Thunder News Flash – March 10, 2018

In the First Story of Creation found in the Book of Genesis, God creates the heavens and the earth. We are all familiar with the creation story and it is one that continues to be studied and explored and provide insight into our own human understanding. While there are many interesting elements to the creation story, I always found the idea that God needed rest perplexing. The bible states:

“Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.” Gn 2:1-2

I had always understood that God was all-powerful and so the idea of God getting tired, of needing rest, contradicted my understanding. It wasn’t until a recent retreat that I was shown a new way of reading that scripture. The insight provided to me was that God did not need rest but rather created rest on the seventh day. God knew that rest and relaxation was important for us. That interpretation of scripture brought new understanding to my own life. It is important for us to take a break, to relax and rejuvenate from the work and in doing that we become better people.

May Spring Break then be a time for all of us to relax and renew ourselves.   

iRide Sprockids is an official 8 week after school mountain bike program hosted at the new trail network on the 80 acre Glenridge Acres property.  Target age group is 10-14, parents can bring bikes too. This program kicks off on March 26th. Registration is capped at 24 and spots are filling up quickly. Click here to register. 

On behalf of the school community of St. James and St. Ann’s Elementary, I would like to congratulate our Gr. 5 Reading Link Challenge Team that won the Abbotsford Reading Link Competition. They are now moving on to the next level of competitions! Way to go Gr. 5 Readers!

After this NewsFlash the next one will not be until after we return to school. So I want to provide a heads up on some important information for that first week back after Spring Break:

• Summer Uniform is permissible after Easter 
• Track and Field practices for Gr. 3 to 7 start Monday March 26
• Confessions for students is on Tuesday, March 27
• Holy Thursday is a full day of instruction
• No School Good Friday or Easter Monday
• In April we have several major events such as: Speech Arts, the Beauty and the Beast Musical, Grandparents Tea, Walkathon, a Track Meet