UPDATE 1-29-08


NO T/T or CO-OP CLASSES THE WEEK OF MARDI GRAS!!!

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ARE YOUR SEMESTER 1 RECORDS TURNED IN?
Semester 1 record turn-ins were due Monday, January 28, 2008! If you have not turned these in to the PCS office, please check with your team leader immediately. New PCS families that enrolled for Semester 2 are exempt from this requirement.

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YEARBOOK:
We have five families that have submitted photographs for our yearbook. That will make a very small yearbook!!

The following is a memo from the Yearbook Staff:
Make sure you have checked the PCS website for yearbook information and
deadlines. The deadline for family pictures to be turned in is February 7th.
Please:
      Submit pictures through email, if possible. 
      Read the website information carefully.
      Do not wait until the last minute.
This is a huge project, and the yearbook staff would like everyone to be included, but deadlines have to be met so we can have the yearbook signing party May 1st.

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SENIOR HIGH MEETING:
When? 3:10, Thursday, January 31, 2008
Where? The Gap
Topics? School jackets ($25.00), spring banquet ... and ...

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QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PRAISE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL POLICIES:

Please address the basic check-in questions to your Team Leader. If you are still not clear or have other concerns, please see one of the following for clarification:
Financial Information: Ed Harris
Family Records: Becky Wilkerson
PCS Policies and General Information: Bonita Harris

We encourage you to remember that it is neither wise nor pleasing to the Lord to use our words carelessly.

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HOME FLYERS OR POLITICAL INFORMATION:
No political or other information should be sent home without first being cleared through the PCS office. Thank you for being sensitive to this....

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FEBRUARY WHOLE GROUP WORKSHOP (required meeting): Guest Speaker and Silent Auction.

Time: 6:30 PM
Date: February 11, 2008
Place: Flipside Youth Auditorium

GUEST SPEAKER: Debbie Smith of Wee Can Know, Inc. New Orleans, LA http://www.weecanknow.com/index.html

TOPIC: *Developing a Biblical Worldview in Children
*Speaker's notes are available for preview.

Benefit SILENT AUCTION: handmade sterling silver jewelry, t-shirts, fine art, homeschool curriculum, Tupperware, and more. The proceeds will go toward the expenses of our guest speaker.

REFRESHMENTS provided by: Battle and Huerta Teams

Debbie, and maybe Phil, will be coming from New Orleans to present to our school, but this is not a closed meeting. Please invite your friends; they will benefit richly from this workshop. The WCK mission is to provide families with valuable insight and materials "for raising godly leaders of tomorrow" (PCS motto). Please check out the WCK website http://www.weecanknow.com/index.html for WCK background information and valuable home school resources.

In New Orleans, Debbie teaches a Bible study class for home schooled students. The Smiths were refugees following Hurricane Katrina and have quite a testimony of God's goodness to share, but for this meeting the focus will be on Developing a Biblical Worldview in Children. Some of you might know Phil and Debbie, as they lived in Mobile for over 10 years and attended Cottage Hill Baptist Church during that time.

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PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a request or praise, please let the school office know.)

Pam Patrick: health
Tara Mavrakos: health
Echterling Family: mission travel

FROM ASHLEY FLEMING:
Doug Beck, the Director of the International Ministries Center in Mobile just called asking me to pass along this urgent prayer need.  A dear friend of his serves as an IMB missionary in Afghanistan.  Her name is Sid Mizzell.  This morning, Saturday Jan. 26, the Taliban took her hostage at gunpoint.  Doug said that she would willingly give her life for Christ, but please take time to lift her up in prayer, as well as her family.  Pray that God will give her safety, wisdom, strength, and perseverance.  Pray the God would bring a sense of peace to her family as well.  Hostage negotiators from the International Mission Board are on the scene.  Pray they will be effective in their talks and negotiations with the Taliban leadership. 
Additionally, please take time to pass this along to those whom you know are prayer warriors.
I am grateful for your prayers,
 
Ric
 
Rickey E. Camp, Pastor
Sonrise Baptist Church
140 Snow Road South
Mobile, Alabama 36695
251-776-7473
www.sonrisebc.net