I remember the day we brought Teddy, our English Bulldog puppy, into our home. The breeder told us he was eight weeks old, but after receiving his papers, we noticed he was actually only six weeks old at the time. He was a healthy little bruiser, and we would laugh at his stumbling and incoordination, now realizing it was because he was such a baby. My wife and I would sit on the porch in the evenings and watch him explore in the front yard. He was so happy as he would jump and roll in the grass and investigate his new surroundings, but when he heard a loud commotion like a noisy car passing by, it would scare him and he would come running to us. After a while, he gradually became more used to the traffic sounds and the lawn mowers, and eventually it did not bother him.

COY DETERMAN Parents: Amanda & Jeff Determan Year: GHS Senior ELI FOGEL Parents: Ann & David Fogel Year: GHS Junior KADE STUKEL Parents: Kellie & Kurt Stukel Year: GHS Junior KADE BRAUN Parents: Lenna & Brad Braun Year: GHS Sophomore KAYDENCE KLEIN Parents: Sara & Brian Anderson & Randy Klein Year: GHS Sophomore TREY MURRAY Parents: Colleen & Mike Murray Year: GHS Sophomore LILY JACOBSEN Parents: Joely Shavlik & Bud & Amy Jacobsen Year: GHS Freshman GABBY JUNG Parents: Kyra & Marty Jung Year: GHS Freshman LUKE STUKEL Parents: Kellie & Kurt Stukel Year: GHS Freshman PIPER BARTLETT Parents: Tory & Wyatt Bartlett Year: GHS 8th grader RIKI BRUNS Parents: Kim & Richard Bruns Year: GHS 8th Grader MADISAN GRABER Parents: Ronda & Corey Graber Year: GHS 8th grader SAMANTHA PARKIS Parents: Heather & Justin Parkis Year: GHS 8th grader WILLIAM SINKULAR Parents: Chris Sinkular Year: GHS 8th grader MATTHEW SMITH Parents: April & Jeremy Smith Year: GHS 8th grader SHYANNA STEFFEN Parents: Kalissa & Matthew Steffen Year: GHS 8th grader DANI TIMANUS Parents: Karen & Tony Timanus Year: GHS 8th grader CARTER BAUMGARTNER Parents: Karen & Jim Baumgartner Year: GHS 7th grader GEORGE TIMANUS Parents: Karen & Tony Timanus Year: GHS 6th grader (right) AJ LUTT Parents: Catie Lutt & Jason Lutt Year: GHS 6th grader (left) BRITANY REBER ASSISTANT GOLF COACH KAITLYN STEFFEN GOLF COACH.

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“Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lightning of his glory, let this holy building shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the peoples…” These lines from the ancient Easter proclamation, the Exsultet, speak powerfully to the hope and joy that every Christian is called to as we celebrate the historic event of Christ’s Resurrection. It might seem odd to have a joy and hope that banishes fear and worry as Darkness rears its head in our times… yet, we proclaim that Christ literally rose from the dead! He did just as He said He would! And if He rose from the dead then we know Jesus Christ is Lord of all. He is Lord of life and death, history and nations, our own lives and our time. Fear is cast out in the light of Easter morning for those who live their lives in Him because indeed eternal heaven has been opened to us! There is no earthly power who can hinder us or take it away. And so I say to you, “Rejoice!” Know of my prayers for you and your families on this holiest and highest of feasts, of our blessed Lord’s Resurrection; may it bring you freedom and peace in our days. Please pray for me and have the happiest of Easters!

There was this little song that we often sang several years ago. Part of the song lyrics went like this: He paid a debt He did not owe; I owed a debt I could not pay; I needed someone to wash my sins away; And now I sing a brand new song “Amazing Grace” all day long, Christ Jesus paid a debt that I could never pay.

That first Easter morning when some women came running to the disciples with some wild claims. Like that the huge stone had been rolled away from the tomb, and the body of Jesus was not there; two men had to go see for themselves.