Happy Family Day!

Isn't it great having this holiday in February?  I've loved having the day to spend with friends and just enjoy a break from the routine.  I trust that you're also having a good day as a family.


Here is a devotional thought from Henri Nouwen to start off our week:

Dressed in Gentleness

Once in a while we meet a gentle person. Gentleness is a virtue hard to find in a society that admires toughness and roughness. We are encouraged to get things done and to get them done fast, even when people get hurt in the process. Success, accomplishment, and productivity count. But the cost is high. There is no place for gentleness in such a milieu.

Gentle is the one who does "not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick" (Matthew 12:20). Gentle is the one who is attentive to the strengths and weaknesses of the other and enjoys being together more than accomplishing something. A gentle person treads lightly, listens carefully, looks tenderly, and touches with reverence. A gentle person knows that true growth requires nurture, not force. Let's dress ourselves with gentleness. In our tough and often unbending world our gentleness can be a vivid reminder of the presence of God among us.

  

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HCOS News

Students in grades 1-8 are invited to a Spring Break musical theatre camp to present the story of Jacob. Prior to the camp, each family will receive a practice CD for the songs and theatrical line learning. Each 5-hour day during the 5-day camp, students will be singing, acting, crafts, and taking time in devotions.
Payment and registration deadline is February 12th. 
To register: https://fluidsurveys.com/s/adonia-2015/

Should you have any further questions, please contact instructor Martina Ellis at me.swiss@gmail.com or Sara Kraushar skraushar@onlineschool.ca  

Bethel Worship Conference

All Heritage students should enter the word heritage at the discount code section of registration, and they will get $10 off the $40 one full day registration conference. This conference is wonderful for students waiting on the Lord for their future. If there is a group that would like to sit together, I would be more than happy to section off seating for them as well.

This is the conference video:

http://youtu.be/B5A6id99lmE

Here they can register:

http://dreamsconference.eventbrite.com/?aff=cls

Learning Commons

Here is the recording of Sigmund’s session on Rock and Roll Literacy. (Recording Link:   

https://ca-sas.bbcollab.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-02-05.1109.M.FCDB76352E1B97F7B992AA821572C5.vcr&sid=7345)

This was a VERY inspiring session, and now that Sigmund is au fait with using Blackboard he will be back with us again in the spring before our writing contest gets going on the Ning.  We are looking forward to doing more workshops with him perhaps for next year.  Yay!!!  

Here is Natalie’s blog post on the session.