moses, of all the terrible plagues he allowed to come upon them and how Pharaoh ended up drowning in the Red Sea when God let the waters come back on them. But God loves everyone. That is why, later on in history, he sent his only Son...
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Surrender! |
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By Newsletter Editor on
9/24/2007
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“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Heb. 12:2
Indeed, to such an author our surrender is never in vain. He is all knowing, all-powerful and fully and completely worthy.
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June 2007 Bible Quiz |
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By Newsletter Editor on
5/21/2007
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By the way, since this is the last of the school-year’s newsletters; I’m not putting in any more questions, but if you’d like some to work on over the summer, email me and I’ll send you some!
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Write the Truth |
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Student Developer
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By Newsletter Editor on
4/30/2007
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Greetings! I trust you all had a blessed Easter season and enjoyed some time off! For this month’s Developer I have an example of a persuasive essay, in which the author tries to convince readers of his or her opinion on the subject.
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