Latvian Friends

Our students recently had a great opportunity to learn from some of the women in the Latvian community about traditional Latvian arts and crafts. These women are often at the Latvian Community Center, where our students hold class, and have shared some of their wonderful foods with us. It is a blessing for us to be in a relationship with such a wonderful community of people!

Easter Pictures

I just viewed the Easter pictures of the kids at school. They are great. How wonderful are Ms Sandra and Ms Melissa for teaching the kids about Jesus and the Last Supper. If you haven't seen them check them out on the up close page on the VNCA website.
Thank you also Steve for playing the part of the Roman Soldier.

Spaghetti and Rummage

Vita Nova will be hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, with raffle, on Sunday, April 13. The spaghetti meal, including dessert, is $10.00 at the door for each person over age 8 and will run from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Come on out and enjoy some great spaghetti, even better fun and friendship, and a great opportunity to see what Vita Nova is all about! Vita Nova is located in the Latvian Community Center at 1008 W. 64th Street.

Also, many of you look forward to our biannual rummage sale. Our spring sale will be on Saturday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in the parking lot of Harris Bank on the corner of 86th and Payne Road. If you have anything you would like to donate, please contact the head of our Parents Round Table, Sandra Rich, at srich@vitanovaindy.org. Once again we invite you to come out and enjoy some great bargains that will benefit the students of Vita Nova.

Easter at Vita Nova

For much of the world, Easter is the less important of two Christian holidays. Christmas in the secular world is about gifts and parties, bright lights and decorations, but the world does not quite know what to do with Easter. The best the world can offer is bunny rabbits and candy.

Christians, however, know that Easter is the very center of life, for at Easter Jesus rose from the grave and transformed even death into life. It seems only natural that the students of Vita Nova Christian Academy should have made a big deal of this most important holiday.

In the days leading up to Easter, our students experienced a footwashing in imitation of how Jesus washed the feet of His disciples before the Last Supper. According to the teachers, even our youngest children took seriously this solemn activity and learned something of what it means to serve others in the name of Jesus.

The Monday after Easter the students experienced a first-person account of the events leading upt to the crucifixion of Jesus, the crucifixion itself, and His glorious resurrection. The fictional character Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, in full Roman military dress, shared with them the perspective of one of the soldiers who guarded the tomb of Christ.
To see some pictures from these events, please visit our website at www.vitanovaindy.org/easter.html.

Prayer for Kenya

Our mission is to guide families in the development of their children as lifelong students and servants of God's diverse world. In keeping with this, we are joining in prayer and fasting for the current crisis in Kenya.

Our Head of School, Melissa Perkins, and her husband, Steve, attend Grace Community Church, which partners with Nairobi Chapel and Mavuno Church in Kenya. During the week of March 2-9, Grace Church and the families of Vita Nova will be praying for Kenya and specifically for the pastors that will begin to caravan to five cities in Kenya on March 7. Over 1,000 people have died in the recent political and tribal violence, and over 600,000 have lost their homes.

Even though Kenya is far away, our students and families can reach out to this country by praying for the peace of Christ that passes all understanding to come upon the people, by praying for reconciliation among those at war, and by praying that the light and truth of Jesus will shine through the pastors as they journey to these ravaged cities.

For more information, please visit the Grace Church website at http://gracecc.org/kenya.html.