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From Sept. 24 to 25,
the elementary students enjoyed
Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW). Their theme was
“Shout it Out,” and involved reaching out to the
voice of God.

The theme was represented by Psalm 98:4
from the bible: “Shout to the LORD, all the

earth; break out in praise and sing for
joy!”

Along with this verse, Mr. Peter Lee, Mrs.
Nona Kilgore and several other teachers helped
spread this spiritual message in SEW.

Mrs. Kilgore helped with praise and other
teachers organized the events. Pastor Stephanie

Kim of Jubilee church
of Seoul and Former Children’s
Pastor and current drama teacher, Mrs. Rebekah
Schneider, shared messages with the students.
Throughout SEW, elementary students were able
to learn and worship the Lord with their friends,
but that wasn’t all.

Third grader Disha Mahesh said her favorite
activity was “singing the songs and praising together with Mrs. Schneider.”

Other students noted that they enjoyed Mrs.
Schneider’s recollection of ‘Daniel in The Lions
Den.’

Fourth grader Evelyn Anderson said she “liked
the experimental and physical ways of teaching
from Mrs Schneider.”

When Mrs. Schneider taught, she used objects
such as milk and chocolate syrup to symbolize how

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Other SEW activities included the treasure
hunt, water games, praising, Olympic games and
fun clubs.

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Keahi Brumsickle
Sean Sandefur,
c/o ‘25

Joshua Laroche , c/o ‘24

Aidan Anderson
and Elijah Blank,
c/o ‘22

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5 Grade
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Caelan Hodge, c/o ‘18

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member me, I want them to remember
that God loves them.”

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Joanna Lee and Miyabi
Kamigawa, c/o ‘19

Hansol Lee, c/o ‘21
and Freddy Seo, c/o ‘19

God’s
words were the big
glass of milk and how we needed to
soak our selves in the word of God. Additionally, she said that they wouldn’t be applying God’s
words if they weren’t constantly being stirred up.
To reinforce this analogy she showed students
that chocolate milk cannot be made unless one
stirs the milk and chocolate together.

These teachings and stories taught students
about forgiveness and different ways of talking to
others about God for the purpose of spreading
God’s message of love and redemption.

Ms. Schneider said, “I’m hoping that students
will remember what I taught them and be able to
apply it and speak out scriptures in their lives as
they go forward.”

She said, “I don’t want them to re-

Jeremi Yoo, Andy Jung, and
Guang Tseng, c/o ‘20

Emily Hong, c/o ‘24

“I wanted to shoot everybody
during the water games and I felt
really excited because there was
water everywhere. I never felt like
this before and it just made me
feel really happy.”

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