December 2010

GPCS Christmas Events:

Greater Portland Christian School is offering several Christmas events for you to come and attend. We would love to see many of our alumni at these events. For more information, contact the office at 207-767-5123 or gpcs1973@yahoo.com.

1. First Varsity Basketball Game of the season! Saturday, December 11 at Pine Tree Academy. The girls game is at 6:00pm and the boys game is at 7:30pm. Come and cheer!

2. An Acoustic Evening with Maine Christian Artists to benefit Greater Portland Christian School. Performers are; Doug Elder of The Wrecking, Joel & Janna, Frank Martson & Steve Espling. The concert is on Saturday, December 11 at First Evangelical Free Church. The show begins at 7:00pm and is FREE! Please RSVP to www.firstfruitsministries.info.

3. First Varsity Basketball Home Game is Tuesday, December 14 with Rangeley. Girls game is at 5:30pm and boys game is at 7:00pm. We will have concessions. Come and support GPCS! All home games are played at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.

4. GPCS Christmas Concert is on Monday, December 20 at 7:00pm. We are blessed again this year by First Baptist of South Portland letting us host the concert there. All choruses of GPCS will be singing!

5. GPCS Alumni Basketball Night will be Thursday, December 30. We will begin with fellowship at 5:00pm, a girls game at 6:30pm, followed with a boys game at 8:00pm.

GPCS is offering 5 events! We are blessed to have these opportunities and hope to see you at one or two or all!

GPCS Apparel

Do you wish you had something with the GPCS Logo on it? Has your basketball tee shirt or soccer sweatshirt seen better days? Are you looking of ideas for Christmas? Check out the GPCS Winter Apparel being offered right now at www.gpcsathletics.com. We are offering ball caps, knit hats, hoodies, tee-shirts, jackets, & back packs! Check out the product choices. Orders are due Friday, December 3.

From our Athletic Director...

Chris Spaulding(class of 1989) is looking for volunteers from each graduated class to pick up the phone and encourage classmates and friends to attend the alumni game on Thursday, December 30. If you can help, let Chris know at cspaulding@gpcsathletics.com.

Chris is also hoping to schedule a December meeting for the GPCS Boosters Club. Please contact Chris if you are interested and with your availability at cspaulding@gpcsathletics.com.

Alumni Updates:

* Heidi Hilbelink Greenwood (class of 1996) is expecting.

* Former student Jonathan David Conant and his wife are expecting.

* Former student Michael Jones is serving with Jews for Jesus as a member of the band. He will be traveling over a 10 month period around the country, playing music and sharing the Gospel with people, primarily unbelieving Jews. Mike is due back in Maine around Christmas and then he will hit the road again. Mike requests prayer and to contact him with facebook, tweets, phone calls, etc. to say "hello".

* Emily Johnson (class of 2006) was crowned Miss Maine on November 27! Now we all have a reason to watch the Miss USA Pageant.

* David Hasbrouck (class of 2005) is entering the mission field.

November Update

Coach Spaulding (class of 1989) takes PIE in the FACE!


GPCS Varsity Boys in the MPA Western Class D Play-offs!


There has been much excitement here! The GPCS Varsity Boys Soccer Team made it into the MPA Western Class D Play-offs. The quarterfinal game was played Wednesday, Oct. 27 at home against Buckfield.

Before GPCS sent their team to the field, the GPCS Student Council organized a whole school pep rally. Students were to make paper plate lion masks for a contest. Winners would be able to pie someone in the face at the pep rally. Winners were: Emily Libby (grade 3) and she put the pie into Mrs. Carol Bickford’s face, Killian Patterson( grade 4) and he put the pie into James Perkin’s face, David Rodgers (grade 7) and he put the pie into Mr. Keith Dawson’s face and Than Peterson (grade 11) and he put his pie into Coach Spaulding’s (class of 1989) face. Also, at the pep rally, the JV Soccer Team and The Varsity Girls Soccer Team were cheered for their seasons.

So with a great send off, the varsity boys team took the field. It was a great game, one of those close and tense ones. The GPCS crowd was definitely into it. The game went into overtime, the score being 1 to 1. In the second over time period, GPCS scores! Game over and GPCS is heading to GREENVILLE!

Sam Whiting scored our first goal and Matt Hammond scored the goal in over time. Hope you had a chance to check out the pictures and article in the Portland Press Herald.

On Friday, October 29, the team and all of high school set off to the semifinal game in Greenville. The team took a 3-0 loss. Thank you for a great season!

Alumni spotted at the quarterfinal game were: Mercedes Foss (class of 2010), Rob Conant (class of 1990), Matthew Scribner (class of 2009), Matthew Congdon (class of 2008),Jonathan Koenig (class of 2008), Rachel Carlson (class of 2001), Shannon Carlson (class of 2005), David Simpson (class of 1990), Steven Simpson (class of 1987), Jared Bamford (class of 2006), Andy Simpson (class of 2008), Megan Waugh (class of 2008) to name a few. There were several past school families present to cheer on the team too; the Keenan's, the Bamford's & the Theriault's.

Upcoming GPCS Events:

November 5: GPCS Work Bee: 12:00pm-2:00pm & 4:30pm-7:30pm to clean and paint.
November 6: GPCS Open House: 10:00am-Noon.
December 14: First home games for GPCS Basketball. Girls at 5:30pm, Boys at 7:00pm. All Home games will be played at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.
December 20: GPCS Christmas Concert at First Baptist Church of South Portland- 7:00pm.