Monday Notes: November 7, 2011

Monday Notes
November 7, 2011

Dear Families,
I can’t believe how fast time is going! Pretty soon it will be time for our Book Fair. The committee has met now twice and is coming up with really creative ideas. This year the Read 100,000 minutes will kick-off this Thursday, November 10 with an out-of- uniform day. Students are to “Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character”. The $1.00 that is brought will be redistributed to those students who usually don’t get to go to the Book Fair with the goal of every student in our school to receive a book. If the 100,000 minutes is achieved by the end of the Book Fair that funny clown cousin of mine promises to come back and spend the day with the children. You missed her if you didn’t go to the carnival – she really didn’t stay long. She’s a “Little Silly.” Students in LC 3 even though they don’t wear uniforms are also invited to bring a $1.00.

Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 8) is PTO Meeting. We hope to see you! It starts at 5:30 p.m.

Our service project this month is to collect non-perishable food for the less fortunate. In your child’s class there is a box that needs to be filled. Actually, each class needs to fill at least four boxes. Last year, we collected enough to feed 60 families. Our offering goes to Little Flower parish as well as families that call for our help.

This Friday, we have Day Care offered for those families who may need to work as well as for your children while you have your Parent Teacher conference. They may bring a toy, but no electronic devices.

Wednesday, our Girl Scouts will have a special Investiture Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. They meet every Wednesday. Our Boy Scouts will be meeting on the 14th and 28th of this month.

We forgot to put on the calendar our Faculty Meeting which is the last Monday of the month (November 28). We need your help in supervising the children during our meetings. Last month, the pool of volunteers was very slim.

This letter is going out early – so remember to set your clocks back – it is Daylight Savings Time again.

There is an Emergency Energy Forum being held at Our Lady’s Cathedral (Connor Center) Thursday, November 10th. Representatives from OGE and the attorney general’s office will receive questions and concerns from families who are struggling to pay their gas and electric bills. Some are still paying from the heat of the summer as well as the elderly who often have to choose between medicine or food or their energy source as it is. OG & E is planning to have a 6% increase and have asked the Corporation Commission to approve a $73,000,000.00 rate increase. You may ask how this involves Villa Teresa – our students are taught that the Lord requests our love of neighbor to include a sense of solidarity with the poor. As we approach the end of the liturgical year, we hear from the Gospel that whatsoever you do for the least of my brethren, you do unto Me. By standing next to those who are struggling we give them the courage to stand up for their rights. Officials need to hear what effect this rate increase will have upon the elderly and those in economic difficulty – that may also include some of you. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at Connor Center located at NW 32nd and Lake Avenue.

Menu for November 7-11, 2011
Monday, Nov 7 – Sloppy Joes, butter beans, sliced pears, milk
Tuesday, Nov 8 – Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, bread, apricots, milk
Wednesday, Nov 9 - Taco salad, pinot beans, cinnamon applesauce, milk
Thursday, Nov 10 – Chicken nuggets, creamed corn, rolls, strawberries, milk
Friday, Nov 11 - Turkey hotdogs, potato wedges, fruit cocktail, milk

Immersed in Christ (Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time) What is Responsible Stewardship? (This is the reflection for next Sunday)
INVENTORY: How would you describe what it means to be a “worthy wife” or a “worthy husband”? What is a “worthy Christian”? Have you ever gotten explicit about it in your own thinking?
INPUT: God is the “ever-living source of all that is good”. He has made promises and fulfilled his promises through our Lord Jesus Christ, and continues to fulfill them through the same Jesus acting in the Church that is his body by the power of his Spirit poured out in our hearts today. Serving God is not static. To be faithful stewards we have to “invest” what is given to us and make it increase.
Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31; Matthew 25:14-30; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
INSIGHT: How do you understand your baptismal consecration as “king” or “steward of the kingship of Christ”? What do you understand better now?
INITIATIVE: Develop the habit of being always mindful of your baptismal consecration as a steward of Christ’s kingship. Be intent on using your gifts to bring about change.

(Reflections are from Fr. David Knights’ Immersed in Christ Faith Formation Series)