United in Christ Lutheran School

December 19, 2014

Christian Education

Since 2011

4th Year

United in Christ Lutheran School

Miss Cheryl Honoree, Principal

10158 Hwy C. Frohna, MO 63748

573 824-5218

united.in.christ@att.net Fax 573 824-5250 unitedinchristmo.org. “Developing Disciples”

Jan 5 Jan 6 Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan 9

CHEESEBURGER

HOMEMADE WHEAT

BUN

BAKED BEANS

PEACHES

MILK

VEGETABLE SOUP

TOASTED CHEESE

SAND.

CELERY STICKS

FROZEN

STRAWBERRIES

COWBOY COOKIE

MILK

NACHOS WITH

GROUND BEEF

BROCCOLI

RANCH DRESSING

MANDARIN

ORANGES

MILK

FR.TST STIX,CINN

GLAZED

TATER TOTS

ORANGE JUICE

MILK

CHICKEN & RICE

CASSEROLE

COOKED CARROTS

PEARS

CHEESE & GARLIC

BISCUIT

MILK

Chapel Offerings

Dec 17, 2014

This Week’s Total : $ 69.22

Church & Sunday School Attendance

Dec 14, 2014

Church Attendance — 72% (74/102) Perfect attendance—none

Sunday School Attendance — 85% (47/55)

Jan 5 Jan 6 Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 4

CLASSES

RESUME

Girl’s Bball vs

St. Vincent (P)

- home—5:45

pm

Boy’s Bball vs.

Trinity—home—

5:45 pm

Library—k/1/2

Life Skills– 8th

Girl’s Bball vs

Nell Holcomb—

home—5:45 pm

Beginning of Notre

Dame Tournament

(Boys bball)

Chapel Total—(YTD) - $344.45 Nov & December Offering—Hats for Hope

A Note From Pastor Benkendorf………….. Who needs Santa, anyway? That’s what we (Concordia’s 5th & 6th Graders) decided as we were talking in

Religion last week.

One of the kids asked me if it was okay to give presents and such during Christmas since Christmas is

really supposed to be a celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I thought this was an awe-

some question and we took the time to discuss it. Bottom line of our discussion was this: It is a celebration of Je-

sus birthday, and as long as we remember that and do all of our celebrating with Him in mind, we are doing fine.

But then I told them if we make it all about Santa and the presents, we are focusing on the wrong thing. And that’s how

the picture came to be. I said “Wouldn’t it be neat if instead of lining up to get a picture taken with Santa, people lined up to get

their picture taken with the Baby Je-

sus.”

And right outside our window

a nativity was set up. So the kids decid-

ed that this Christmas they would get

their picture taken with the Baby Jesus.

Who needs Santa? We have the Baby

Jesus. We have God in the flesh come

to take our sins away! It doesn’t get

any better than that. Who needs Santa,

anyway? We have the Savior of the

world in the Baby Jesus.

We pray you have a wonderful

Christmas as you celebrate the birth of

the Savior, Christ the Lord!

TOP 21 (or so...) FAVORITE 7TH & 8TH GRADE CHRISTMAS TUNES...

Joy to the World Little Drummer Boy O Holy Night Silent Night Angels we Have heard on High Mary Did you Know? Joseph's Lullaby

The Angel Gabriel Hark the Herald Angels Sing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Jingle Bells Carol of the Bells Frosty the Snowman Feliz Navidad Baby its Cold outside Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Deck the Halls I'm getting nothing for Christmas Grandma Got run over by a Rein-deer Santa Baby It's the most wonderful time of the year Jingle Bell Rock

December Birthdays

1– Alina Lorenz

1—Rylee Kassel

8—Cole Koeberl

10—Aleena Konig

11—Mrs. Laura Goodson

11—Rev. Steven Dressler

13—Brittney Koenig

14—Isaac Koenig

20—Elise Roth

22—Carson Martyn

22—Mrs. Ashley Ponder

26—Abby Ruehling

26—Kyle Theiss

28—Ansley Palisch

30—Kaylee Proffer

31—Gavin Boehme

Hymn of the Week: LSB 404 “Jesus, Once with Sinners Numbered”

Jesus, once with sinners numbered,

Had no blemish of His own;

In the waters of the Jordan

His true worth and work were shown:

Heaven opened and the Spirit

There descended like a dove,

As the Father’s voice resounded,

“Hear My Son, the One I love.”

Community Events

Midweek Advent Services

Wednesdays Dec 17

Concordia, Frohna—4:00 & 7:00 pm

Salem, Farrar—7:00 pm

Grace, Uniontown—7:00 pm

Trinity, Altenburg—7:00 pm

Immanuel, Altenburg—7:00 pm

Christmas Tree Exhibit Altenburg Museum

10:00—4:00 pm (8:00 pm on Thursdays)

Country Christmas Church Tour Dec 18 and 19, 3:00—9:00 p.m.

Live Nativity—Saxon Memorial Saturday, Dec 20, 2014

Volunteers needed! 5:00—9:00 pm

Trinity Lutheran Choral Society Concert Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 7:00 pm

At Historic Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg

Reception to follow at the Lutheran Heritage Center

Calling all Angels & Shepherds: The Saxon Lu-theran Memorial needs your help at the Live Na-tivity on Saturday, Dec. 20th from 5pm to 9pm. We need volunteers of all ages to participate in the evening’s activities by playing the roles of Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, Angels at the cabins & barn, and shepherds. Experience not required; Only the love of telling the story of Christ's birth. If interested in making wonderful Christmas memories, please call Audrey at 824-5404 or slmhistorymuseum@gmail.com.

Date Team Location Time Jan. 6 Trinty Home 5:45 pm Jan. 13 Immanuel Away 5:45 pm Jan. 16 St. Paul Away 5:45 pm

All Home Games are played at Salem

Jan 10-11 Notre Dame Tournament TBA

Jan 17-18 Notre Dame Tournament TBA

Jan 19-24 B Team Tournament @ Trinity TBA

Jan 26-31 A Team Tournament @ Salem TBA

Feb. 8 8th Grade All Star Game @ Saxony TBA

EPC WILDCATS

BOYS BASKETBALL

2014

The students for the 2016 DC Trip (this year’s 5th and 6th grade) would like to give a big

THANK YOU To all of the people who supported the

Christmas Home Tour.

Whether you donated items for the snacks and auc-tion, whether you purchased a ticket and visited the sites, whether you promoted the event, whether you coordinated or worked the houses, and especially if

you were one of our touring stops, it was a great success.

Thank you for all your help!

Christmas stockings for the staff are up in the hall-

way outside the office. If you or your student

would like to place small items in the stockings,

feel free to do so.

Dec 19 - Practice for the Christmas Program

All students will practice for their Christmas program at the church-

es where they plan on worshipping on Christmas Eve.

Students should be at the churches by 8:00 am

Students may arrive at Trinity or Concordia any time after 6:30

am.

Students may arrive at Salem after 7:30 am

The bus will return students to UCLS at 10:00 am

If your student will not be at one of the 3 churches on Christmas

Eve, they should arrive at UCLS at 10:00 am

Christmas parties are at 1:30 that afternoon

Date Team Location Time

Dec. 22 Immanuel Away 5:45

Jan. 5 St. Vincent Perryville Home 5:45

Jan. 8 Nell Holcomb Home 5:45

Jan. 12 Kelso C-7 A & C Home 6:00

Jan 15 Immanuel Home 5:45

Jan. 19 St. Vincent Cape Home 5:45

Jan. 22 Trinity Home 5:45

Jan. 23 St. Paul Away 5:45

Feb. 2 St. Mary Away 5:45

Feb. 3 Cape Christian A & B Home 5:45

Feb. 7 St. Paul Home 10:00 am

Feb. 19 Trinity Away 5:45

All Home Games are played at Salem

Feb. 14-15 Notre Dame Tournament TBA

Feb. 21-22 Notre Dame Tournament TBA

Feb. 9-14 C Team Tournament @ St. Mary TBA

Feb. 22-28 B Team Tournament @ IC TBA

Mar. 3-7 A Team Tournament @ Immanuel TBA

Mar. ? All Star Game @ St. Vincent Cape TBA

EPC WILDCATS

GIRL’S

BASKETBALL 2014

The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum of Alten-burg, MO invites you to join us for our 10th Annual Christmas Tree Exhibit with more than 40 themed trees. All of the trees have been redesigned and there are numerous new trees includ-ing: 175th Anniversary of the Log Cabin College tree, "Things that Fly" tree, new trees designed by the Altenburg Public School and the United in Christ Lutheran School, a blue and white Dutch pottery tree, and more. We are featuring an 1840 restored sleigh, and antique German Christmas decorations, all within the lovely setting of the museum. The museum will be open every day 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day only.) We will be open until 8:00 p.m. every Thursday in December. We will be open 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. during the Christmas Country Church Tour on Dec. 18 & 19 with live music and a "Living Angel" sculp-ture! Admission is free. Bus tours and organization-al meetings are welcome. 75 Church Street, Altenburg, MO. For more information call: 573-824-6070, or visit us online at alten-burgmuseum.org.

Bible Verse 26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27For as

many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Galatians 3:26–27 (ESV)

Catechism

K-2: The Lord’s Prayer -- The Introduction – “Our Father who art in

heaven.”

3-8: The Lord’s Prayer -- The Introduction and Meaning – “Our Fa-

ther who art in heaven. What does this mean? With these words God

tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we

are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we

may ask Him as dear children ask their dear father.”

Holiday Church Services Area Holiday Services

Christmas Eve

Concordia, Frohna: 6:00 p.m.

Trinity, Altenburg: 6:00 p.m. &11:00 p.m.

Salem, Farrar 6:00 p.m.

Zion, Crosstown 7:30 p.m.

Immanuel, Altenburg 6:00 p.m.

Grace, Uniontown 5:30 p.m.

Zion, Longtown 7:00 p.m.

Christmas Day

Concordia, Frohna: 9:00 a.m.

Trinity, Altenburg: 9:00 a.m.

Salem, Farrar 9:00 a.m.

Zion, Crosstown 7:30 a.m.

Immanuel, Altenburg 9:00 a.m.

Grace, Uniontown 8:30 a.m.

Zion, Longtown 10:00 a.m.

New Year’s Eve

Concordia, Frohna: 6:00 p.m.

Trinity, Altenburg: 6:00 p.m.

Salem, Farrar (w/ Zion, Crosstown) 6:00 p.m.

Immanuel, Altenburg 6:00 p.m.

Grace, Uniontown (w/ Zion, Longtown) 6:30 p.m.

New Year’s Day

Concordia, Frohna: 9:00 a.m.

Trinity, Altenburg: 9:00 a.m.

Zion, Crosstown (w/Salem, Farrar) 9:00 a.m.

Immanuel, Altenburg 9:00 a.m.

Zion, Longtown (w/Grace, Uniontown) 9:00 a.m.

UCLS “FAMILY FUN NIGHT”

Date: 03/05/15 *Please note the change in date from the

original school events calendar.

SAVE THE

DATE

Time: 7:00PM

Featuring our friends from…

ARISON

Mark your calendars for another great

evening with our friends from Arison,

who will join us for prayer, praise,

dancing and song!