RJC Update April 29-May 6

EVENTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE:

- Thursday-Sunday, May 1-4 - CAMS Music Festival (Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools) in Calgary.  RJC Chorale will be participating in this event.  The Sunday performance is at Ambrose University College, 150 Ambrose Cir SW, Calgary.  Doors open at 2:30 pm, and the concert is at 3:00 pm.

- Saturday, May 3 - Regional Badminton at Valley Christian Academy, Osler.  Congratulations and best wishes to the following students who competed at Conference finals and have qualified for Regional playoffs this weekend:  

- Haley Enns (1st  in Girls' Conference Singles) 

- Lyndsey Hildebrandt (2nd in Girls' Conference Singles)

- Cheyenne Epp & Danielle Brockman (1st in Girls' Conference Doubles)

- Tuesday, May 6, 7:00 pm - PARAGUAYAN RECYCLED ORCHESTRA CONCERT.   Rosthern Junior College and Eigenheim Mennonite Church are hosting a performance of the Paraguayan Recycled Orchestra in the RJC auditorium.  The Recycled Orchestra is comprised of students from Cateura, Paraguay who play instruments made from recycled goods collected from the garbage dump near where they live.  They have recently traveled the world to raise funds to improved their school, and educational programs in Paraguay.

In conjunction with the show, the RJC Peace and Justice Studies class will display a 'Rethink/Recycle' art exhibit in the Rehearsal Hall before and after the performances.  Join us for an inspirational evening of story and music to see how hope is rising in one of South America's poorest communities.  This will be the only Saskatchewan stop on their Canadian Tour.  To reserve your tickets please contact Gwen Ens at recycled.rosthern@gmail.com or call 306 232-9117.

- Wednesday, May 7 - Grade 10 students will participate in the P.A.R.T.Y.  Program (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth) here in Rosthern, hosted by the Saskatoon Health Region.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

- RJC AMAZING RACE Sr High Event, May 10:   RJC is hosting an "Amazing Race" event for students in grades 9-12 - a scavenger hunt with all the thrills of the Amazing Race and a dash of trivial pursuit.  Teams of 5-6 will navigate the town of Rosthern on foot, solving clues and facing fun challenges.  It will be a GREAT day followed by supper and an awards ceremony in the Dining Hall.  Registration forms available at www.rjc.sk.ca or email  val@rjc.sk.ca.

You are invited to participate in our first RJC AMAZING RACE Event! This event will happen on Saturday, May 10th at 1:00 PM here on campus and around our town. We will need volunteers to help with team registration, orientation, helping out at challenges or roadblocks, before the event, during the event and the award ceremony after. If you would be willing to come out on SATURDAY, MAY 10th to help, please email Valerie White at val@rjc.sk.ca. Thank you so much for your help! 

- RJC SPRING CHOIR CONCERT, May 10, 7:00 pm:   Everyone is invited to our annual Spring Choir Concert on Saturday evening.  Season finale performances by Concert Choir, ManChoir and Chorale will highlight the evening.  Admission is free; an offering will be taken during the concert.  We look forward to having you join us for an evening of wonderful music.    

- VICTORIA DAY DESIGNATED WEEKEND, May 16-19:   School will be dismissed at 3:00 pm on Thursday, and dorms will be closed at 5:30 pm (no supper served).  The dorms will re-open on Monday, May 19 at 3:00 pm (supper available), and classes will resume Tuesday morning, May 20 at 8:30 am.  All students need to make arrangements to travel home or stay with family or friends.  If you are able to help us out by inviting one of our students to spend the weekend with your family, please let us know by calling the Deans' Office (306 232-5665) or the RJC Business Office (306 232-4222).

 

- RJC SPRING CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER, May 24 - Join us at the Valley Regional Park, Rosthern, for a Texas Scramble Golf Tournament.  Sign up individually or as a team ($125/person or $500/team).  This event includes on-course contests and challenges, and a banquet and silent auction at RJC following the tournament.  Information and registration forms are available on the RJC website at www.rjc.sk.ca or contact rjcgolf@rjc.sk.ca.  If you are interested in being a corporate sponsor, or donating team prizes or silent auction items, please contact Dan Richert at dan@rjc.sk.ca.

 

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Feel free to call the school if you have questions about any of the above items or events.

Please check the RJC website at www.rjc.sk.ca for weekly updates, choir and sports schedules, calendar of upcoming events and other school information.

Chapel Review Weekending April 18th

Chapel Report

Friday April 18, 2014

Grade 12 chapels continued with Leah R. and Mackenzie N. sharing on Mon. March 31, and Logan G. and Emma G. contributing on Wed. April 2.  On Mon. Mar. 31 

Mackenzie

Leah

Emma

Logan

Faith and Life representatives attended an assembly at the Rosthern Elementary School to present a $750 cheque for the RES Breakfast Program.  This money was raised as part of the ‘Have a Heart’ campaign. 

Faith and Life committee members present RES with funds raised in their 'Have A Heart' Campaign for the local breakfast program

For the rest of the week chapel time focused on the ALSO sending services with the Guatemala, Alabama, High River, and Saskatoon groups each being blessed in turn.  Each group was presented with an encouraging note written from the Wildwood Mennonite Church Youth Group.  Each sending service ended with a laying on of hands and a blessing from St. Teresa of Avila:

“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”

Sending service for the ALSO High River 

The world was our classroom from April 3-13 as students were away on their service and learning assignments as part of ALSO week.  Students in Saskatoon worked with Mennonite Central Committee, Habitat for Humanity, and Elementary Schools in the city.  Thank you to all the schools that hosted us, and to Habitat for Humanity for allowing us to help provide some affordable housing right in our own province.   Students finished the week with a retreat at Camp Kinasao where Warman Mennonite pastor Josh Wallace led them in a post-ALSO reflection time.    

Rachel, Abbey, Gabby, Kyle and Michael on a habitat site in Saskatoon.

Toby working with one of his students.

Students in High River worked with Mennonite Disaster Service to assist with rebuilding after last summer’s flood in southern Alberta.  Thanks to project directors Ike and Priscilla Epp for their mentorship of our students!  Students got full of sawdust and drywall mud, but had a lot of laughs and memories.  The days were long and the work was difficult, but meaningful.  Daily chapels helped students focus and reflect on what they were doing and why.  The flood was Canada’s most expensive natural disaster and there is still great need in the area.

Joe and Manny bringing two organizations together!

Simon and Ryan

A group of 30 Students travelled over 40 hours by bus to Alabama to work with Habitat for Humanity and the Bay Area Food Bank in an area that is still facing the direct and indirect effects of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.  A focus this year was on the conditions that lead to homelessness, including poverty, racism, and disaster.  Along with home construction the trip included a stop at the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and attendance at a Sunday morning service at Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, home of Billy Morgan a client who we met on our first trip in 2008. 

Mikayla

Kylee and Janelle

One of several siding crews working on all angles of the house.

Kelsey and Vincent work on the ceiling.

Another group of students traveled to Guatemala and El Salvador and worked with Mennonite Central Committee.  Some highlights included visiting El Mozete site of a horrific massacre of civilians during the El Salvadoran civil war.  Another meaningful exercise was a contrast tour in Guatemala City where students were exposed to the extremes of prejudice, poverty and wealth.  Home stays in Santiago Atitlan helped students learn the culture (and a little language!) of the Mayan people and hear their stories.  Students were also able to see where the $3500 they raised for the community during the ‘Have a Heart’ campaign was being spent, and got to work on the Peace Park Community Centre for the ANADESA group!  Santiago Atitlan is also where MCC worker and former RJC student David Epp is stationed.   The trip to Guatemala continues to forge relationships between our school, the global church, and our brothers and sisters in Latin America.  

Brett and Ryan 

Josef 

Upon return students shared about their experiences in chapel on Tues. April 15.  It is amazing to hear about all they have learned!  While on their ALSO assignments the students complete journals, which are graded by their Christian Ethics teachers.  The ALSO program continues to be an important part of our school community as we learn what it is like to follow the example of Jesus and to live and serve together. 

Laura sharing a story from Guatemala

On Wed. April 16^th Sarah Unrau, Youth Leader at Nutana Park Mennonite Church, spoke in chapel about the theme: “What is Love?”  She related experiences from her own life, including memories from her time as a student at RJC. 

On Thurs. April 17 the Faith and Life Committee lead the students in a Good Friday/Easter service.  Christ has risen.  He has risen indeed!

RJC Update April 15-29

EVENTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE:

- Thursday, April 17, 1:00-6:00 pm - Parent / Teacher / Dean Interviews in the rehearsal hall.

- EASTER HOLIDAYS, April 18-27.  Classes are finished at noon on Thursday (April 17), with interviews following from 1:00-6:00 pm.  Dorms close by 6:00 pm (no supper served), and re-open Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 pm.  Classes resume Monday, April 28 at 8:30 am.  All students need to make arrangements to travel home or stay with family or friends during the Easter break.  

UPCOMING EVENTS:

- CAMS (Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools) MUSIC FESTIVAL, May 1-4 in Calgary.  RJC Chorale will be participating in this event.

- PARAGUAYAN RECYCLED ORCHESTRA CONCERT, May 6, 7:00 pm - Rosthern Junior College and Eigenheim Mennonite Church are hosting a performance of the Paraguayan Recycled Orchestra in the RJC auditorium.

The Recycled Orchestra is comprised of students from Cateura, Paraguay who play instruments made from recycled goods collected from the garbage dump near where they live.  They have recently traveled the world to raise funds to improved their school, and educational programs in Paraguay.

In conjunction with the show, the RJC Peace and Justice Studies class will display a 'Rethink/Recycle' art exhibit in the Rehearsal Hall before and after the performances.  Join us for an inspirational evening of story and music to see how hope is rising in one of South America's poorest communities.  This will be the only Saskatchewan stop on their Canadian Tour.  To reserve your tickets please contact Gwen Ens at recycled.rosthern@gmail.com or call 306 232-9117.

- RJC AMAZING RACE Sr High Event, May 10 -  Students in grades 9-12 are encouraged to "save the date" for this event.  Contact Valerie White for more details (val@rjc.sk.ca).

- RJC SPRING CHOIR CONCERT, May 10, 7:00 pm - We would be delighted to have you join us for an evening of wonderful music.   Season finale performances by Concert Choir, ManChoir and Chorale will highlight the evening.  Admission is free; an offering will be taken during the concert.  We look forward to having you join us.  

- RJC SPRING CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER, May 24 - Join us at the Valley Regional Park, Rosthern, for a Texas Scramble Golf Tournament.  Sign up individually or as a team ($125/person or $500/team).  This event includes on-course contests and challenges, and a banquet and silent auction at RJC following the tournament.  Information and registration forms are available on the RJC website at www.rjc.sk.ca or contact rjcgolf@rjc.sk.ca.  If you are interested in being a corporate sponsor, or donating team prizes or silent auction items, please contact Dan Richert at dan@rjc.sk.ca.

 

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Feel free to call the school if you have questions about any of the above items or events.

Please check the RJC website at www.rjc.sk.ca for weekly updates, choir and sports schedules, calendar of upcoming events and other school information.

RJC Update April 1-13

EVENTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE:

- Tuesday, April 1, 3:15 pm - Badminton at Rosthern High School versus RHS and Valley Christian Academy.

- Wednesday, April 2, am - ALSO Guatemala group flies out early Wednesday morning from Saskatoon to Guatemala City.

- Wednesday, April 2, 11:30 pm - ALSO Alabama group leaves by bus Wednesday evening for Alabama.

- Monday-Friday, April 7-11 - ALSO Service Week.  Students will be serving in Saskatoon, SK and High River, AB (April 7-11), Guatemala (April 2-13), and Alabama (April 2-13). 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

- PARENT / TEACHER / DEAN  INTERVIEWS - Thursday, April 17, 1:00-6:00 pm.  

- EASTER HOLIDAYS, April 18-27.  Classes are finished at noon on Thursday (April 17), with Parent Teacher Interviews following from 1:00-6:00 pm.  Dorms close by 6:00 pm (no supper served), and re-open Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 pm.  Classes resume Monday, April 28 at 8:30 am.  All students need to make arrangements to travel home or stay with family or friends during the Easter break.  If you are able to help us out by inviting one of our students to spend a portion of the holidays with your family, please let us know by calling the Deans' Office (306 232-5665) or the RJC Business Office (306 232-4222).

 

- CAMS (Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools) MUSIC FESTIVAL, May 1-4 in Calgary.  RJC Chorale will be participating in this event.

- PARAGUAYAN RECYCLED ORCHESTRA CONCERT, May 6, 7:00 pm - Rosthern Junior College and Eigenheim Mennonite Church are hosting a performance of the Paraguayan Recycled Orchestra in the RJC auditorium.  

The Recycled Orchestra is comprised of students from Cateura, Paraguay who play instruments made from recycled goods collected from the garbage dump near where they live.  They have recently traveled the world to raise funds to improved their school, and educational programs in Paraguay.

In conjunction with the show, the RJC Peace and Justice Studies class will display a 'Rethink/Recycle' art exhibit in the Rehearsal Hall before and after the performances.  Join us for an inspirational evening of story and music to see how hope is rising in one of South America's poorest communities.  This will be the only Saskatchewan stop on their Canadian Tour.  To reserve your tickets please contact Gwen Ens at recycled.rosthern@gmail.com or call 306 232-9117.

- RJC AMAZING RACE Sr High Event, May 10 -  Students in grades 9-12 are encouraged to "save the date" for this event.  Contact Valerie White for more details (val@rjc.sk.ca).

- RJC SPRING CHOIR CONCERT, May 10, 7:00 pm - This is the finale of the choral year at RJC and will feature performances by Concert Choir, ManChoir and Chorale.  Everyone is welcome.

- RJC ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, May 24 at Valley Regional Park, Rosthern.  Contact RJC or Dan Richert (dan@rjc.sk.ca) for more details.  

 

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Feel free to call the school if you have questions about any of the above items or events.

Please check the RJC website at www.rjc.sk.ca for weekly updates, choir and sports schedules, calendar of upcoming events and other school information.