Principal’s Desk……. Please join A “LIFE GROUP”: Please take a moment to read the information included in this edition of Slices on our upcoming “Get Real” Life Group activity. This Bible study in small groups offers a great, relaxed way of looking at some life changing truths about God and his amazing love. The book of the Bible being studied is Philippians. This book is known as one of the “joy-filled” books of the Bible. If you want more information, please contact Christina Meadows. cmeadows@stjohnsorange.org Volunteer Screening Must Be Current – Today is the last day we are honoring the 2013-2014 screening clearance. Parents and friends, effective Monday you must have a current 2014-2015 Volunteer Screening submitted in order to be involved with students in face to face activities. Auxiliary Meeting Well Attended: For those parents who attended the Auxiliary meeting yesterday morning, thank you so much! We had a great turn out! I find it so wonderful that we have so many parents who wish to step up and volunteer their time and energy toward making our school the best it can be. If you would like to review the minutes from the meeting, they are available on Renweb Resource Documents. Again, THANK YOU!! Please Consider Participation in Excellent to Exceptional – We are once again organizing our Annual School Gift Campaign. This year we have a “$50,000 matching opportunity.” You will be receiving information through the U.S. Mail in two weeks. Please look for it and consider offering your support for this campaign. It benefits our school in so many ways. This campaign is focused on supporting our school and helping us become even better! Gifts may be designated for Current School Year Enhancements OR for the St. John’s Lutheran School Endowment Fund. We are truly blessed by God with a wonderful school and are so excited about equipping our students to serve Him both now and in the future. Join us in this effort to move our school from Excellent to Exceptional!! ITBS Standardized Testing Oct. 6-17: Parents, I am hoping that by giving advance notice like this, everyone will respect the importance of student attendance during ITBS testing. Please note these dates and refrain from having your child miss school unless because of illness.

Please schedule appointments, etc. at another time. ALSO – please be on time for school. Thank you!

Chapman 5K – Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 11th

. This is the date for the Chapman 5K Run. This is a great event and one in which many of our St. John’s students and their families participate. Please check our Mr. Courvoisier’s email he sent out last week for details.

Tim Elmore Presentation – Parents, Lutheran schools in Orange County are collaborating together to bring Tim Elmore to Orange Lutheran High School on Tuesday, October 7

th at 7:00PM. Tickets are available on line. He is an outstanding speaker on various subjects

related to children and teenagers. Mark your calendar now. SEE ATTACHED FLYER!

Have a great weekend! God is Rock Solid!

Mr. Einem

SCHOOL NOTES Referral Refund Incentive For Currently Enrolled School Families (Includes Preschool – Grade 8 families) If a new family is accepted, enrolls, and attends during the 2014/2015 school year, and names you, one of our currently enrolled families, as the referral family on their Application for Admission, you will receive a registration refund check equal to that of the new student. The newly enrolled family must be new to St. John’s Lutheran School and Church. This is our way of saying thank you for being in partnership with us and sharing your love of the Lord and St. John’s with others. For information regarding enrollment, please have them contact Jodi Holte, Director of Admissions, at 714.288.4406.

Vol. 27, Issue 5

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September 26, 2014 St. John’s Lutheran School Weekly Newsletter

CONNECT…RUN/WALK…SHARE! Join St. John’s at the Chapman 5K on Saturday, October 11th. SHARE with our community by serving at the water station on our campus or you can CONNECT with others by registering for the 5K as a runner or walker! All ages, experience, and ability levels are welcome. To sign up to serve or receive information about the discounted registration rate to run/walk, and reserve your FREE Mustang event day shirt, email Jeff Courvoisier jcourvoisier@stjohnsorange.org PRESCHOOL PUMPKIN PATCH - Sunday October 26 2- 5 p.m. - Preschool is teaming up with Children’s Ministries, Men’s Ministries, and MomsNext for our 5th Annual Pumpkin Patch. Come & enjoy a fun-filled Fall evening with us at St. John’s Senne Field from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 26th. St. John’s families with children ages 3-9, and their friends are invited! Activities include: trunk-or-treating, carnival games, a hot dog dinner, cake walk, live praise music, bounce houses, and a pumpkin for all children 9 and under! $5 per person includes dinner. Children 2 and under are free and nursery care is available. Tickets are on sale at the preschool front desk. QUESTIONS? Please contact the Preschool: 714-288-4409 | EMartinez@stjohnsorange.org SEE ATTACHED FLYER! PIP HOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING PARENTS!! Working parents, if you are having difficulty finding time to get PIP hours, please contact the Advancement Office for opportunities in the coming weeks to earn hours from home. We really need your help! Contact Julie or Trish at (714)288-4465 or email advancement@stjohnsorange.org LHSOC FALL FEST - Fall Fest takes places Saturday, October 4 and will feature a number of activities for both adults and children, including a dunk tank, rock climbing, face painting, a bounce house, sumo wrestling and a petting zoo. Food choices range from bratwurst to pizza to funnel cakes. Live entertainment will include music from country punk group The Altar Billies, 80s cover band Knyght Ryder, rock trio The Bash Dogs, Orange Lutheran praise band Unlimited Warranty, and more. Boutique shopping, with more than 15 vendors, will also be available to those in attendance. Fall Fest will run from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the school’s campus. Admission is FREE! SEE ATTACHED FLYER! SPEECH /LANGUAGE SCREENING - Articulation, language and comprehension are all critical factors that contribute to your child’s school success. For several years now, St. John’s has partnered with Language 2 Literacy to provide speech and language remediation for our students. Jill D’Braunstein, M.A. CCC-SLP, will conduct a brief speech-language, comprehension and hearing screening for school children on Monday October 21st on the campus at St. John’s Lutheran School during the school day. The cost is $25 per child. If you would like to have your child screened for speech or comprehension issues, please complete the attached form and return this form to your child’s teacher, no later than Wednesday, October 15th.

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The preschool currently has limited openings for 3 or 4 year olds.

For 3-year olds: PM Preschool – M/W/F afternoons from 12:15 - 3:15 p.m. (with After-School Care available until 6 p.m.)

For 4-year olds: PM Pre-Kindergarten – M-F afternoons from 12:15 – 3:15 p.m.

(with After-School Care available)

AM or Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten – M-F from as early at 7:15 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. (with After-School Care available until 6 p.m.)

Please contact Emily Martinez, Preschool Admissions Director, at (714) 288-4409 or via e-mail at

EMartinez@stjohnsorange.org for more information or to arrange a tour.

NEXT WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S 9/27/14 – 10/3/14

Sunday 9/28 Kantate (5th

) sings @ 9:30 am in the Auditorium. Alleluia (3rd

) sings @ 11am in the Sanctuary.

Wednesday 10/1 Crean Lutheran Chamber Choir leads Joint Chapel in the Sanctuary. Wednesday 10/1 Spelling Bee – 1:00pm in the Auditorium. Friday 10/3 7th & 8th graders to Crean Lutheran High School – 8:20 – 1:30 pm

ATHLETICS WEEK OF 9/27/14 – 10/3/14

Please check with your child’s head coach if there are any changes in the team’s schedule.

REMINDER: TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AND PLAY IN THE GAMES, EACH PLAYER NEEDS TO

HAVE COMPLETED PHYSICAL FORMS AND THE COMPLETED PERMISSION TO TRAVEL FORM TURNED IN TO MR. STUEWE.

ALL DRIVERS MUST COMPLETE AND RETURN THE VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK AND BE

CLEARED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE PLAYERS TO THE GAMES/PRACTICES.

DATE TEAM SPORT PRACTICE / GAME LOCATION DISMISSAL TIME FROM CLASS

9/27 VAR GBB Salem Tourney (Salem) Salem, Orange 10:30 AM Game time

9/30 5th

-6th

GBB Practice Outside courts 3:00 PM

JV GBB Zion, Anaheim Home – Gym 3:00 PM

VAR GBB Abid. Savior, Lake Forest Abid. Savior, Lake

Forest 2:35 PM

5

th-6

th BFB Practice Turf field 3:00 PM

7 BFB Trinity, Anaheim Home – Hart Park 2:45 PM

10/1 5A GBB Practice Outside courts 3:00 PM

5B GBB St. Paul’s, Orange Home – Ct. 2 3:00 PM

6 GBB St. Paul’s, Orange SPO – church gym 2:45 PM

JV GBB Practice Outside courts 3:00 PM

VAR GBB Practice Gym 3:00 PM

5 BFB Grace, Huntington Beach Home - Palmyra 2:45 PM

6 BFB Grace, Huntington Beach Grace, Huntington

Beach 2:35 PM

7 BFB Practice Turf field 3:00 PM

8 BFB Practice Turf field 3:00 PM (end at 4:00 PM)

10/2 5th

-6th

GBB Practice Outside courts 3:00 PM

JV GBB Christ, Costa Mesa Christ, Costa Mesa 2:35 PM

VAR GBB Salem, Orange Home – Gym 3:00 PM

5th

-6th

BFB Practice Turf field 3:00 PM

7 BFB Practice Palmyra 3:00 PM

8 BFB Christ, Brea Home – Hart Park 2:45 PM

10/3 8 BFB Salem, Orange Home – Hart Park 2:45 PM

CHURCH NOTES

BAPTISM INFORMATION MEETING – Interested in finding out more about Baptism? What it means to be baptized at St. John’s or why we have baptism? Please come to an informational meeting with an Elder. These meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. For more information, please visit our website, www.stjohnsorange.org/baptism or call the Christina Meadows at 714 288 4425.

JOB OPPORTUNITY - Full Time Youth Ministry Coordinator: The Coordinator shall provide professional administrative, clerical, and organizational support to the Director of Youth Ministry, DCE, Confirmation program and related Ministry Action Teams so as to support our Discipleship process: CONNECT - GROW – SHARE Please submit resumes to cmeadows@stjohnsorange.org or drop off at the school/church office Attn: Christina. Visit www.stjohnsorange.org/events for more information.

CONCERT SERIES EVENT: On Sunday, October 12, at 7:00 p.m. St. John’s will present a choral concert, JUBILATE CHOIR’S FAVORITE ANTHEMS. Featured with be our 80-voice Jubilate Adult Choir. They will be accompanied by Renee Cahill, Charles Raasch and Hannah Winebarger. Dr. William Heide conducts. There is no charge. A freewill offering will be taken. Nursery care for children under age 5 is available. Bring a friend!