December 2023
a publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School Volume 13: Issue 4
LLHS FED eration CONnection 920-648-2321 • info@llhs.org • 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551
Leftovers, wrapping paper and joy Have you noticed how much time and effort it takes for you to get ready for a holiday event? Yet the event itself goes by so quickly! That Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner—it takes a great deal of time and effort for you to plan, Reach Principal Schultz to shop, to gather and to organize at dschultz@llhs.org your ingredients. And then you need time to cook, to set the table—to get everything ready. Finally, it’s time to eat! But within 15 minutes (especially if you’re eating with teenagers), you’re looking at leftovers. The joy of that gathering is over so quickly! That moment of opening gifts—you spend a great deal of time and effort thinking about, looking for, and buying those gifts. You wrap and arrange those gifts. You also decorate the room where those gifts are on display. Finally, it’s time to open those presents. But within 20 minutes you’re looking at a pile of used wrapping paper. The joy of that gathering is over so quickly!
Does your salvation work that way? For a long time (the entire Old Testament!) God was preparing to send his Son. And then, “when the time had fully come, God sent this Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem us under the law, that we might receive the full rights of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5). Jesus is born, and he lives and dies and rises from the dead—all for your salvation! And that joy doesn’t end 15 minutes later. The holidays might come and go. But you are forgiven every day, you are loved by God every day, and you have eternal life every day. You have hope every day! Even after the leftovers and the wrapping paper are put away. Enjoy the holidays! Enjoy the preparation and the gatherings as fleeting as they are. But most of all, enjoy the salvation that Jesus brings into your life.
May God bless you during this joyful time of the year! ❧DS
🎄december events🎁
See full and up-to-the-minute schedule at Calendar under Quicklinks at llhs.org
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Nov. 28, 30, Dec. 8, 14, 19, 28 ................................. Home Boys Basketball games Nov. 28, Dec. 2, 12, 21 ............................................ Home Girls Basketball games Dec. 6, 13, 20 ............................................ Advent worship in many area churches Dec. 2 ....................................................... LES “B team” tip off games at LLHS | 8a Dec. 3 ....................................................... A Cappella @ Resurrection, Verona | 9a Dec. 10 ................................... A Cappella @ St. John, Watertown | 7:45 & 10:30a Dec. 15 ....... Yearbook Deadline for Senior photos (send to yearbook@llhs.org) Dec. 17 ................................................................................. Christmas Concert | 4p Dec. 20-22 ........................................................................................ Semester Exams Dec. 23–Jan. 3 ............................................................. Christmas Break: no classes Jan. 4 ............................................................. Classes resume | 2nd semester begins
Luminaries for Loved Ones...
Help us let His light shine as you remember loved ones and help beautify the December 17 Christmas Concert. Supporters help let His light shine by making a $5 donation to Lakeside in memory or in honor of someone(s). (Names are also published in the program.) Please remit a minimum of $5.00 per memorial name.
Include the following info with your donation: Name(s) in Memory: 1) ________________________ or in Honor of:
2) ________________________ 3) _________________________ 4) ________________________
Your name: __________________________________ Church/City: _________________________________ Address: ____________________________________ Phone: _________________________ E-mail: _______________________________ Return to LLHS Development Office by Dec. 13. to donate online, go to: llhs.org/apps/form/luminaries