May 2008 Newsletter

2007 - 2008 PCHEA Officers

     Leaders:  Fredrick and Jeri Akin

     Co-leader:  Teresa Burnett

     Secretary:  Julie Cockroft

     Treasurer:  Kim VanBebber

PCHEA website: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/pchea

May 8th, Awards Banquet

Kindergarten & High-School Graduations

6:15 - 8:30 p.m., Lakeview Church of Christ*

            PCHEA will be providing deli sandwiches, drinks,  and paper goods. 

            We need people to sign up to bring  either , chips or desserts. 

            Please contact Teresa Burnett to sign up for what you can bring by May 5th.      

            If you’ve never been to an Awards Banquet and have questions fell free to call …

It was great last year!

  Skate Day   - Friday May 9th,  10:30am - noon               

$5 per skater,  Star Skate in Shawnee   (on 45^th Street, West of 177)

May 22nd, Annual Planning Meeting

Shawnee Public Library, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

            Please plan to come to the meeting with lots of great ideas to

            help us prepare for another great year for our PCHEA group.

Statement from Our New PCHEA Secretary Volunteer:
    

     My name is Donna Snyder.  [editor modified for privacy]

     I am interested in the secretary position to make new friends within the
PCHEA home school group.  I think it is a great experience to share knowledge
and to fellowship with other home schooling families.  I have enjoyed getting
to know the volleyball families and their children.  If I am secretary I hope
to encourage these friendships throughout my time as the PCHEA home school
group secretary.

Where have the heroes gone?

By: Teresa Burnett

     The other day as we were sitting and waiting for the oil to be changed in the Suburban, I pulled out a little booklet with various Bible scriptures and we took turns just randomly opening it up to see which verse we would land on. Bradley’s turn landed on the verse “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalms 90:12 (KJV). This verse set in motion a lengthy discussion on what God’s plan is for us and how we can prepare ourselves to be available to succeed in life and let our light shine for Jesus. 

     All around us we are inundated with what the world deems important which are primarily beauty, athletic ability, and wealth. These things all focus on the outside of man. But the Bible says in I Samuel 16:7 (NIV) “…The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” What are things we need to have in our hearts so we can be pleasing in the sight of God? The fruits of the Spirit which are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control is a great place to start (Galations 5:22-23).

     The heroes of today are too often in their position not because of moral goodness, but instead because of beauty (Gisele), athletic ability (Tom Brady), or wealth (Bill Gates). While these people are beautiful, physically talented and wealthy, it is very frustrating to set our eyes on these things and virtually impossible to imitate. We can admire them but we can’t be like them. On-the-other-hand, we can be courageous like Gladys Aylward and Martin Luther, dedicated like David Livingstone, disciplined and generous like John Wesley, honest like Abraham Lincoln, persevere like Harriet Tubman…this list could go on and on.

     Our days are numbered so lets be wise and set our hearts and minds on things above and look for heroes with moral goodness that inspire us. We interact with heroes every day such as those so-called ordinary people like our grandparents, parents, pastors, youth leaders and any other person who may be ordinary, but when viewed through the lenses of moral character, in fact, do extraordinary things.

The “HERO Tales” books series by Dave & Neta Jackson have some wonderful stories about true heroes.  The following web site also has some great stories about great people who are true heroes:

http://www.kjvuser.com/profilesoffamouschristians.htm#18