Ever wonder what the middle school students are being taught each Sunday?

Currently we are wrapping up a series in Nehemiah (just like in “big church”), and this weekend learned Nehemiah 9-10, entitled “Remember What Got Us Here.”

Here Chris Nye uses an analogy to describe our need for dependence on Christ:

Hey all, Luke here.

Wanted to let you know I’m available for music lessons Mondays after school at the church office.

I teach:

• guitar
• drums
• piano

Shoot me an email at ldsimp@gmail.com if you’re interested.

Join other parents and students for Potluck in the Park on Sunday, March 14th, from 2:30-6:00pm.

UPDATE: We recently received word recently that we must postpone partnering with Potluck in the Park until mid/late April (likely 4/18 or 4/25).

In the meantime, join an all-church serving opportunity on March 13th, Saturday morning (9am-Noon), serving with our hands at Marshall High School in the downtrodden Lents neighborhood of Portland. Details here.

Sorry for the switch on you — we desire to create avenues for people to experience serving as a family.

A helpful tool for parents: Mobile phone maker LG has launched a family of websites [TextEd & DTXTR (dee-text-er, for translating texting lingo] to educate parents on the features and dangers of texting and mobile phone use. Here’s their intro video:

Do you know what your kid is texting and receiving?

(Read the press release from LG, and a white paper on LG Mobile Phones In-depth Research Results)

We are looking forward to the upcoming quarterly Parents Night, for parents of middle and high schoolers.

Date: Wednesday, February 24th
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Willamette Christian Church Lobby (front entry)

The High School group will meet from 7:00-9:00pm in Phase II, as we do weekly.

No need to RSVP (unless you want to) — just come and bring other parents too.

Monday, Feb. 15th (8:30am-8pm)

-At Mt. Hood

• sign-up here
• cost: $20

UPDATE:

We look forward to the Middle School Snow Day tomorrow. We’ll meet at 8:30am in the WCC parking lot (in front of the Student Center/Phase II).

What to bring:

• snow clothing
• a set of dry clothes
• a sack lunch
• and swimwear (as a contingency plan: if we learn that the snow has melted, we will head to the local waterpark.)

Dinner will be pizza (provided), and hot cocoa is in the mix as well. We plan to be back by 7pm.

Payment is $20 (cash or check payable to WCC).

The medical release form is available to fill out in one of two ways:

• WCC Medical Release form [PDF] | or via online form (spans Sept-Aug each year)

Just around the corner is the next 789 Jam.  All 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th graders are invited to join us on January 22nd for a dance party.  The dance will be from 7:30 pm – 10 pm at Willamette Christian Church.

DON’T FORGET YOUR SCHOOL ID – IT’S REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION!  You’ll also need to show it to get the new 789 JAM photo ID, which will give you a $2 discount off the $10 admission at all future dances.  Fill out the ID card application here, then have your photo taken at the event and you can pick your card up at the next dance you attend.  See you there!