The
MESSENGER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Administrative Board Meeting - Every 2nd Tuesday of each month @6pm
Bible Study - Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday @5pm
WUMW Bible Study - Wednesdays @6pm
COVID-19
Everyone Should
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
Wash your hands often
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Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
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It’s especially important to wash:
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Before eating or preparing food
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Before touching your face
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After using the restroom
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After leaving a public place
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After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
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After handling your mask
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After changing a diaper
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After caring for someone sick
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After touching animals or pets
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If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact
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Inside your home: Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
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If possible, maintain 6 feet between the person who is sick and other household members.
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Outside your home: Put 6 feet of distance between yourself and people who don’t live in your household.
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Remember that some people without symptoms may be able to spread virus.
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Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people.
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Keeping distance from others is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick.
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Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others
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You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick.
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The mask is meant to protect other people in case you are infected.
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Everyone should wear a mask in public settings and when around people who don’t live in your household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
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Masks should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.
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Do NOT use a mask meant for a healthcare worker. Currently, surgical masks and N95 respirators are critical supplies that should be reserved for healthcare workers and other first responders.
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Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others. The mask is not a substitute for social distancing.
Cover coughs and sneezes
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Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow and do not spit.
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Throw used tissues in the trash.
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Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Clean and disinfect
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Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
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If surfaces are dirty, clean them. Use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
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Then, use a household disinfectant. Most common EPA-registered household disinfectantsexternal icon will work.
Monitor Your Health Daily
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Be alert for symptoms. Watch for fever, cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19.
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Especially important if you are running essential errands, going into the office or workplace, and in settings where it may be difficult to keep a physical distance of 6 feet.
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Take your temperature if symptoms develop.
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Don’t take your temperature within 30 minutes of exercising or after taking medications that could lower your temperature, like acetaminophen.
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Follow CDC guidance if symptoms develop.
STAY SAFE!
Congratulations
2020 High School Graduates!!!
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A word of encouragement
There are many days when I feel impatient with the kids–like the three thousandth time I have reminded them to put their names on their papers and am still faced with the inevitable task of handwriting scrutiny to determine the authorship of four random papers. I want to chastise them (“How many times have I told you??”) but the thought always occurs to me–how many times have I done that to God? How many times has He corrected me with loving-kindness only for me to turn around and make the exact same mistakes over and over again, sometimes even willfully! What if Jesus treated us that way: “This is the last time I’m going to tell you to do this. Next time, forget it, I’m not helping you. Don’t come crying to me when the consequences fly in your face.” His patience is endless, and that is how He calls us to be.
His grace is the model for how we are to treat others–rendering favor when we don’t have to and changing our focus from giving students what they ‘deserve’ to seeing them how God sees them. That doesn’t mean there are no consequences–God is a just God (Isaiah 30:18), He is a God of order and not of chaos (1 Corinthians 14:33), and He speaks repeatedly in His word about how children must be taught obedience and respect (Proverbs 22:6, 22:15, 23:13, 29:15, Ephesians 6:1, Colossians 3:20). But our place is not to condemn and criticize, it is to lift up our students. When I deal with a particularly challenging student or parent, rather than saying, “This kid doesn’t care, his parents don’t care, I give up, I’m not dealing with it anymore”, I try to pray for them instead, that God would work through me to bring positive change. That’s really hard to do sometimes and I end up praying for my own attitude to change more than anything!
The books of Ephesians and Galatians always remind me of the character God wants me to have (all scripture in the New King James Version):
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (Ephesians 4:29)
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23, italics added)
These are the attributes God calls Christians to show, and I know that He would especially want us to demonstrate those qualities towards the precious little ones in our care. We are to love them unconditionally, have joy in our work, let the peace we have inside show on the outside, be patient with others’ shortcomings, model kindness and goodness, be gentle with our words, and have self-control when we are tempted to make harsh or rash decisions. What a calling! And how wonderful that we can call upon Him for help when these things seem too difficult to manage.
We should also keep in mind that the Bible tells us: Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. (James 3:1) I personally believe that this verse applies not only to teachers of the word of God but also to anyone in a position to dispel knowledge to others in a formalized setting. In other words, those of us who are pillars in the community, whose lives are on display in front of impressionable young people, who mold the attitudes and priorities of children and are responsible for teaching them truth and wisdom–we are held to a higher standard by God. ----------
Continue reading @ https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/message-for-christian-teachers/
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