We have less than two weeks to get ourselves ready for the Living Water Christmas Party which is scheduled for Monday, December 22nd at 10:00am at Easton Bible Church.  Please review both these attachments: 

Attachment 1 - participating families and children involved with various activities

• Please confirm/change information with Tracy Apple at gtafam@juno.com.
• Your child's Pollyanna partner will be emailed sometime later this week.
• Contact Tracy Apple at gtafam@juno.com if your child would like to perform on stage.
• Contact Bobbi Cascarella at cascafam6@gmail.com if you would like your child to participate in the Luke 2 recitation.
• Contact Dawn Miller at drnmj@msn.com if you would like to participate in the cookie exchange.
• Weisman Pediatric toy donation is being handled by Nadia at kenandnadia@yahoo.com.  Refer to the Weisman Wish List for the most needed donations.

Attachment 2 - food/drinks to bring for the party.

• Please choose at least 2 items to bring and email Victoria Ebiri at tebiri@verizon.net with your food choices. If you delay in emailing her you may not get your first choice.  You will be notified if your choice was taken already.

We still need help in the following areas.  Contact Tracy Apple at gtafam@juno.com on where you would like to assist:

• Leaders for the 10+ year old craft time
• 10+ year old movie room supervisor
• Three more food servers
• Pollyanna helpers
• Luke 2 recital helper
• Craft room helpers
• Movie room helpers
• Clean-up crew
• Set-up crew

Thanks for all of your involvement - looking forward to a great party!

For anyone interested that hasn't signed up for the Cookie Exchange or already have but needs the details, here they are!

This year we will make 5 dozen cookies and separate them in 1/2 dozen containers/bags. You will need to get the type of cookie and recipe to me by Wednesday (December 17th). At the Christmas Party we will take your cookies and sort them and you will leave at the end of the party with 5 dozen cookies in 10 varieties! You will also receive the recipes for the types of cookies made this year via email to save printing costs and time. If you have any questions, please email me at drnmj@msn.com.

I can't wait to taste them all this year!
Dawn Miller

Greetings, Moms!  As you know, the third Thursday night of every month is Mom's Game Night Out hosted at the Taschek residence.  However, this month's event is being cancelled to allow more time for Christmas preparations and celebrations.  So enjoy all the festivities this season brings and hope you can make it to next month's Mom's Game Night Out on Thursday, January 15th, 2009!

PLACE: Howell Living History Farm, Mercer County
DATE: Tuesday, March 31st
TIME: 10:00am - Noon
COST: $3.60 per person, ages 3 and older

Join us for a trip to Howell Living History Farm and for their sheep shearing program.  If you are interested in participating, mail payment to Kelly Linhart by January 16th.  Please note that Howell Farm does not accept refunds!  For more questions about this trip contact Kelly at plinhart1@yahoo.com.  For more information about Howell Living History Farm visit their website at www.howellfarm.org. 

Howell Living History Farm's Sheep Shearing Program includes the following Station Activities:

Shearing: Watch up close as our farmer hand shears one of our sheep. A volunteer from your group can help by turning the crank of a set of circa 1900 "automatic" shears. Everyone will be given a piece of raw wool from the sheep being sheared to feel the texture and natural lanolin.

Sheep Care: Learn about the care of our sheep as you pet the lambs, help brush the ewes, and visit the flock in the sheep yard. Help process wool using our hand cranked carding machine to prepare it for spinning. Learn about the many uses for wool products on a 1900 family farm.

Spinning and Weaving: See our spinner make yarn using a spinning wheel, and learn about the tools and techniques of spinning. Everyone will be given clean wool to try their own hand at finger spinning while our spinner explains how the yarn is dyed and woven into cloth. Learn about the properties of wool and see finished woven or knitted products.

Lamb Feed Mixing: Help a farmer mix a supply of lamb feed. Identify whole grains grown on the Farm-- wheat and field corn; then, use hand cranked machines to process them into feed for our new lambs. Learn how the farmer feeds the flock to increase production of meat, wool and lambs.

UPDATE 12/16/08: This trip is now full.

DATE: Wednesday, February 4th
TIME: 10:00am
LOCATION: Whole Foods Market, Route 73, Marlton
AGES: 5 and up
COST: Free

Take a guided tour of Whole Foods Market in Marlton.  Learn what makes Whole Foods different from other grocery stores.  Learn about organic food, GMO food, all natural food, etc.  Various samples will be given out to the children during the tour.

Only 15 people can attend, adults included.  Contact Kelly Linhart at plinhart1@yahoo.com if you are interested in participating.  For more information about Whole Foods Market visit their website at www.wholefoods.com.

Mike Miller, a Living Water homeschool dad, has offered to teach a weekly Aikido class for Living Water homeschooled kids beginning in January.  The specifics are as follows:

• A minimum of 5 with a maximum of 10 students are needed to form a class
• Each class is 60 minutes in length
• Classes would be held weekly
• Monday, Tuesday or Thursday afternoons are possible openings for weekly classes (TBD)
• Cost would be $35/month per child (4 weeks) payable each month
• No yearly contract would be required (as is the case with most Martial Arts studios)
• Classes would be held at the Neighborhood Arts Center, 64 Hanover Street, Pemberton (minutes from BCC/Pemberton)

If you have any questions or if you are interested in participating, please email Irene Taschek at itaschek@comcast.net with the names & ages of each child along with indicating (in order of preference) which day of the week is preferred.

Purpose:

·        To provide students a Biblical basis for apologetics
·        To introduce students to the fundamentals of pre-suppositional argument
·        To help students learn now to exalt Christ and give reasons for the hope that we have (1 Pet. 3:15)

Topics covered will include a companion/contrast between classical and pre-suppositional apologetics, a brief history of apologetics, development of a worldview and engaging contemporary culture.  Special, but not exhaustive attention will be given to the problem of evil, reason and revelation, science and faith.

Text Book: Apologetics to the Glory of God, John Frame, P&R Publishing – Cost is $14.99

Instructor: George Bowen, Senior Pastor at Maranatha Christian Fellowship.  Pastor Bowen has served as a Senior Pastor for 21 years; he is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary holding a M.A.R. with an emphasis in Theological Studies
 
Class Schedule: This class is an introductory class and will begin on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 7:00 – 8:30 PM at Maranatha Christian Fellowship.  The class will meet for 8 weeks.
 
Cost: There will be a $25 registration fee for all home-school students, but course instruction is free!

Contact: Pastor George Bowen, Maranatha Christian Fellowship, 802 Lenola Road, Moorestown, 856-234-3791

The ENOCH - South Jersey

I'm back again! And as promised I have another idea for increasing the functionality of word study.

Create a real simple study chart for yourself that lists a rank of scholarship with the number of mastered words required to achieve each new stature. The military order of rank may be a good framework to adopt.  Enter the "ropes" as a new recruit: promote yourself to private status once you've learned the first 12 words, corporal can be acquired after another 24, an additional 36 will make you a sergeant, 48 words after that will grant you the title of major, etc.  Make your advancement more credible by having your parent administer a simple proficiency test at each juncture!

Taken from Todd Wilson's Family Man Ministries at www.familymanweb.com.