Teacher help, or service as most people refer to it as, is an experience that seventh through twelfth graders here at Faith Baptist get to experience. Service can range from grading papers, sorting papers, helping with projects, watching over the class when the teacher steps out, or just simply cleaning. Doesn’t sound that interesting does it? Well, it’s not. Or at least, not that part of service. The real joy of service comes from talking to the children.
Each child is so unique in every single way. From their personalities to their looks, none are the same. Unless, of course, your names happen to be Brad and Chad Ness. Their personalities may be different, but they’re identical twins whom I still can’t tell the difference between. I have service with the first and second graders each Wednesday afternoon, and each week is a new adventure. I only spend fifty minutes with all of them one time a week, and I wish it were more. Yes, I have to grade and sort papers. Yes, I have to clean. Spending time with the children honestly makes it worth while though. Don’t get me wrong, I have a younger sibling, and I know how hard younger children can be to handle sometimes, but it all becomes worth it at the end of the day.
I receive new stories each time I enter that classroom, along with commentary about their daily activities. It’s great. As a senior this year, I truly believe that service is going to be one of the main things I miss about high school. Even if you don’t want to go into any sort of child education or care, as is the case with myself, it’s still a great experience for not only high school students but anyone!
Written by Jourdan Diskin, Edited by Mr. Zockoll
Monday, March 25, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
A Unique Ministry!
Faith Baptist School possesses a very unique ministry brought about by the love of serving our God with our talents!
The hand bell and chimes choirs were started not only to teach students music theory and how to play musical instrument, but also to love and serve their God. They are used as a ministry to others, especially to the unsaved. Also, God loves musical instruments played for Him and to bring glory to Him, and bells and chimes give students at FBS that opportunity.
Around 1994, Mr. Jochum, a former FBS administrator and secondary science and French teacher, borrowed a set of bells from a nearby church and started Faith Baptist School's first hand bell choir. Soon after a family attending Faith Baptist Church made a generous donation of four hand bell octaves and three chimes octaves. Two years later a fifth octave was added to the hand bells.
The hand bell and chime choirs have been played in several various places like nursing homes, small churches, parks, and even other countries. The chimes choir has been to several different countries including France, Mexico, and Canada on different mission trips. The hand bell choir has taken several mission trips to the New England states and Canada. The bell choir has also gone to the AACS National Competition several times.
One fond memory of the choirs is from Mexico. When they would start to play their chimes barefooted children would come running to the source of music. This reminded the choir of the tale of the Pied Piper.
One of the many rewards for playing in the hand bells and chimes choirs is the knowledge that they are spreading joy and most importantly the Gospel to others. Probably the most rewarding place for the two choirs to play is at nursing homes. The elderly people's faces always light up when they hear the beautiful music produced by the bells and chimes, and the elderly people will also sing along to amazing grace when it is played.
Playing in the hand bells or chimes choir is an awesome opportunity for students attending Faith Baptist School. They allow students to develop their musical abilities while blessing people with their music. Also, the choirs are an excellent witnessing tool.
In the near future, the Handbell Choir will be one of the featured performers in FBS' "An Evening of the Arts" taking place at the school on Friday, April 26th at 7:00pm! This will be a benefit concert for the FBS Fine Arts Program!
Written by Jacelyn Case, Edited by Mr. Zockoll
The hand bell and chimes choirs were started not only to teach students music theory and how to play musical instrument, but also to love and serve their God. They are used as a ministry to others, especially to the unsaved. Also, God loves musical instruments played for Him and to bring glory to Him, and bells and chimes give students at FBS that opportunity.
Around 1994, Mr. Jochum, a former FBS administrator and secondary science and French teacher, borrowed a set of bells from a nearby church and started Faith Baptist School's first hand bell choir. Soon after a family attending Faith Baptist Church made a generous donation of four hand bell octaves and three chimes octaves. Two years later a fifth octave was added to the hand bells.
The hand bell and chime choirs have been played in several various places like nursing homes, small churches, parks, and even other countries. The chimes choir has been to several different countries including France, Mexico, and Canada on different mission trips. The hand bell choir has taken several mission trips to the New England states and Canada. The bell choir has also gone to the AACS National Competition several times.
One fond memory of the choirs is from Mexico. When they would start to play their chimes barefooted children would come running to the source of music. This reminded the choir of the tale of the Pied Piper.
One of the many rewards for playing in the hand bells and chimes choirs is the knowledge that they are spreading joy and most importantly the Gospel to others. Probably the most rewarding place for the two choirs to play is at nursing homes. The elderly people's faces always light up when they hear the beautiful music produced by the bells and chimes, and the elderly people will also sing along to amazing grace when it is played.
Playing in the hand bells or chimes choir is an awesome opportunity for students attending Faith Baptist School. They allow students to develop their musical abilities while blessing people with their music. Also, the choirs are an excellent witnessing tool.
In the near future, the Handbell Choir will be one of the featured performers in FBS' "An Evening of the Arts" taking place at the school on Friday, April 26th at 7:00pm! This will be a benefit concert for the FBS Fine Arts Program!
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| "An Evening of the Arts" by Luke Zockoll |
Monday, March 4, 2013
Thirty Years of Stories from a Kindergarten Teacher
When Pastor Reinert announced to the young Faith Baptist Church congregation that he wanted to start a school, his idea didn't quite garner the enthusiasm he expected. True, they had only owned the building for one year. It may not have seemed logical or possible to have a school at that point to the congregation, but God obviously had laid on Pastor's heart. So Faith Baptist School began.
Mrs. Taylor, our present Kindergarten teacher, also has a way of achieving her desires no matter the obstacle, including getting Pastor Reinert to allow her to teach the kindergarten class art and music during the second half of each day. Soon she was the full time kindergarten teacher. That was over twenty five years ago!
After this many years of teaching kindergarten, you can imagine that Mrs. Taylor has heard it all. And she has. But who could remember thirty years' worth of cute children's quotes? Mrs. Taylor wrote all hers down on index cards and has them sorted into two boxes she keeps in her desk. When I asked for funny stories, she immediately reverted to these two boxes. I took the liberty of writing some of these down; so enjoy some of the darndest things that kids say.
Jonathon Abbott, a current senior in our class, used to say "Look Mrs. Taylor! I'm a woodpepper!" and would proceed to bang his head repeatedly on his desk.
Pam (Reinert) Lee used to hide candy in her skirt pockets and try to eat it during naptime, and then would cry crocodile tears when she was caught.
Micah Price ran into class one day and shouted, "Mrs. Taylor! I love to go to the pumpkin patch because they have the box potties!"
Brad Esham walked in one day and announced, "My cat had kittens this morning, and I got to see the extension cords!"
Scott Zockoll burst through the door and shouted, "Mrs. Taylor! On the way to school the cop gave Mommy a war thing because she was speeding!"
One time, Mrs. Taylor was sick for an extended period of time and couldn't figure out why. That year, it was only Matthew Zockoll and Trey Parsons in the class. Suddenly, when Mrs. Taylor wasn't watching, Trey burst out and said, "Mrs. Taylor, is Matthew supposed to put the tissues back in the box after he used them?!" Sure enough, Matthew and Mrs. Taylor had been sharing the same tissues for the past few weeks.
Trey Parsons also had a smart answer for every question. When asked what a baby deer was called, he deftly answered "A toddler."
Josh Huntington, the Jolly Blonde Giant, cried so easily when he was young, but today remains a favorite of Mrs. Taylor's due to the fact that she could rest her coffee cup on his head and have it within perfect reaching distance. I'm still not sure how this feat was accomplished.
Meghan Hamilton, or little Meggy Moo, was an extremely quiet kindergartener. However, after the story of Esther, Mrs. Taylor asked who sat at the king's gate. Little Meggy Moo answered "Humpty Dumpty!"
One day after baseball at recess, Jackson van Buskirk walked into class and asked "Mrs. Taylor? What's a fallball?" Mrs. Taylor arched her eyebrow and said "A what?" Jackson replied "A fallball. When I hit the ball too hard Mr. Price yelled 'FALLBALLLLLLLL!'"
Haley Fairall was convinced that Jacob's brother was named Seesaw, and also announced to the class during playtime that "The toy taker-outter is also the toy putter-backer."
When a classmate dropped a bottle of glue, Brooke Plummer informed her that she had dropped her Elmo's.
Thomas Cropper would always get upset when people didn't put 'punchination' on the ends of their sentences.
Becky Byerly wasn't totally sure, but when asked where her home was, she replied with "Well, I think I live in America...."
One day when Brent Esham was the line leader, he turned to Mrs. Taylor and proudly announced "Look Mrs. Taylor! I opened the door wide enough so you can get through!"
Dan Gore would always get excited during lunchtime because he had dumdrops in his lunchbox.
K.J. Davis told the class about his new pet, a canine. When asked about the name, he simply replied "Dog."
Jeremy Rose once solemnly stated that "no man can serve two pastors."
Emily Leon always loved pigs because they are spoinky.
And, to bring honor to the current class, Alex Condos held up a violet crayon and asked "What's this?" Mrs. Taylor replied "A purple crayon." Alex read the crayon's paper wrapping and said "It's not a purple crayon. There's no 'a' there."
And last but not least, for the past few years, according to the kindergarten class, the hallways now have hanitizer.
Mrs. Taylor could tell you dozens more stories, but those are hers to tell. I guarantee that she would love to share them though! So if you ever need a good chuckle, head down to the kindergarten classroom. Enjoy!
Written by Madeline King, Edited by Mr. Zockoll
Mrs. Taylor, our present Kindergarten teacher, also has a way of achieving her desires no matter the obstacle, including getting Pastor Reinert to allow her to teach the kindergarten class art and music during the second half of each day. Soon she was the full time kindergarten teacher. That was over twenty five years ago!
Jonathon Abbott, a current senior in our class, used to say "Look Mrs. Taylor! I'm a woodpepper!" and would proceed to bang his head repeatedly on his desk.
Pam (Reinert) Lee used to hide candy in her skirt pockets and try to eat it during naptime, and then would cry crocodile tears when she was caught.
Micah Price ran into class one day and shouted, "Mrs. Taylor! I love to go to the pumpkin patch because they have the box potties!"
Brad Esham walked in one day and announced, "My cat had kittens this morning, and I got to see the extension cords!"
Scott Zockoll burst through the door and shouted, "Mrs. Taylor! On the way to school the cop gave Mommy a war thing because she was speeding!"
One time, Mrs. Taylor was sick for an extended period of time and couldn't figure out why. That year, it was only Matthew Zockoll and Trey Parsons in the class. Suddenly, when Mrs. Taylor wasn't watching, Trey burst out and said, "Mrs. Taylor, is Matthew supposed to put the tissues back in the box after he used them?!" Sure enough, Matthew and Mrs. Taylor had been sharing the same tissues for the past few weeks.
Trey Parsons also had a smart answer for every question. When asked what a baby deer was called, he deftly answered "A toddler."
Josh Huntington, the Jolly Blonde Giant, cried so easily when he was young, but today remains a favorite of Mrs. Taylor's due to the fact that she could rest her coffee cup on his head and have it within perfect reaching distance. I'm still not sure how this feat was accomplished.
Meghan Hamilton, or little Meggy Moo, was an extremely quiet kindergartener. However, after the story of Esther, Mrs. Taylor asked who sat at the king's gate. Little Meggy Moo answered "Humpty Dumpty!"
One day after baseball at recess, Jackson van Buskirk walked into class and asked "Mrs. Taylor? What's a fallball?" Mrs. Taylor arched her eyebrow and said "A what?" Jackson replied "A fallball. When I hit the ball too hard Mr. Price yelled 'FALLBALLLLLLLL!'"
Haley Fairall was convinced that Jacob's brother was named Seesaw, and also announced to the class during playtime that "The toy taker-outter is also the toy putter-backer."
When a classmate dropped a bottle of glue, Brooke Plummer informed her that she had dropped her Elmo's.
Thomas Cropper would always get upset when people didn't put 'punchination' on the ends of their sentences.
Becky Byerly wasn't totally sure, but when asked where her home was, she replied with "Well, I think I live in America...."
One day when Brent Esham was the line leader, he turned to Mrs. Taylor and proudly announced "Look Mrs. Taylor! I opened the door wide enough so you can get through!"
Dan Gore would always get excited during lunchtime because he had dumdrops in his lunchbox.
K.J. Davis told the class about his new pet, a canine. When asked about the name, he simply replied "Dog."
Jeremy Rose once solemnly stated that "no man can serve two pastors."
Emily Leon always loved pigs because they are spoinky.
And, to bring honor to the current class, Alex Condos held up a violet crayon and asked "What's this?" Mrs. Taylor replied "A purple crayon." Alex read the crayon's paper wrapping and said "It's not a purple crayon. There's no 'a' there."
And last but not least, for the past few years, according to the kindergarten class, the hallways now have hanitizer.
Mrs. Taylor could tell you dozens more stories, but those are hers to tell. I guarantee that she would love to share them though! So if you ever need a good chuckle, head down to the kindergarten classroom. Enjoy!
Written by Madeline King, Edited by Mr. Zockoll
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