{"id":177,"date":"2026-01-07T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopelutheran.org\/maurice\/?p=177"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:06:28","slug":"newsletter-1-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopelutheran.org\/maurice\/2026\/01\/07\/newsletter-1-8-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 1\/8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am so glad to see all the students back after Christmas break! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got to spend quality time with your family. Here you will find important information as we enter the second semester of the school year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Panda Express Night:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 8th grade fundraiser at Panda Express is tonight from 4:00-8:00!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christmas Program:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tonight at 6:00. Please have your student in the classroom by 5:45 PM so that we can prepare for the program. Reminder- all students should have black bottoms and a white top. Boys should have a collared top.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christmas Party:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our Christmas party has been moved to tomorrow, January 9th at 2:00. If you would like to come, all parents are welcome to attend!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conferences:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conferences begin next week- Tuesday, January 13th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Half-Day\/No-School:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a reminder, January 15th will be early dismissal at 12 pm. There is no school January 16th for conferences and no school January 19th for MLK Jr. Day.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Monday, January 12<br><\/strong>Memory 1<br>What is the Office of the Keys?<br>The Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given to His<br>Church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but to withhold<br>forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not repent.<br>Where is this written?<br>This is what St. John the Evangelist writes in chapter twenty: The Lord Jesus<br>breathed on His disciples and said, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive<br>anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not<br>forgiven.\u201d (John 20:22\u201323)<br>What do you believe according to these words?<br>I believe that when the called ministers of Christ deal with us by His divine<br>command, in particular when they exclude openly unrepentant sinners from the<br>Christian congregation and absolve those who repent of their sins and want to do<br>better, this is just as valid and certain, even in heaven, as if Christ our dear Lord<br>dealt with us Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Thursday, January 15<br><\/strong>Memory 2<br>Matthew 15:10-11 And he called the people to him and said to them, \u201cHear and<br>understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what<br>comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.\u201d<br>Matthew 17:22-23 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, \u201cThe Son of<br>Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he<br>will be raised on the third day.\u201d And they were greatly distressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 9th- 7\/8th Grade Basketball&nbsp; @ Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 10th- 7\/8th Grade Basketball @ Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 10th &#8211; Open House&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 13th &#8211; 16th &#8211; Student Parent Teacher Conferences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 15th &#8211; Early Dismissal &#8211; 12 pm&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 16th &#8211; No School&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 19th &#8211; No School &#8211; MLK, Jr. Day&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 20th- 7\/8th Grade Basketball @ Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 23rd- Boys Basketball @ Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 24th- 7\/8th Grade Basketball @ Calvary&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 25th &#8211; 6th &#8211; 8th Choir Sings at 10:30 Service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so glad to see all the students back after Christmas break! 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