CRUSADER CHRONICLE Volume 39, Issue 42 St. John’s Ev. Lutheran School – Wauwatosa October 12, 2017

St. John’s Mission Statement: We exist to prepare our children for a lifelong relationship with Christ, proclaim the gospel message, and provide excellence in education in order to equip students for life and eternity.

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL October 12-October 22, 2017

10/12 Th Handbells w/ Mrs. Handeland

Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin

Soccer Playoffs

10/13 Fr 9am K5 Canadian Goose @ Jacobus Park

10am Gr 1-8 WLHS Marching Band Presentation

WLC CC Championship

10/14 Sat VB A Tournament @ Muskego

VB B Tournament @ Star

5:30 Worship w/ Communion

7:00 Worship in Chinese

10/15 Sun 8 & 10:30 Worship w/ Communion

9:15 Sunday School & Bible Class

Soccer Championship

10/16 Mon Piano w/ Mrs. Roska

Guitar w/ Mr. Krellwitz

Violin w/ Mrs. Buschkopf

10/17 Tue 8am Picture Retake Day

Piano w/ Mrs. Roska

Guitar w/ Mr. Krellwitz

Band w/ Mrs. Hohenstein

6:30pm Girl Pioneer

10/18 Wed 8:15 Children’s Chapel

8:30 RIBS

Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin

Band w/ Mr. Peterson Happy Birthday Mrs. Leyrer!

10/19 Th Handbells w/ Mrs. Handeland

Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin

12:30 & 1:30 Gr 1 & 3 Fire Safety House

10/20 Fr K5 Fall Fun Day @ SJ

K4 to Pumpkin Farm

10/21 Sat WLHS VB Tournament

1pm Boy Pioneers Pumpkin Carving

5:30 Evening Worship

7:00 Worship in Chinese

10/22 Sun 8 & 10:30 Worship

8am Grade 1 sings

10:30am Grade 2 sings

9:15 Sunday School & Bible Class

Picture Re-take Day Tuesday, October 17th Picture retake day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17th at 8am. Please return your picture package with your child on retake day.

From the Principal’s Desk

Greetings,

We are ready to send the material to you to

sign up for the online grading program. Earlier

this year we talked of the change in software to

Powerschool. This new program is now in place

for your supervision of the online gradebook. Mr.

Duncan has the announcement for each family.

After the parent signs in, the student may also

sign in for their own account. Monday, a paper

document for your family will be sent home. It

will have specific instructions/passwords for your

family. Please sign up as soon as possible. Mr.

Duncan (andrew.duncan@sjtosa.org) will field

your questions.

Volunteer to work a few

hours at Jurassic Quest at

State Fair Oct 21-22. No training, just

a chance to help raise money as a part of the

group that supports our teen mission trips, our

tuition aid fund, and many other activities that are

not budgeted but are great programs. Email Dawn

Lambrecht at dawn.lambrecht@sjtosa.org get in

free, work a few hours and meet your family for

some fun.

Next week we will have a school intruder drill.

This is our lockdown procedure. Sometimes this is

especially emotional for students. If you feel your

child will have trouble with the drill, please send a

message to the teacher and reassure your child

that practice drills (fire, tornado and intruder) are

to keep us safe.

Cross Country, Volleyball and Soccer are

closing their seasons soon. Thank you coaches for

the time and effort you put into helping our

students.

SCRIP CARDS FOR STARBUCKS, PAPA MURPHY’S,

COUSINS, PANERA are available in the school

office.

Our Childcare has openings for three full time

students. If you know of someone who is looking,

please encourage them to come for a tour.

~Mr. Uecker~

Each week the Chronicle will contain this “Preparing for

Sunday” section. The passages listed will be

the readings for the Saturday/Sunday services. It is our hope that each of you will set aside

time to read and prepare personally or as a family for Sunday worship services.

Saturday/Sunday Scripture Readings

The scripture readings for this week’s services are:

The First Lesson: Genesis 15:1-6 Psalm 25

The Second Lesson: Romans 4:13-25 The Gospel Lesson: Matthew 16:13-19

Sermon theme: Faith Alone

Usher Assistants

SUNDAY SERVICES

8:00 AM 10:30 AM

October 15 Noel Greene Kaylie McEvoy

Tony Jones Caleb Pollesch

October 22 Bennett Hahm Hadyn Hahm

Miaya Chesterman Madison Sipe

October 29 William Eft Ian Ban

Collin Neumann John Handeland

Serving Together Our mission envelope collection total so

far is $619.77. May God bless our mission efforts.

Your Mission Committee: Mrs. A., Mrs.

Stein, Mrs. Wittig

ST. JOHN’S SHOE DRIVEDID YOUR CHILDREN OUTGROW THEIR SHOES

THIS SUMMER? GYM SHOES NO LONGER FIT?

Your donated shoes will change lives in Africa! We will be collecting shoes for Soles for

Jesus (Milwaukee based non-profit) during October in the church narthex and at

school. All sizes and types (men's, women's, children's) accepted. Please contact Yvonne

Quint at 262-790-5716 with questions.

Parents’ Preview The Parents’ Preview highlights an aspect of next week’s service: a liturgical song, a Psalm refrain, or a hymn stanza. Our hope and prayer is that parents will teach this portion of the service to their children at home during the week so that children can participate more fully in the worship service.

Parents’ Preview for October 22

“God’s Word Is Our Great Heritage”

Christian Worship 293

Reformation 500 Children's Choir The Southeastern Wisconsin District will hold

a special Reformation 500 service on Sunday, November 5, at 3:30 p.m. at Miller High Life Theater (formerly the Milwaukee Theater) in

downtown Milwaukee. A children's choir is being formed for this event and includes all

students in grades 5-8 who wish to sing. Two joint practices will be held- one on Saturday, November 4, at Wisco at 1:00 p.m., and the

other at the Miller High Life Theater before the service on Sunday, November 5. If your

child(ren) is interested in singing for this special service, please let Miss Treder know by Friday, October 20. No tryouts

are needed- all students who wish to sing are accepted.

Please click the following link

for the most recent copy of

St. John’s News & Notes

Food Pantry

The Kindergarten Classrooms are the next

host classrooms for the Food Pantry collection November 4-5.

Childcare News There is no school on October 26th, 27th and November 3rd. If you will need childcare on

any of these days off of school please follow the link below to submit your needs for childcare. Please note that if this is a normally scheduled

day for your child you must still fill out the survey so we have an accurate count.

Deadline for reservations is October 13th. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6XRF86C

Childcare is in need of the following items: Yarn, Rainbow loom bands, Perler beads, Hot

Wheel tracks and cars, Marble works and marbles, Legos or Duplos, things we can use on

a magnetic board. (Animal magnets, farm magnets, Fridge Phonics, etc.) Thank you!

7th and 8th Grade Forensics Festival The forensic season for the 7th & 8th graders is HERE! The Forensics Festival will be at WLHS

on Saturday, November 4th. A participation form was sent home with your child today.

PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN THE FORENSICS COMPETITION PARTICIPATION FORM BY FRIDAY, OCT. 6!

I’m looking for 2 or 3 volunteers who would help the students practice their pieces during

the school day. Please contact me if you are interested with the day and time you are available. I will do my best to accommodate

your schedule. Thanks in advance for your willingness to partner with me and help our

students! The students are working hard and making progress. Parents can support their student by

listening to the selections at home and asking about improvements they are working on when

the weekly coaching sessions begin. Thank you for investing your time and effort with your child!

Please contact Mrs. Henning (carrie.henning@sjtosa.org) with any questions

or concerns. Thanks!

SCHOOL INTRUDER DRILL

Each year we are required to practice three kinds of drills: monthly fire drills, two tornado drills and intruder drills. In the past we have concentrated on quietly locking the room doors and getting the children out of sight. Homeland Security now recommends we practice RUN HIDE FIGHT Teachers have described this behavior to their class, now we will practice it. We will inform parents about these intruder drills as we practice them. During the month of October, we will practice this drill to better review and evaluate our procedures as a staff. The purpose of a school lockdown drill is to protect, and keep as safe as possible, the children and adults in the building from a potential emergency such as an intruder in the building. During the lockdown drill, students are to clear the halls and report to the nearest available classroom where they are to hide and stay as silent as possible. If you think this kind of a drill will be a problem for your child, please talk to them now and help them prepare. We are planning a drill for next week Wednesday.

Bedtime Blessings Wednesday, October 25th - 6:00pm It’s time to sign up for Bedtime Blessings

~ Building with Luther on CHRIST’S Foundation. Childcare, preschool and school

aged children through 1st grade are invited to school on October 25 at 6:00. Come dressed in your PJ’s and get ready for a fun night of

building with different blocks, singing, crafting, and learning about the Lutheran

reformer Martin Luther. The signup sheets came home at the beginning of October. If you cannot find the paper, ask your child’s

teacher or email Mrs. Leslie Campbell to let us know how many in your family are

coming. Older siblings are welcome to come if they want. Parents will have an opportunity to browse family devotion books while the

kids are busy in our Lessons on Luther station. Don’t forget we are teaming up with

kids from Mt. Calvary and collecting light-weight children’s PJ’s to send to Texas for children touched by Hurricane Harvey. See

you at BEDTIME! To help us plan accordingly, please RSVP by

Friday, October 13 at www.sjtosa.org/BedtimeBlessings

Pizza Hut Cheese Pizza Day Friday, October 20th. Next Friday is Pizza Hut Cheese Pizza Day. An orange form was sent home with all students in Childcare thru Grade 8. Please complete the form and return it to your child’s teacher by Monday, October 16th.

We are learning about fall and harvest time.

We are enjoying stories that the children share about fun things to do with/in leaves, and going to a pumpkin farm and/or apple orchard. Fall

projects/decorations will continue to be the focus at craft time. We have a tree bulletin

board with hand printed fall colored leaves to help the children recognize their first name. The apple bulletin board will help us identify our

whole name and say the letters in our name. We will create some wonderful finger painted

pumpkins next week. This activity helps with pre-writing skills because of the tracing involved. We are also working hard to color

neatly staying in the lines while holding our crayon or marker correctly.

We have been exploring the world of musical instruments trying to find our rhythm. The children enjoy using our rhythm sticks and

other percussion instruments to enhance songs we already know and learn some new ones.

Your generosity in donating items I requested for our room is wonderful and appreciated. We have received lots of orange tissue paper and

cottons balls. We should be set for the year. Thanks a bunch! A special thank you to Ava

and her family for donating a new doll bed and high chair for our ‘house’ play area. It’s

beautiful and the children love it! During Jesus time we have been learning how God loved Jacob even though he sinned. God

promised to be with Jacob always and send Jesus, the Savior to take away sin. The

children colored a mini-book of the story, Jacob’s Beautiful Dream

Serving Jesus and His Lambs, Mrs. Henning

Parent Teacher Conferences This week your student will bring home a form for parent teacher conferences

November 1 & 2, please fill one out for each child and return by Friday, October 20th.

Crusader Athletics Go to www.sjtosaathletics.org to view updated schedules for all Crusader sports (practices, games & tournaments).

Volleyball News:

The B-Team Crusaders had a great tournament

last weekend at Christ Big Bend. They fought

their way to the championship game and came up

just shy of the first place trophy. They will play in

their conference tournament at Star of Bethlehem

this weekend. Their first game is at

11:45AM. The A-Team also plays their conference

tournament this weekend at St. Paul’s Muskego.

Their first game is at 10AM. Come out and cheer

the Lady Crusaders on to victory. To Him be the

glory, let’s go Crusaders!

CRUSADER ATHLETICS WISH LIST! There is a new feature at the home page of

the Crusader athletics website! Below you will find items that the St. John's

Athletic Program would like to purchase outside of its regular budget. If you are so moved to put money towards the purchase of

any of these items, it would be greatly appreciated! Questions about the items can

be directed to Mr. Leyrer. If you would like to purchase or put money towards any of these items, please contact Mr. Leyrer or the school

office. Item(s) Quantity Unit Price

Kenwood 2-way Radios 6(minimum) $300

Anchor Audio Portable PA Speaker 1 $825

Tripod Speaker Stand (for above) 1 $ 75

10' x 15' Canopy Tent w/ School Graphics 1 $1500

See all info at www.sjtosaathletics.org

Concessions at “Jurassic Quest” October 21 & 22 Are you interested in getting to know a few more people from St. John's and working together for a common goal?..............St. John's will be staffing a concession stand at State Fair Park for “Jurassic Quest” on October 21 & 22. (NO PREVIOUS TRAINING REQUIRED!). The hours are as follows: Saturday, Oct. 21 (show from 9am-8pm), Sunday Oct. 22 (show from 9am-7pm). We will need to staff 8 people in three shifts: 8am-1pm, noon-5pm and 4-8pm. From our experience with similar shows, it will be quite busy from about 10:30-6pm! Reply to dawn.lambrecht@sjtosa.org.

Social Media Presentation – Monday, October 23

St. John's faculty & CES present a parent

seminar on Monday, October 23, 2017, 6:30-8:00pm in the church Fellowship Hall.

Dr. Casey Holtz has a career background in education, child and family psychology. He is

currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at WLC and has received numerous awards during his training.

Dr. Casey Holtz will provide parents with a model for decision making regarding media use

during childhood and adolescence. This model will include current research and guidelines

from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Holtz will inform parents about typical child and adolescent media use behavior in hopes of

helping parents "speak the language" of technology and to increase awareness of the

strengths and challenges that come along with modern day media use. Raising the Bar Men's Workshop St. John’s discipleship group is inviting all Men of St John's Wauwatosa to attend

our annual "Raising the Bar" men's workshop on Saturday, November 4th, 2017 from 8:00 A.M - 12:45 P.M. at St. John’s cost $20.

Raising The Bar Men's Conference exists to

encourage, empower and motivate men to live out God's view of manhood and be the best

husbands, fathers, and leaders God has called them to be.

This year’s conference features amazing

communicators. Our high-energy, conference will truly be an experience to encouraging and

helpful!

8:00 - 9:00 The Problem with evil - Pastor Endorf 9:00-9:15 Bacon Break 9:15 A.M - 10:15 A.M Things I wish my Dad taught me about the Catechism - Pastor Zarling

10:15 A.M -10:30 A.M Breakfast Sausage Break

10:30 A.M -11:30 A.M Renewed Strength through Christ - Pastor Eric Schroeder 11:30 A.M -11:45 A.M Cherry Brat 11:45 A.M - 12:45 P.M Learn, Live, and Lead – Brian Arthur Lampe

Please register at: http://www.sjtosa.org/RaisingTheBar $20.00 helps cover the costs of food and

materials. Please register today!

Lutheran Girl Pioneers Girls in grades 1-5 are invited to join St.

John’s Lutheran Girl Pioneers which generally meets from 6:30-8pm on the 1st and 3rd

Tuesdays of each month. Upcoming dates/events:

Oct. 17th (Pumpkin Carving and Yarn Doll Scarecrows)

St. John’s Lutheran Boy Pioneers will meet

on: Oct. 21st (Pumpkin Carving)

Teen Service Project Sunday! Fall yard work - 3:30 Sunday afternoon Just a quick reminder of the October teen

outing on Sunday, October 15th at 3:30 (right after the Packer game). We will meet at St. John's and divide up into groups to

volunteer at the homes of older members of our congregation. We are hoping to have

enough teens to volunteer at four different homes. To help with planning, please confirm your participation by emailing Pastor Bitter.

Also, don't forget to mark our Sunday,

November 12th outing on your calendar. We plan to go laser tagging - more details to come!

Advent by Candlelight Registration Sunday, December 3 – Registration for Advent by Candlelight is now open! Invite

your female family members, friends, and neighbors for a Christ-centered preparation for the holiday season. This free event will be

held in the school gymnasium beginning at 1:30 PM, and space is limited, so sign-up

today! Register online at www.sjtosa.org/ABCregistration, e-mail Julie Handeland at sjtosa.abc@gmail.com, or sign-

up at the table in the narthex. If you have 4 or more guests, you are encouraged to host a

table.