Lubbock Adventist News
Lubbock Junior Academy…
currently accepting students for grades 1 through 8 for the 2014-15 School Year. Student Applications are available in the church foyer, or by calling 806.795.4481. Please feel free to contact: Susan Zimmermann, M.A. Principal and Teacher Home 806.368.3055 School...
The Christmas Present
Seventy-two years ago today, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was bombed by the Empire of Japan. The United States entered World War II. Country fought against country, battles were fought across Europe and in the vast Pacific Ocean. However, the program Lubbock Junior Academy...
June Newsletter 2014
Dear Church Family, Father, Dad, Daddy, or even Papa can stir a wide variety of feelings, memories and emotions. Sadly, the term is not positive for everyone, and Father’s day can be a difficult time. Many have lost their fathers, some have had fathers who failed...
Operation Christmas Child …
The boxes are packed. Toothbrushes and toothpaste are tucked into a corner of each green and red box. Each box has a bag of hard candy waiting to make a needy child’s hands sticky and tongue feel sweet. There are pencils and crayons awaiting budding artists. Lubbock...
Books and Art …
. . . just seem to go together. They make a wonderful pair. LJA students have several books and magazines which they are in the process of reading. Each Friday, they work on an art project based on a famous artist’s drawing or paintings. They have done projects based...
Operation Christmas Child…
The bars of soap have been sorted. The washcloths are stacked neatly. Toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste are gathered into plastic bags and some yummy, hard candy has been neatly packed into zip lock bags. We’re almost ready to pack the boxes for Operation Christmas...
LJA Red Ribbon Week . . .
Red Ribbon Week is a national endeavor to educate young people about drug awareness, drug prevention and drug recovery. LJA was privileged to have two recovery counselors, Jack and Michelle, from The Ranch at Dovetree here in Lubbock. They shared the approach used at...
LJA Classroom . . .
We took our yearly visit to the Apple Orchard last week to experience Fall in an orchard setting. There are 6,000 apple trees on this vast property and not an apple to be seen on any tree. We were told a couple of frosts in April had killed the apple blossoms which...
May Newsletter 2014
Dear Church Family, I trust this letter finds you blessed and in health. When researching in preparation for Mother’s Day I came across the phrase “Invisible Moms.” It made me think back about my mother as I grew up. She was always there behind the scenes, doing...
LJA Classroom . . .
We are blessed at Lubbock Junior Academy to have Mrs. Elizabeth Verastegui help us every morning. In addition to listening to students read and assist them with math, she has also taught finger knitting to several of them. Students make a slipknot and secure it on...
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