Welcome Back!

Hello, Friends.

It is so nice to see everyone back again. I miss our Friends who have moved and/or moved on over the past year. I am so glad that we have a great number of new Friends joining us. I know that everyone would be great friends and many of you will become Facebook Friends. We are welcoming new staff and welcoming back staff and welcoming back alumni staff in our English classes.

Be sure to look around our pages and take full advantage of all the fun and delicious opportunities that this upcoming year has to offer. To get to our full site click on our address:

http://indyinternationalfriends.blogspot.com/

You can see our history and what we did in the past and how we talked about it. Look at our International Friends calendar and jump in for the fun. What else is happening in the community? Check out our things to do page: add comments to add to our or shoot me an e-mail at indyintlfriends@gmail.com. Don't forget our recipes page or our information pages.

Let me know if we are missing anything. If you need to know something, then there are certainly others who do also!

See you next week!
Carolyn

International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30, Room 100
We had a nice meeting and read Psalm 36*. The book of  Psalms in the Bible is Hebrew poetry written by people to celebrate and pray to God. This book is the hymnal of the Old Testament. Hebrew poetry does not rhyme (as English poetry and music typically does), but instead it uses word repetition. We read in Korean, Mandarin, English and Japanese. The first four verses of this poem describe evil people who plan hurt without a care or thought of others. The second part describes the love of God. The final three verses are a request that God's love be with the psalmist and that He protect and overcome evil.

September 12: Join us as we read and talk about Psalm 91. Come and weigh in on what we should read this coming year.

International Friends: Tuesdays, 10:30-12:00, Room 100
We had a great time getting to know each other today. I am so glad to make so many new Friends. Thank you for your initial ideas for our meetings. I have added to the calendar.

September 12: Join us as we talk about school expectations and customs in Indiana. What are usual holidays? How do you talk to teachers? What does your school require?

Open Conversation: Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00, Upstairs Classrooms
Our meetings begin September 20. Please register on-line:
https://cornerstonelutheran.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=416

English Classes: Thursdays, 9:30-12:00, Upstairs Classrooms

What a great day for registration. We have an exciting year ahead of us. A few notes as we begin:

• Please enter Door 6. This door is the first door as you enter the parking lot off of Gray Road. CLC has a preschool and for the children's safety and security they ask that we only use this entry.
• We only accept cash or personal checks. Please make your checks out to CLC.

September 14: Welcome back! come and meet your teacher and classmates. Join us for our first meeting. Please register online before coming:

https://cornerstonelutheran.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=416

moved; moved on: relocated or moved; advanced or moved on (congratulations on your jobs and new adventures)
and/or: when a / is between two words either one of the words or both of the words could apply to the situation
over the past year: during the year that has passed
great: a great number is many; great friends are people who are best friends!
*Psalm 36: Click on the link to read the passages for your self. You can read in your home language (I set this one as NIV, or New International Version and Korean. Scroll through to find your home language) or you can do a side-by-side comparison: click on the parallel icon and choose two languages to read and compare. Notice that you can click on the "speaker" icon and follow along in English.
read/read: in the first paragraph it is read (red) meaning we did it; in the second paragraph we read (reed) meaning we will read it
Psalms: pronounced s-all-ms (no p)
hymnal: book of music and songs used in worship to God
weigh in on: share your opinion or your vote to make a decision