Comet Connection

Dear Emmaus Families,

We pray that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and took the time to be grateful and thank God for all the blessings He has given you. 

As you may know, many of our K-8 teachers attended the Lutheran Educators Conference (LEC) last Sunday through Tuesday with over 1200 other educators from Lutheran schools in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. It was a great time to connect with God and each other while also learning and reflecting on what it means to be educators in a Lutheran school. 

I am SO pleased with how much our school brought in for our Operation Christmas Child service project. We were able to send 147 boxes–so amazing! I wish you could have seen the excitement on the faces of the people at First Baptist in Alhambra when we dropped them off. And then when I told them they were from our students–even bigger smiles. Thank you again so much for your giving hearts. Please check out the video below for an overview of the collecting and packing. 

Now, we have just a few weeks until Christmas break and a lot going on! Please be sure to read through all of the information below. 

But, please do not let the busy-ness of Christmas preparation steal away the hope and joy of the true meaning of Christmas–the birth of Jesus. In the church, we call this the season of Advent–which means “coming.” During Advent we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who came into the world as both God and Man so that our sins might be forgiven. We also anticipate and prepare for the day Jesus will come back to Earth and give His believers eternal life in Heaven.

If you are looking for ways to help your family prepare their hearts for Christmas, please consider using these Advent Devotions. There are English, Chinese and Spanish translations. You are also welcome to join us for midweek Advent services and Sunday services.

Blessings as we SOAR into Advent and Christmas together,

Mrs. Spiva

Thank you to all the students and families for supporting our service project for Operation Christmas Child! Check out the video below about how we collected donations, boxed, and sent 147 boxes!

Join the Emmaus Church Family for a Christmas Tree decorating activity on Wednesday, November 30, with a light dinner at 6:00 p.m. and a Christmas tree decorating activity at 7:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Pastor Kaye’s cell at 626-328-0358 that you will attend the dinner and the activity. Hope to see you all there! Pastor Kaye

You won't want to miss this special event THIS Friday! Come with the family and experience the movie "Polar Express" in such a memorable way!

Make sure to order your movie kits right away as we have limited supplies.

We are also in need of some volunteers to help during the movie, so if you are interested please email Andrea Lonneman at [email protected].

As you shop this Christmas, here is a list of the favorite things that our teachers and staff have listed so that you can know what they may like.

Emmaus Favorite Things

The school enjoyed watching the third graders perform their Thanksgiving Play last week!

After the play, students enjoyed a dessert social--individual pies with whipped cream & Thanksgiving activities for fun!

Our teachers enjoyed time together to bond and grow professionally at our Lutheran Educators Conference last week.

Mark your Calendars for Upcoming Events:

11/29 See’s Candy Orders due

11/29 Giving Tuesday

12/2 Dollar Dress Day

12/2 7th/8th Grade to Bowers Museum

12/2 Polar Express Movie Experience, 5:00 p.m.

12/9 Preschool-1st Grade Christmas Program, 6:30 p.m.

12/11 Christmas Extravaganza, 2:00 p.m.

12/20 Grades 2-8 Christmas Musical, 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.