Spelling Centres in Gr. 1 & 2


A gorgeous day with so many people in our school community joining to raise money for and celebrate Christian Education at Timothy Christian School. We were blessed to have so many of you out and appreciate your dedication and willingness to be a little bit silly too.

Starting the day with prayer:

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And then they’re off!

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At the first checkpoint, there was a photobooth set-up. Everyone had a lot of fun!

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A great time of fellowship afterwards, along with a BBQ lunch.

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Thanks to those who organized, BBQed, set up or donated to this event. Your support means a lot to our school community!


Bike-a-Thon 2016


Dear friends, family, and supporters of TCS,Thank-you very much for participating and supporting the TCS Bike-a-thon of 2016! We raised over $11,000!

A special thank-you to the following:

- All the families that participated and collected donations.
- Paul, Betty, Calvin, and Cathy Dentz for donating apples and the grand prize.
- Mike Dean’s for donating the food for the BBQ.
- Canadian Tire and Morrisburg Home Hardware for donating some of the prizes.
- Jerry Haayema for donating the posts for the signs.
- Alice Schuler for making signs.
- Ype VanderVeen and Dean Howland for putting up and taking down signs.
- Jessica VanderVeen, Nicole Van’t Foort, and Zwany Haavenar for doing registration.
- Rudi Biemond, Brent DeVries, and Pat Haavenar for barbequing.
- The teachers for running the photo booth and the water station.
- Hans and Alice Schuler for running the apple bobbing and the water station.
- And a big thank-you to all the businesses for generously sponsoring the bike path:

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Thank-you!


We enjoyed a wonderful trip to Dentz’s apple orchard!

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Mr. Dentz taught us many things about what apples need to grow. We learned how to pick apples and we really enjoyed eating the Honey Crisp apples.

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It was fun to walk through the orchard and to see the tomato picker.

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Thanks, Mr. Dentz for helping us learn more about apples and how amazing our creator God is!


Kindergarten trip to Dentz Orchards


Have a look at our Kingdom Builders at work making clay tiles of the Kingdom of God!

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Big buddies helped the kindergarten students with their tiles.

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The teachers made tiles too!

The tiles are now drying and will soon be installed in a school mural.


The Kingdom of God is…


Today the Gr. 6/7/8 class spent the day at McMaze near Cornwall. They worked on team work strategies and building community as they tackled some mazes and activities together.

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First up – a grass maze. Students rushed in to try and find their way through a maze of grass, while also looking for clues. We learned that it is important to look at the map and make a plan!

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After working through the grass maze, we had some debriefing time. We talked about things that went well, and lessons that we learned. We took what we learned about team work and following a plan, and put it to use in the second maze.

After the mazes, we had a chance to try out some of the fun activities at the farm.

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Pig Races!

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What a great day!


Gr. 6/7/8 trip to McMaze


What a blessing to begin this new school year! We are excited and thankful to God that He is faithful. As we live out this year’s theme “Build God’s Kingdom Here”, we pray along with the Lord’s prayer: “_Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven._” (Matthew 6:10)

We started our new school year with an opening chapel. Students listened as the theme was explained, and how the teachers had explored what it meant to “Build God’s Kingdom Here”.

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We sang songs of praise, including “Build Your Kingdom Here” by Rend Collective. Our students sure know how to sing!

Parents helped settle the younger students into their classrooms:

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God is faithful and good. Please pray for TCS, that God’s Kingdom is here!


Year 54 Begins!


_by Laura Dentz_

For the past four years, Camp Adonai has been one of my favourite summer experiences.

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Camp Adonai is an overnight camp for kids aged 9-15. The best thing about camp is that everyone there loves God and we get to worship him every day there. Going to camp, and experiencing how amazing it is, I wonder who started it.

I wonder how, when, and why camp started. I’m curious to know where they store things when we are not using them. Camp Adonai rents the property we use near Perth every year.

I am very thankful for the work people do during camp week. I also appreciate the work and organizing people do before and after camp. I wonder who those people are because if I knew I could thank them. Thank you to the people who created Camp Adonai. It is a great place to grow closer to God, meet new friends, and have fun. If you want to go to Camp Adonai go to the website [www.campadonai.ca](http://www.campadonai.ca).


What did you experience this summer that made you curious and wonder about?


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When Mrs. Blokland asked if I’d writing about something that I wondered about this summer, I thought, “I _wonder_ what I can write about?” I didn’t spend the summer traveling far or learning a new language or experiencing a new hobby. My life was kept busy with more mundane, everyday activities – laundry, driving kids around, cooking, and swimming.

At first thought, it seemed that the only wondering I did this summer may have been tied directly to having a toddler in the house. “I wonder if it will be easier to wipe up the soggy cheerios off the floor now, or wait until they’ve dried and sweep them up?” or “I wonder which would make less mess – an ice cream sandwich or a popsicle?” and of course, “I wonder what she is trying to tell me???” as she babbles and points and waits eagerly for my response.

But just because from the outside my summer may not have looked very exciting doesn’t mean that there wasn’t much to learn, experience, see, enjoy and even wonder about, even in the midst of the mundane.

There is much to marvel about in our world. The variety of plants in our own parks and communities is incredible. Lush bushes, flowering plants, tall trees. The insects scurrying on the pavement, the birds singing their varied songs, the clouds and their ever-shifting shapes. These are things that we can notice, even while we are hanging up laundry or going for a bike ride. When I stop and think about these things, I wonder and marvel about the nature of our Creator. His creativity and attention to detail and beauty is incredible.

Having young children around is a good reminder about the wonder and awe of creation. On a recent trip to Ottawa with my three youngest (ages 7, 5 and 1 ½), we wondered excitedly about city buses, especially the accordion-style ones. And we visited the Agricultural Museum and wondered about cow names, colours of chicken eggs, and baby pigs playing together. During our picnic, we also wondered about wasps, and how they fit into God’s design for creation.

God created us to ask questions, to look around us and seek answers. Children from a young age begin to ask why and when and how. They naturally have a sense of curiosity and wonder. It is our hope that as we begin a new year, we as staff will be able to delve into this sense of wonder with your children, as we work to find answers together. We will find answers to the little things, like “When is it recess?” and also try to understand the big questions, like “How will I show Christ’s love today?”

Earlier this week, our teachers sat down together, guided by a local pastor, and wondered about the kingdom of God. What does the Bible say about it? What can we compare it to? When and how does God’s kingdom come? What could it look like in the halls and classrooms of Timothy Christian School? We imagined and dreamed together how can build God’s kingdom within the walls of TCS and in the community. We are excited to begin this new year and be kingdom builders together with our students. I wonder how God can build his kingdom here?  
As I reflect on my summer, I see again God’s faithfulness to us and to his creation. The chance to be outside, spend time with my family, and enjoy creation have been a gift. To reflect on this gift and praise the one who gave it makes that gift all the more fulfilling. This gift of a break in routine and a time of refreshing that renews us and makes us ready to take up the job that God has given to us at school.


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