Immanuel Christian School Student Blog

What have we done…….

immanuelchristian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:49:26 +0000

Umm…yeah, this has been a pretty normal school week. There was a JV Girls basketball game last night at Saint Boniface (they won), the Varsity Guys had games on Monday and Wednesday (they lost by three points on Wednesday), and that’s about it.

We are also posting the buddy reading pictures, as has been requested by a number of people.

Tonight in the Gym we are having a Trivia Night/Auction to support the ICS Band and Black Light Theatre groups’ trips to Alberta in late March and April 2012 Anno Domini.

On Wednesday, February 29, there will be a Movie Matinée for Grades 7-12 in Immanuel Hall. More details next week.

Happy Long Weekend!!! (No school on Monday — Louis Riel Day)

The Dreaded Second Semester…

immanuelchristian — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:28:02 +0000

Elementary has started their annual I ♥ to Read Month! The theme for this year is “Climb Into a Book and Read!” as you can see in the pictures below. On Tuesday, they had D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) which is always a ton of fun! On Wednesday, they spent the afternoon drawing huge murals to hang on the walls. Today, we had Rangers and Rookies (Buddy Reading), which was a lot of fun. On Monday they will be having Guest Readers, so if you would like to come out and read to a class, please contact the office.

High School has begun a new semester. Most kids aren’t very happy about their new classes. I (Colin) myself am overjoyed with the courses I have, but I am a nerd, so that is expected . We would like to welcome back one of our Grade 12 students who was gone for the first semester to Louis Riel, Justin Bakker.

There have been many basketball games and tournaments this week. Today and tomorrow the JV Guys have a tournament here in our school. We encourage everyone to come out here and give our team a cheer!

Love and Respect – A Meditation on Two Romantic Songs and the Song of Songs

immanuelchristian — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:07 +0000

“You and Me Against the World”

It all started off hangin’ out doing what lovers do
When they’re on their way to fallin’ in love
Everybody said leave you alone
Girl he’s no good for you
But they can’t judge what they don’t know
Cause when I’m with chu your all I see
And when you touch me my body goes weak
Your such apart of my idenity.
That without chu
There’s no me
No nonooo

What were my dreams are now reality
You say all the things that I’m about to speak
No one can ever change the way I feel
Baby it’s you and me against the world
It’s ride or die till the very end
Till the tires pop I’ll be your second skin
Your my man no doubt that I’m your girl
Baby it’s you and me against the world.

This song is ripe with misunderstanding on what love is. I could potentially go on all day on all the different inaccuracies of love this song makes, but for now, we’ll just look at the first one made apparent. It comes right in the title. “You and Me Against the World.” Right away red flags should go up. They don’t always go up, because after all, this can be mistaken as an intense commitment to each other, which is a part of true love. But in the word, “against,” you can see that the couple in the song have no regard for people outside the relationship. This, is not Biblical at all. Further on in the song, the artist speaks of how people expressed their concern about the relationship: “Everybody said leave you alone – Girl he’s no good for you.” Her reply? – “But they can’t judge what don’t know.”. In Song of Songs 8:8-9, the brothers of the beloved are concerned about their younger sister:

“We have a little sister,
and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.”

The brothers want nothing but the best for their younger sister, and that would include a suitable man for her. A godly man. God puts rules in place to guide us, because He is a loving God and wants the best for us. That is why he gave the law “Honor your father and your mother.” In the New Testament God said through His servant Peter: “Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor” (1 Peter 2:17). Even though the artist feels as if she is in love and others outside the relationship don’t understand, she still is obligated to respect their concern and opinions….

“Butterfly Kisses”

She’ll change her name today
She’ll make a promise and I’ll give her away
Standing in the bride room just staring at her
She asked me what I’m thinkin’
And I said I’m not sure
I just feel like I’m losin’ my baby girl
And she leaned over

Gave me butterfly kisses with her mama there
Stickin’ little white flowers all up in her hair
Walk me down the aisle daddy
It’s just about time
Does my wedding gown look pretty daddy?
Daddy don’t cry
Oh, with all that I’ve done wrong I must have
done something right.
To deserve your love every morning and butterfly
kisses.
I couldn’t ask God for more; man, this is what love is.

This song by Bob Carlisle shows how godly relationships work; with the approval of the parents. The father in this song has clearly shown that he is in favor of his daughter getting married to the man she chose and is showing this by walking her down the aisle. The daughter has shown the proper respect, as commanded in 1 Peter 2:17.

Tae Kwon Do and Do-ing Editing!

immanuelchristian — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:39 +0000

Grades 1 & 2 had Tae Kwan Do. That must have been fun, and we have pictures to prove it – the pictures we thought we posted last week! Thanks to a couple of keen-eyed readers who let us know they were missing!

Exams are almost over. This Friday is an inservice day, and also the ski trip. Our next news post will be nine days from now. See you then!

Publisher’s note: There will be another meditation from a student in two days, to tide you over until our next news post!

Tae Kwon Do and Do-ing Other Stuff

immanuelchristian — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:38 +0000

Last week after we posted we discovered that Grades 1 & 2 had Tae Kwan Do. That must have been fun, and we have pictures to prove it!

Exams are coming up! Students, be sure to study hard and get plenty of rest! We hope you have much success and do well on your exams!

Next Friday is an inservice day, and it is also the ski trip. We hope it will pass without any injuries!

Our next post will be two weeks from now. See you then!

Publisher’s note: There will be another meditation from a student next Friday, to tide you over until our next news post!

The Week of Tournaments

immanuelchristian — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:34:18 +0000

This week the Junior Varsity Girls had a tournament. They got fourth out of eighth!!! Good job girls!

Today the JV Guys and the Varsity Girls have a tournament. We all hope it will go well for them!

Also, we had a birthday on this past Wednesday, the 18th. Whom, you might ask? It was Mr. Dykstra! We all hope you had a wonderful day!

This week, the grade 9-12 students have begun to review for the upcoming exams.

We here at the School Blog hope that everyone does great on their exams!

P.S. Have you noticed we have a lot of hope this week?

We hope you have a good weekend!

Ahh, shoot. More hope…

WE HAVE RETURNED…

immanuelchristian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:35:37 +0000

The student body and teachers are back at school! The pictures below show some of the Christmas decorations and Christmas Assembly of 2011. We are happy to be back and doing our school blog again. We are going ask some of the student for their input.

Trip to Calvin

On Thursday, January 12, Grades 10-12 went to listen to different presentations about university from representatives of Dort, Redeemer, Trinity Western and Canadian Mennonite University. It opened the eyes of many students, especially the Grade 12s.

2011 in review

immanuelchristian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:44:37 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,500 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 42 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

If Life Is Meaningless, Why Live? – Meditation on Ecclesiastes

immanuelchristian — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:59:20 +0000

If everything is meaningless, why live?
Do not live for the pleasures of yourselves.
Let not the world make you its captive.
For they trust in the wisdom of themselves.
We trust alone in wisdom of our God.
We must fear God and keep His holy law.
To God we must confess, Him truly laud.
If we lack God, our work is naught but flaw.
So let your youth give joy and happiness.
Know that in everything God will judge you.
So in all things serve Him with faithfulness.
With God and His grace we will make it through.
We must to God with our whole hearts confess,
That God will be the answer true for us.

Alanna Baker

What is life if God is not feared? – A Meditation on Ecclesiastes

immanuelchristian — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:35:19 +0000

What is our gold and shining metal worth?
Our wealth is meaningless, makes us not strong.
Who has found love in wealth out of the earth?
And does what is right, who never does wrong.
What is knowledge, without understanding?
Can wisdom ever fully be obtained?
Taking a jump where there is no landing,
Falling down and down, not a thing is gained.
Toil too is meaningless to the heart,
It is all a chasing after the wind.
Just as the man came so he will depart,
And he will find that for him life has thinned.
Therefore stand in awe of God our Lord,
And one day we will reap the great reward!

Kylie Kuik