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tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Skyline school board learns about vocational pathways

The January 10, 2022 Skyline Board of Education meeting started with a tour of the vocational building by Bryan Pixler and his students. The group gave a presentation about the Engineering and Applied Math CTE pathway at Skyline. Pixler’s students began the semester drawing with traditional drafting instruments and learning about multi-view drawings and orthographic projection. Then in November 6 they began drawing with AutoCAD software, an industry standard program for design and drawing. The Drafting and CAD students finished up the year designing CO2 dragsters that were 3D printed.

NATION’S BIGGEST DINOSAUR EXPERIENCE MIGRATES INDOORS IN

WICHITA – TICKETS ON SALE NOW Jurassic Quest coming to Wichita March 4-6, tickets on sale now WICHITA, Kansas (January 17, 2022) – The largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibit in North America is BACK, BIGGER and BETTER than EVER! The nation’s largest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs are ready to delight Wichita-area families when Jurassic Quest® heads indoors at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center March 4-6. Jurassic Quest is one of the first indoor family edutainment shows to re-launch since March 2020 due to the pandemic and will visit Amarillo with its most beloved and unique indoor experiences for the whole family including life-like dinosaurs, dinosaur themed rides and attractions, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities, a “Triceratots” soft play area for our littlest explorers, photo opportunities, and more.

SCCF SCHOLARSHIPS DUE MARCH 15

South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) is excited to offer nearly 40 scholarships to its seven-county service area. New this year, the Foundation will be accepting all applications on an online portal, which will allow students to sub- mit a universal application and then apply for each individual scholarship as eligible. A complete list of guidelines and applications for each opportunity can be found online at www.sccfks.org. SCCF is a nonprofit organization that serves Barber, Comanche, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Rice, and Stafford Counties. In 2021, SCCF awarded nearly $75,000 in scholarships. Please contact SCCF with questions at (620) 672-7929 or email sccf@sccfks.org.

Taking a personal and spiritual inventory

Every new year, I find myself taking inventory. Usually, I take inventory of the previous year, my goals, my accomplishments, even my physical and spiritual health. Sometimes, it’s an opportunity to give thanks and even rest in a sense of accomplishment. More often than not, there are opportunities for growth and chances to get back on track.

Those who desperately seek God shall find Him

I realize that my thoughts are not that important, but what God has to say contains the power to change what man cannot change. May we choose faith over fear and allow our hope to be larger than our doubt! Did you notice that I said we have the choice to decide which side we are going to believe. Yes, but brother Billy how can I choose life? Well, Deuteronomy chapter thirty is an amazing place to start when trying to comprehend God’s plans for our lives. Verse 19, “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”

The giver of the Holy Spirit

It seems to me that in today’s society we do not hear much about the Holy Spirit. So my next few columns will be about the Holy Spirit and the BIG part this plays in the church and us. I have been ministering spiritual gifts inventories for about 15 years. Some of the names of the gifts are misunderstood. Take the gift of prophecy; most people think that this is about foretelling the future. Well yes it can be that sometimes, but it really is the God-given ability to receive and communicate an immediate message of God to a certain church or person on a certain day or period of time. This is a gift that a pastor and teacher of the church needs to fulfill their calling. This differs from a teacher in the school system. In the school system we have a curriculum that teachers are hired to teach. In the church God has a message for each church or class for a certain day. But the church has mostly done away with that and went with a planned lesson book and a series of sermons. This often limits the power and scope of the Holy Spirit moving among us, those who are listening.