October 4th Announcements

PHOTO DAY - October 15th Elementary & Parents
Don't forget to look your best for Photo Day next Tuesday!

GUNTER FARM
Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze
October 24, 12:30-2:30 p.m.- Come go to the Pumpkin Patch with us! Ticket includes fire pit, pumpkin, all games, hay ride, corn maze, and dairy demonstration. Bring your own hot dogs or picnic lunch, s'mores fixings, and drinks. Water will be available. Students and children are $5 each, if we have 20 or more. Parents and children under 2 are free but do not receive a pumpkin. RSVP HERE to Sheryl Crain so they can plan for your family.

Doors

Please do not prop any of the outside doors open. There should be someone to open the door for you to let you back in, except for during announcements. The church has asked us to avoid propping them open. It is not only a security issue, but an animal issue. Critters tend to find their way into the building. If the door to the playground is locked, you may use the skeleton key hanging on the doorpost to unlock the door or find a leadership team member to unlock it for you.

Getting to Classes

We know that it is not always easy to get out of one class and into another on time. Let's help each other out. When teaching, please pay attention to the time. It is important to end our classes on time, so that everyone in your room can get to their next class. It is a crazy domino effect when one class is late getting out. Also, if you are headed to a preschool class, please try to get there quickly. The parents working in those rooms can't leave many times because they are holding children until the next hour teacher or assistant gets there.

7th-12th grade Teachers

Please keep your class in their classroom until the end of the class period, even at the end of the day. Kids tend to be loud in the halls and want to look in at the other classes. We want to be respectful of all of the classes that are still teaching.

Reminders

Remember that we need all kids at co-op to have their parent with them. Please do not bring extra children to co-op or send your kids with someone else.

You All Should Be Proud

You all have GOOD kids! It is really fun to watch your kids taking care of each other, helping each other out, and including each other. This past Monday, at the high school retreat, we took the kids to Leadership Ranch. The facilitators were bragging on your kids. They were saying things like, "Hands down, best group ever," "Keep doing whatever you are doing with these kids," "This is a great group." That is fun to hear! It is especially encouraging to hear since sometimes, in the day to day school routine, we can get caught up in our own frustrations with our children and forget the big picture. This experience was a good reminder that each of our kids is unique and special, just the way God intended. They are growing more and more like Him, and are in the process of learning how to be Jesus's hands and feet in the world around them. I am thankful to be around your children.

Mom's Breakfast Date Change

The Mom's Breakfast at Sarah Burton's is being rescheduled. If you RSVP'd you will receive an email from Sarah. 

September 21st Announcements

We're All In This Together

We had a great time this morning at the moms' breakfast. If you weren't there, we missed you. One of the biggest take aways of the morning for me was all of our need for real and transparent community. I know that I am not Wonderwoman (I have a messy house, forget to wake my kids up because I am on the internet, hate to grade math assignments, and get frustrated with my whole family when they don't do exactly what my mind thinks they should!). Sometimes I can look at my failures and get discouraged- thinking that everyone else is Wonderwoman or at least close. I know that this is a lie from Satan. He wants us to be discouraged and alone. Let us strive to build a place where we can share ourselves with each other. I believe that as we share more and more, we will become encouraged and know that we are NOT alone. God has made us for community. He has made us to share our lives with each other so that HE will be glorified more and more. So, my challenge for us this Tuesday is to speak to someone and share yourself. We will all be blessed.

Highschool Retreat

This is going to be a great event. Please bring a sack lunch to the retreat. Dinner will be provided.

Noon

The back doors will be locked from noon on. Please be on time. Last week people missed announcements because they opened the door from 12:00-12:15 letting people in. Starting this Tuesday, no one will be at the door to open it during announcements. We will come and let in those that are late after announcements.

Gym, Kitchen and Walk-In

Please remember that the gym is a classroom. The moms and dads that teach PE are amazing. I believe that they have the hardest job at co-op. It is difficult to gain 36 kids attention at the same time anywhere, but it is especially difficult in a gym. Then when you add visiting moms at the end near the walk-in or at the kitchen counter it is more difficult. Let's try to get in and out of the gym as quickly and quietly as possible. We want you to visit, but just not in the gym.

Fire drill

We will have a fire drill this Tuesday. We will send an email out on Monday letting you know the procedure. Please speak to your kids about this so they are not surprised or nervous.

Save the Date

The Gunter Farm field trip is scheduled for October 24th. See Sheryl Crain for more details to come.

The Coffee Sitch 

Coffee is not provided by LHE or the church...coffee is provided by YOU. Please pay for your coffee if you choose to drink it by placing $1 in the brown canister near the coffee maker in the foyer.

This month's coffee service will be a trial basis, hopefully it will work out great! If you have any questions on how to use the Keurig machine or if you'd like to donate toward the coffee cause, please contact Sarah Bradford-Burton. (A breakdown of coffee costs will be placed near the coffee maker if you'd like to know what's in your cup!)

Summer Park Days 2013

Summer flew by this year! Here are a few photos of the great times we had with our co-op friends. Thank you to the awesome mommas who helped plan these park days! Looking forward to next year's fun too!