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HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
4900 – 40th Avenue
Hudsonville, MI 49426
December 23, 2014
Phone: 616-669-1773
Fax: 616-669-4257
SONG OF THE WEEK
Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour,
All for love's sake becamest poor;
Thrones for a manger didst surrender,
Sapphire-paved courts for stable floor.
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour,
All for love's sake becamest poor.
Thou who art God beyond all praising,
All for love's sake becamest man;
Stooping so low, but sinners raising
Heavenwards by thine eternal plan.
Thou who art God beyond all praising,
All for love's sake becamest man.
Thou who art love beyond all telling,
Saviour and King, we worship thee.
Emmanuel, within us dwelling,
Make us what thou wouldst have us be.
Thou who art love beyond all telling,
Saviour and King, we worship thee.
Christmas Break begins after our school day today, and continues through all of next week. We will see you back
here on Monday, January 5, Lord willing. It is our prayer that you will have a blessed Christmas and a relaxing
vacation from school.
SCHOOL NEWS:
Friday, January 9 Subway, Chips, Cookies
UPCOMING EVENTS
Workers: HCS West - Please be here by 11 AM Jennifer Moelker, Laura Noorman, Amy Ondersma;
HCS East - Please be here by 11:05 AM – Heather Mowery, Val Mulder, Janie Noorman, Ellen
December 24-January 2
Pastoor
Christmas Break
We extend our deepest sympathy to Karen Korhorn, to her children Rachel (6th), Evan (4th), Kathleen
January 19-30
(2nd) and Kimberly, and to their extended family in the sudden passing of their husband and father, Rod
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Korhorn. We rejoice with them that he is now in heaven, and pray that God will place His arms around
avoid making appointments
them in comfort through the weeks and months ahead. The funeral will be held at 11 AM on Saturday
January 30
morning at Georgetown PRC.
6th – 8th Rock-a-thon
Open House/Light work bee scheduled for December 29 from 9 AM-2 PM. Many supporters are
January 30
interested in seeing the new Heritage Christian School building. Please visit us on December 29 and
Fearfully & Wonderfully
realize that the building is under major renovations. We welcome your visits to walk through the
Made Day HCSW
building. Those who are willing and able can also volunteer for small projects individually or as
February 4-5
families. We will be cleaning some of the storage closets, janitor’s closets, concessions areas, and
Parent Teacher Conferences
moving light furniture and desks.
February 6
ACH Tuition payments: For those who signed up for ACH tuition payments, the 6th payment will be
Fearfully & Wonderfully
deducted from your account on Friday, January 2.
Made Day HCSE
The Heritage Capital Campaign Drive for the purchase and updating of Freedom Christian School is
February 19
progressing; however, we still need to hear from many of our supporters. As of 12-22-2014 we have
All School Program
collected $363,050 of our $600,000 goal needed by Dec 31, 2014. Also, an additional $50,550 has
been pledged for 2015 which goes towards the additional $400,000 goal ($1,000,000 total for both
February 20
years) needed by the end of 2015. Currently we have received responses from appx.15% of our
Winter Break – no school
constituents, so if you haven't responded please prayerfully consider this need and send in your gifts
and pledges of any amount. For additional information please contact the school 616-669-1773
MATH PENTATHLON
or businessoffice@hchr.org
Break until Th 1/ 8
Please see the note on the back of the memo today for a note regarding Smart Shop.
SPORTS SCHEDULES
Advance Notice: the Spelling Bee will be held in the gym on Wednesday, January 14 in the afternoon.
All games begin at 4 PM unless
Our lost and found tables at both buildings are truly overflowing. There are numerous sweatshirts,
otherwise noted
even some winter jackets. All items left on the tables yet at Christmas break time will be turned in to
the Children’s Clothing and Toy Sale committee for resale. Please have your kids take the time to look
the tables over or check them if you come to school between now and next Tuesday afternoon!
Rock-A-Thon - If you have any questions please call Ronda Wieringa @ 481-3157 or Cara Dykstra @ 895-0121. Keep an eye out for bags
of candy on clearance over the break, we are accepting donations, please mark them for the Rock-A-Thon and drop them off in the office.
Thanks!
The yearbook staff at Heritage Christian School is busy working on the 2015 school yearbook, REFLECTIONS. We appreciate the support
that so many of you have given us in the past. We would like to invite you to become a page sponsor or a patron for this year’s book. Page
Sponsors get a business card size color ad to run along the bottom of the page at the cost of $95. Patrons get their name or business listed
(without a logo) at the cost of $45. Patrons and page sponsors get a free yearbook if interested! Please fill out the form on the memo and turn
it in to either office if you are interested in helping out!
FUNDRAISER NEWS:
Smart Shop ~ We are looking for 5-10 young people to help sort through crates of items that Smart Shop has received. We NEED these
young people to be involved and what a great opportunity for them to help out our schools! Looking for 7th grade and up due to the
warehouse environment. We would like to do this on Friday December 26, 9-12. If there is enough interest 1-4:00 also. Please email
jaimeritsema@yahoo.com or text 616.318.2650. Let's get our kids involved! There is so much to do at Smart Shop!
KEYCARDS--a great gift idea!!! Get yours today!! We will only be selling these until the end of the year!! Available from both offices or
Tara Koole (669-5032) or Kim Scholten (667-9290)!!
OTHER NEWS:
Hudsonville Little League registration is now open. Anyone that attends Heritage Christian School may play in this league. Please visit
www.HudsonvilleLittleLeague.com for more info.
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____ $45 Patron – Name to be listed in the yearbook: _________________________________________________________
____ $95 Advertisement – Please include a business card for your color advertisement placed at the bottom of a page.
Make checks payable to Heritage Christian School
Dear Families and Supporters of Heritage Christian School,
At the special meeting of fundraisers on December 19, 2014 we voted on the proposal brought to us by Platinum Bid Auctions
to the join forces with our sister schools in running SmartShop. Smartshop is an online and actual store (located at 708
O’Malley Dr. Coopersville MI 49404) that sells Large Warehouse products that have been returned and overstocks. These
products are then sold at a discounted price to the general public with 70% of the profits benefiting our schools. Hope School
has been a part of this exciting opportunity for the past few months and has had great success!! Adams Christian will be joining
in on this fundraiser in January with the possibility of Covenant and Eastside teaming up as well.
We are very excited about this opportunity and believe this fundraiser will be extremely beneficial to our school. This is an ongoing fundraiser that we will be required to staff on the 3 rd week of each month all year. We will need 10-15 volunteers each
day and the hours are Monday-Friday 9am-2pm and Saturday 8am-12pm. This means that the more volunteers we get the less
of a time burden it will be on each family. We have 215 families at Heritage this year and need approximately 90 volunteers on
our week. If we receive 100% participation from our supporters, each family will only have to work one shift every other
month. (But you are welcome to work more!!) No experience is necessary and training will be provided on the job (takes about
15 minutes). Dads, Moms, Grandparents and High School Junior and Seniors (rack up those volunteer hours for college
applications) can volunteer their time.
We have set up an online scheduling program that allows you to pick the day that works best for you. The website is
signupgenius.com. On their homepage you will click on the “Find a Signup” tab on the top right hand corner of the page. You
will then enter in the email address hcssmartshop@yahoo.com in the appropriate space. This will take you to the schedule for
Heritage where you can pick your shift. A reminder will be emailed/texted to you 3 days before your scheduled shift.
Below is a list of the jobs that are available. Please read carefully before you sign up.
Lister- Volunteers are responsible for listing items to the online store, updating quantities/inventory, monitor website for bad
pictures/descriptions. We need detail oriented people who can operate and iPad for this job.
Cashiers- this job is only on Tues, Thurs and Saturday’s. Volunteers must be willing to operate a cash register.
Sorters-Volunteers are responsible for sorting merchandise as it comes in, empty bins and place merchandise in proper areas,
determine prices for unmarked merchandise, determine what items will be clearance, keep areas clean and items neat.
Pullers- Volunteers will be responsible for pulling online orders as they come in, arrange shipping options if available,
communicate with buyers on any refunds.
There are many more details to be worked out and many more decisions to be made regarding this fundraiser. We will be
sending more information home after the Christmas holiday. We are working as quickly as possible to pull this together in 2
weeks and we ask your patience and support as we get this fundraiser off the ground. The funds from SmartShop will be
helpful in the move to our new school building as well as keeping the costs of tuition down.
If you have any questions regarding the SmartShop Fundraiser, please contact any of the committee members listed below. As
well, you can contact us via email at hcssmartshop@yahoo.com.
We appreciate your continued support and prayers as we continue to financially assist HCS.
The SmartShop Fundraiser Committee:
Melonie VanBaren, Kate Bleyenberg, Beth VanSingel and Vickie Vink