Twice is Nice resale store
Support while you shop~ Stop in for fabulous Christmas decorations and gifts! 907 W. Racine in Jefferson • 920-674-6868 Monday–Saturday 9 AM–5 PM e v e n t s to n o t e
Dec. 2................................................................... LES “B team” tip off games at LLHS | 8a Dec. 3.................................................. A Cappella @ St. Andrew, Middleton | 8 & 10:30a Dec. 6, 13, 20................................................................... Advent services in area churches Dec. 7 & 12....................................................... Home Boys Basketball games | 6 & 7:30p Dec. 10.......................................................A Cappella @ Trinity, Watertown | 8 & 10:30a Dec. 14.....................................................................Home Wrestling Dual v. Oakfield | 7p Dec. 17............................................................................................. Christmas Concert | 7p Dec. 19.............................................Home Girls Basketball game v. Jefferson | 6 & 7:30p Review Day: classes dismiss at 12:05p Dec. 20-22.....................................................................................................Semester Exams Dec. 23–Jan. 3..........................................................................Christmas Break: no classes Dec. 27–28................................................................................V Boys BB (LMills) tourney Dec. 28–29.................................................................................. JV/V GBB (Fort) tourneys Jan. 4..................................................................... Classes resume/Second semester begins
Luminaries for Loved Ones... Help us let His light shine by making a $5.00 donation to Lakeside in memory of a loved one this Christmas. The luminaries line our sidewalks (weather permitting) and names are published in the program for the Christmas Concert on December 17. Please remit by December 11 and enclose a minimum of $5.00 per memorial name. Include the following info with your donation: Name(s) in Memory: 1) _____________________ 2) ________________________
3) ______________________ 4) ________________________
Your name: ______________________________ Church/City: _________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________ E-mail: _______________________________ Return to: LLHS Development Office • 231 Woodland Beach Road • Lake Mills 53551 or for an online donation form, enter the following in your browser: goo.gl/aI2sWV
920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551
December 2017
a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 7: Issue 4
FED eration CONnection
By now, you may have had it! Soon after school begins, Christmas decorations appear in stores. Then, sales start. Finally, it —Christmas music with messages of family, good times, presents, and Santa—commences. Although many love the season, just as many find it overwhelming or depressing. In a world that does not know the true reason for Christmas, Christians must continually remind themselves, “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11). By nature, we are not upright and godly. Sin so corrupts our nature that the psalmist’s words fit everyone perfectly: “All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one” (14:3). In short, we have no hope. In his grace and mercy, God sent One to pay sin’s price. His Son became human, lived spotlessly, died innocently, and rose victoriously to pay humankind’s debt for sin. No human effort, man-made strategy, or mortal plan could accomplish our salvation. It is full and free divine grace to all who hold the Savior by faith. The angel’s proclamation that first Christmas was “music” to the shepherds’ ears. Imagine their joy when the angels announced, “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Their joy compelled them to find him. It led them to “[glorify and praise] God for all the things they had heard and seen” (Luke 2:20). The shepherd’s jubilation may well be called the world’s first Christmas “song.” Don’t despair. Soon, the Christmas decorations will be stored. The unsold merchandise will disappear. The sappy, commercialized music will end. But, our joy and hope in the Savior will not. It lives because Jesus truly is “the Messiah, the Lord.”
God bless your Christmas celebration!
Jim Grasby is principal of Lakeside Lutheran. Reach him at 920.648.2321 or jgrasby@llhs.org