Lubbock Adventist News

As a teacher, I am accustomed to having my students share or write about the many things that make them feel thankful. Now, it’s my turn. I’m thankful for students who help me feel like I am part of a noble profession where I can work and laugh at the same time. The...

Chop Chop Magazine, is a quarterly magazine filled with nutritious, great-tasting, ethnically diverse and fun recipes. Dr. Simmons and I thought it might be fun to call ourselves ‘The Chop-Chop Ladies’ and occasionally bring unique food, simple vegetarian/vegan...

Lubbock Junior Academy devoted the first week of November as Fall Week of Prayer. Not only did Pastor Alonso give us a special devotional message each day, he also taught us an action version of Jesus Loves Me. Students laughed and giggled at his fun talks and gave...

LJA students divided into two groups. One half held onto half of the rope and the other students held onto the other half of the rope. At the signal the two teams pulled with all their might. Grunts and other sounds came from the students as they tried to pull the...

You should have seen us. The students and I had the muddiest shoes. Most of the students were using shovels that were longer than they were tall. So, you may ask what were we doing? We were digging for worms. Yes, we were trying to find worms and extra soil so we...

Pick an apple! Take a bite! Pick an apple, put it in a bag! Fall! The time for the LJA students to take a field trip to the Idalou Apple Orchard where they took a hayride and were dropped off by some beautiful Red Delicious apple trees. Each tree was loaded with fresh...

LJA students recently read sections of Christ’s Object Lessons, Ellen White’s book describing the stories Jesus told. This book describes how Jesus used common objects and everyday life to teach about God’s grace, love, and salvation. Each page speaks of wisdom from...

LJA students experienced hands-on with owl pellets this past week. An owl pellet is a tightly packed mass of bones, fur, and anything else an owl is unable to digest. An owl cannot digest anything other than the meat of its prey. Bones, claws, and other indigestible...

Does orienteering, rappelling, leaf rubbings and an 80 person game of Capture the Flag sound like a normal school day? It is when the Texico Conference invites all the grades 5-8 church school students to the Sam Tobias Memorial Campground near Ruidoso, NM. The first...

Lubbock Junior Academy, along with the Lubbock Adventist Children’s Ministry programs, (including Sabbath School) participate in raising awareness and prevention of the mistreatment of the vulnerable, through an online program designed to accomplish this goal by...