New Beginning for 2010/2011 School Year

Last year was a lost year as far as blogging was concerned. However, Theresa and I met faithfully every week to pray for our students, staff, school, church and nation. We will begin again in September to pray as a group. This will be my last year at Our Shepherd as my son Alex is an 8th grader. I want to send him off with prayer.

We are changing our day and time. We will be meeting on Wednesdays following Chapel. We will NOT meet on the 4 th (or 5th) Wednesday of the month at this point as I deliver Meals on Wheels that Wednesday of the month. We also plan to attend Chapel and plan to meet in the library to pray.

Jesus tells us:

"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." (Matthew 18:20)

Christ Be My Leader

The theme verse for the 2009/2010 School Year is

Christ Be My Leader

Ephesians 4:15-16 (New International Version)

¹⁵Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. ¹⁶From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Sovereign (Holding the position of ruler, royal, reigning; independent of all others; above or superior to all others; controls everything, can do anything)

‘The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights."

Habakkuk 3:19 (NIV)

Verses to read

DEUTERONOMY 3:24
ISAIAH 28:16
JOB 42:2
PSALM 135:6-7
II CHRONICLES 20:5-6
I CHRONICLES 29:10-13

Psalm 93



Prayers for our children

“The Sovereign LORD is ______ strength;
he makes his/her feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables ______ to go on the heights.”

Habakkuk 3:19

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Pineau

• Preschool enrollment for next year.
• For the parents of all the children in the classroom
  
• Patience and strength
• Show the love of Christ daily
• Health
• Volunteers and staff that help out

Prayer Requests

• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus
• Iowa Basic Skills testing
• Joyous Easter
• Team going to Mexicali
• Track Team
• The Proclaim Drama this weekend

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 20, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Shepherd, Jehovah Raah

‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

John 10:11 (ESV)

Verses to read

ISAIAH 40:11
REVELATION 7:17
EZEKIEL 34:14-16
MATTHEW 18:12-13
GENESIS 48:15-16
JEREMIAH 31:10
JOHN 10:14
1 PETER 2:25
JOHN 10 IS ALL ABOUT THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK

23rd Psalm




Prayers for our children

The LORD cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks and so he cares for ________. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep. May _______ believe Jesus when he says “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

Isaiah 40:11; John 10:28; John 10:14

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Williams

• A clean kitchen that continues to exceed codes
• That God continues to bless the lunch program and keeps us all healthy.
• The kitchen budget
• Continued preparations of nutritious and delicious foods
• For all the volunteers who lovingly serve in the kitchen
• For Mrs. Williams as she opens her heart and home to2 children in the foster care system
• Pray that Mrs. Williams relies on God to give her the strength, stamina and patience, understanding and love to care for these children
• That she teaches her foster children about God and Jesus

Prayer Requests

• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 13, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Hope

‘Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

Verses to read

ISAIAH 40:28-31
LAMENTATIONS 3:25-26
1 PETER 1:3
ROMANS 15:4,13
JEREMIAH 29:11-13
PSALM 42:11
PSALM 31:24
PSALM 71:5

Prayers for our children

Almighty God,
May _____ be strong and take heart, let him/her hope in the LORD. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given _____ new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for him/her, who through faith is shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Psalm 31:24; 1 Peter 1:3-5

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Kowitz

• Patience as Mrs. Kowitz teaches computers and Spanish to a wide range of students.
• Teaching the students to be wise in their use of the computers.
• Creativity in teaching the students how to use a variety of computer programs.
• Good health
• Teaching the middle school students Spanish in a way that is engaging
• Providing care to the students in the before and after school programs.

Prayer Requests

• Roller Skating Party on March 13 to support the Mexicali Mission Trip
• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Our Shepherd Open Houses – March 18th
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 6, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Perfect

“O LORD, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done marvelous things,
things planned long ago.”

Isaiah 25:1

Verses to read

PSALM 12:6
PSALM 19:7
DEUTERONOMY 32:1-4
II SAMUEL 22:31
MATTHEW 5:48
PSALM 18:31
2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
HEBREWS 7:28

Prayers for our children

Almighty God,
Let ____ fix his/her eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of his/her faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrew 12:2

Prayer Requests

• Roller Skating Party on March 13 to support the Mexicali Mission Trip
• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Our Shepherd Open Houses – March 11th and 18th
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, February 20

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Eternal

“The LORD will reign for ever and ever.”
Exodus 15:18

Verses to read

PSALM 45:6
ROMANS 1:20
ISAIAH 26:4
1 TIMOTHY 1:17
DEUTERONOMY 33:27
PSALM 90:1-2

Prayers for our children:

Almighty God,

May ____ know the truth when Jesus declares “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am.” Let him/her marvel that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”

John 1:1-4; 8:58

Prayer Request

• Camp Wolverine – safe travel
• Refreshment during the 2 day Winter Break
• Health
• Final preparations for the Fine Arts Fair

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

From The Treasury of Daily Prayer, for February 20

Almighty God, whom to know is everlasting life, grant us to know Your Son, Jesus to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow His steps in the way that leads to life eternal; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen