Academic Acumen Acquisitioned by Elementary Academics

 

The Rotary Club of Wahiawa and Waialua represented by Marcia Peterson and Linda Sato presented the third grade class with student dictionaries today.  The student dictionary effort is part of a Hawaii-wide Rotary literacy program.  The dictionaries offer early readers a tool to foster a broader vocabulary and to aid with spelling.  Thanks to the Rotary and to Marcia and Linda for being a blessing to our third graders!

 Thanks Stacy for the pic.

Express yourself

Here is a fun site link from a site that provides all products Lutheran with a humorous but telling twist (Oldlutheran.com).

 http://www.oldlutheran.com/funstuff/magnetic_ajax-2.0/index.php

Oahu Lutherans Celebrate Together

Six pastor’s representing the six Lutheran church on island came together with many of their members to celebrate the Reformation Day (Officially October 31st, 1517 when Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany to protest the abuses of the Bible that he saw in his church). 

The service included a mass choir with singers from many of the churches.  The service was accompanied by a brass ensemble and Karl Bachman playing the organ.  Mitch Gowen from Our Savior, Aiea shared the Reformation message of how we live our lives within the grace of God, struggling in the balance of Scripture vs. human guesswork, Faith vs. luck, Grace vs. works, through Christ vs. me.  Those gathered celebrated the Lord’s Supper and were sent out with the rousing music of A Mighty Fortress – singing the first verse in German.

 After the service many settled into the fellowship hall for pupus and conversation.

 A big thanks to all those church members from around Hawaii who made this a great service.

 

Pastors from left to right:  Patrick Pooch, Messiah Ewa Beach; Shawn Hazel, Trinity Wahiawa; Bruce Betker, St. Mark Kaneohe; Mitch Gowen, Our Savior Aiea; William Shimkus, Our Redeemer Honolulu; Jeff Mueller, Good Shepherd Honolulu

Making a Difference

Teachers, Parents, Students and Church Members teamed up to make a difference at Trinity.  Working all over campus the team worked at making things better whether by painting, cleaning, or fixing.  Here’s some pics of Trinity Angelic helpers.  Thanks all!

 

New Way to Hear “Werds”

HAWAIIAN NAMES AND HOW THEY COULD RELATE TO OUR LIVES AS CHRISTIANS 

Wikiwiki – don’t be weekiweeki when it comes to sin
Nene – when temptations come, we must say nay nay
Ewa – don’t eva blaspheme god
Waialae – why a lie to God? He knows all.
Wheeler – that devil is a wheeler dealer
Iao – the fires of hell may cause us to say eee owww!
PipeLine – prayer is a direct pipeline to god
Likelike – I like like Jesus (pronounce like a tourist)
Diamond head – Jesus had thorn head not da kine diamond head when he hang on da cross
Ono – why did they kill Jesus – Oh No!
Dole – God doles out his grace to us daily
Honu – Because of Jesus I am a Ho-new person.  

Prayer:  Thanks God, for words – English , Hawaiian and all languages. Thank-you most of all for your Holy Word as it teaches us the truth about all things.

IJNWP,  Amene

 

by Paul Krueger, 6th grade teacher

Return of the Sender

 

Our friendly neighborhood mail carrier, Kathy Myers, came to share with the Preschoolers about how we get our mail.  She shared with them all the tools she needs to do her job including a scanning device for mail confirmation, keys and even spray to keep dogs away!  The kids especially enjoyed seeing the new sea creature stamps.  They had many good questions.

Baked Goods Raise the Roof

Trinity church members teamed up with Thrivent to raise funds for the new roof over the 1st grade/Preschool 3’s building.  Home-cooked pies, soups, muffins and many other delectables were offered for sale to gather the funds needed to renew the school building’s roof.  All the baked items looked so tasty that the members bought them out and raised $1500 towards the new roofing with that addition of $1300 of matched funds given by Thrivent, for a total of $2800 raised. 

Thanks to all who made the bake sale fund raiser a success.

Aloun Welcomes Trinity Preschool

The preschoolers enjoyed a visit to Aloun Farms in Ewa Beach today.  At the beginning the preschoolers got to hear of all the different kinds of produce that Aloun grows on their diversified farm.  The kids then were treated to a hayride which showed the many fields with different kinds of pumpkins in them.  Finally they were allowed to select a pumpkin from the field.

Time for Stories

I had the opportunity to stop in to our preschool 4’s class today during story time.  Lani invited me to read the next book to the class.  I shared a story about a dad and his son going on the son’s first fishing trip (they were pigs in the story – Piggy and Dad).  It was fun to interact with the children and to share in their creativity.  We have a wonderful teaching staff and great kids.

Pastor Shawn

Preschool is Visited by Friendly Officers

Our preschool classes were visited by two neighborhood officers who shared with the children about their work.  Under the lanai the officers shared about the equipment they use to do their job, from their badge to their flashlight the kids enjoyed the presentation and asked many questions.  But the highlight of their visit was the tour of the police car.  Preschoolers were treated to the different sirens and the opportunity to sit inside the car (but only in the front seat, we all hope they never end up in the back).