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Kodiak Baptist Mission
1944 Rezanof Drive
Kodiak, Alaska 99615Phone: 907-486-4126
Fax: 907-486-5567
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Ode to a Christmas Star
This was the year that I wasn’t supposed to work on you. We were not going to hang out for unaccounted hours in the shop while I rebuilt you. But here we are my old friend and what a lot of memories you’ve brought. It will indeed take some time as we pass them back and forth. The year I built you My Dad kept checking in to see my progress. He kept calling you a Cross and indeed you looked like one, much to my annoyance. What seemed like such a simple idea in my head turned out to be a lot harder in reality and I suppose in that sense you are in addition to being a magnificent star, a cross.
That year you inspired me to write
Christmas is the time of the incarnation when God becomes one of us and calls us to become a part of God. Through Jesus Christ God calls all things unto Himself and seeks to transform even the most horrible parts of life into something wonderful. Look at the cross surely one of the most cruel and ugly inventions ever and see that there is nothing that God cannot make beautiful.
And the same is true for our cross, for our cross is the cross of Jesus Christ and through Him it has become a star, which is a beacon that leads us to our true home. As the cross is transformed from an instrument of death to a life saving grace, so are the hard parts of our calling.
As we ponder this together I think about the cross that each one of us bears. At times ugly and cruel but becoming beautiful, even if it’s not easy. So what is the cross that you have been called to?
I think back on all the times I wanted to give up on you. All the times I could sense others believing that I should lay you down and move on. But mostly I thank God for the times when all the hard work was done and you stood magnificently over the barn lighting the way to where God was to be born into the world.
There can be so much difficulty in life but even these are being transformed, and in the end it the joy that we remember. Hang in there my friends, its Christmas Time and God is coming to transform all things, that cross your bearing, its beautiful, it is in truth a star, hold it high because while you may not know it, sometimes when I’ve lost sight of my own it’s your star that I need to follow for a time.
Trevor Jones
Kodiak Baptist Mission
CALENDAR 2009-2010
Ø OFFERED YEAR ROUND PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE (children 5 and younger)
Ø AUGUST 24—MAY 28 ARK PROGRAM--BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES
Ø JUNE 1, 2010 SUMMER DAY CAMP BEGINS
Ø CHILDREN MAY BE SIGNED UP FOR FULL DAY ARK ATTENDANCE ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED:
· AUGUST 24—THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS
· OCTOBER 15&16—DISTRICT WIDE INSERVICE
· NOVEMBER 24&25 - PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
· DECEMBER 28-31 —WINTER BREAK
· MARCH 10&11 – PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
· MARCH 15-19—SPRING BREAK
· MAY 26—28 TEACHER WORK DAY
NOTE: AN ADDITIONAL $25 FEE WILL BE CHARGED EACH DAY YOUR CHILD IS IN FULL—DAY ATTENDANCE DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES. (YOU WILL BE CHARGED THIS DAILY RATE IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP EVEN IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT ATTEND).
HOLIDAYS KBM WILL BE CLOSED:
Ø SEPTEMBER 7—LABOR DAY
Ø NOVEMBER 26&27 – THANKSGIVING
Ø DECEMBER 21-25 – CHRISTMAS
Ø JANUARY 1, 2010 – NEW YEARS DAY
Ø APRIL 2, 2010 – GOOD FRIDAY
Ø MAY 31, 2010—MEMORIAL DAY
Ø JULY 5-9, 2010 – STAFF TRAINING WEEK