☼   DAILY BULLETIN   ☼ 

 Wednesday   --  May 21, 2008

2 Corinthians 4:6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
SPIRIT OF LIGHT
Some years ago I had the opportunity to go into a western South Dakota cave the way its original discoverers had -- with candles in tin cans. After about forty-five minutes of exploration, the tour leader had us all extinguish our candles. That was the first time I experienced truly total darkness. No matter how a person strained, you really could not see your hand in front of your face -- two inches in front of your face.
Deeper still is the spiritual darkness of the human heart by nature. Sin's darkness keeps us from seeing the hand of the Maker in creation, from seeing the difference between right and wrong, from truly seeing self or neighbor. And like any person born blind, we have trouble even imagining what we have never ever seen.
Thanks be to the God of all creation that He intervenes! In the beginning He spoke and, where there had been only darkness, there was light. So also in the darkness of the human heart, God the Holy Spirit speaks the word of Christ -- comes with the message of the substitutionary life and sacrificial death of Jesus -- and creates light in the darkness of the sin-shrouded human heart.
Through the same Gospel the Holy Spirit continues to give us light for darkness each time we are reassured that the forgiveness Christ died to secure is truly ours through simple faith in Him.
Holy Ghost, with light divine  Shine upon this heart of mine;
Chase the shades of night away,  Turn the darkness into day.
(The Lutheran Hymnal, 234:1)
..  -from devotions@redeemerclc.org

UNEXCUSED TARDY/ABSENCE: The following have been reported as unexcused for absence or tardiness in a class from the previous school day. To get excused, you must see Prof. Schierenbeck or bring a written excuse to the office before 4:00 p.m. today, or you may be serving detention next week.

Tuesday: 

GRADUATION CHANGE THIS YEAR:  Just a reminder that while Class Day festivities on Friday afternoon, May 23 and the graduation service on Saturday morning, May 24, will both be held as usual in the ILC Field House, this year the graduation concert on Friday evening will be held at Messiah Lutheran Church instead of on campus.  Following the concert, a reception for retiring Professor Michael Sydow will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Messiah.

WATCH US ON THE WEB:  Plans are to live stream the Class Day and Graduation events from the campus of Immanuel later this May. The events are listed on the Preps On The Net website at www.prepsonthenet.com. After logging on (free
registration required to do so), click on Sports and Events near the top, middle. At the next screen under Other at the right, click on Special Events. Scroll down to the dates of May 23 and May 24 and you should see the events. Let us know if you have any trouble with this and how your online experience works out. Thanks and we hope you enjoy the year-end activities from Immanuel.

Life In Alana's World:  Combat Pay! No Jo-ke!

WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN THE GIRLS' DORM PORCELAIN IS PLUGGED?

THE SUPER SCUBA:

 "EDWARD THE PLUMBER!"

(Just one of the interesting personalities who lives there and a future member of somebody's Hazardous Waste Department!)

Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.

WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM FROM GRANDPA!

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop avoiding questions about your age and start bragging about it.

[Although D.B. is thinking of a delightful soon-to-be 97 year-old lady who, we believe, still won't admit to it!]