VOLUME XXXXIII September 9, 2010 No. 3

 

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And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11

 

GIVING THANKS TO GOD

The apostle Paul writes to the people at Corinth, I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. We as a school and congregation have undertaken a lot of tasks for this year. It is important for us to thank God for your commitment to support our ministry at St. Pauls. This first half of the year the SOS (Support Our Staff) Committee is taking on some huge fundraising efforts. We have a Stewardship emphasis and Vision planning event along with Christmas Around the World, and a 50^th basketball tournament anniversary observance. All of these efforts and planning give glory to the God who has created us, redeemed us, and called us into faith. Thank you for getting involved. Thank you for seeing the need to be an active part of our ministry. Be sure and give thanks to God for each other. Together we can achieve great things for the furtherance of His Kingdom.

 

ST. PAULS TO HOST MUSIC WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY

Mrs. Weigert belongs to a special music chapter that meets 3 times a year. We have agreed to host the music workshop in September, October, and March. Teachers from around the area gather together to learn how to improve their teaching of music. We are thankful for the opportunity to open our doors to these music teachers this Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. using our Fellowship Hall and Gymnasium.

 

OUTDOOR EDUCATION WEEK NEXT WEEK

The 7^th graders along with Mrs. Jahnke, Miss Muther, Mr. Woller, and Mr. Graf will be spending a week at Camp LuWiSoMo next week. They will leave around 8:45 a.m. next Monday and return on Friday, September 17^th at 2:15 p.m. We ask Gods blessings on our special week together. While Mr. Graf is away, Mr. Burkee will be handling any of the minor situations that arise. If there are any major concerns and parents can wait a week until Mr. Graf returns that would be great. Mrs. Evers, Mrs. Heder, and Mr. Burkee will be able to assist you during the week.

 

Mr. Dittman will be teaching the 4^th graders while Mrs. Jahnke is at Camp LuWiSoMo.

 

BUY SEASONS FUNDRAISING

We could still use some workers on Saturday the 18^th and Sunday the 26^th of September. In exchange for working from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. St. Pauls will receive the money that workers will have earned. Workers are paid $7.50 an hour over the two day program which will bring in close to $3,000 to be used to help raise money for our anticipated deficit. Please call the Scheuers at 545-6027 if you could work one of these dates or both dates. Thank you!!

 

SCHOOL PICTURES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30^TH

Individual pictures for the yearbook will be taken on the 30^th of September. Parents have the opportunity to purchase individual picture packets. Information will be sent home and as in the past, this is a pre-pay program. Pictures will be taken during the morning. 4K children will be having their picture taken at the beginning of their school day around 11:40 a.m.

 

SIGN-UP FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday after school on November 4^th and during the day on Friday, November 5^th. If you need a special time for your conference, please send that request to the office by Wednesday, September 22^nd.

 

BRADLEY CENTER HELP NEEDED

We still need more helpers to work the 24 events at the Bradley Center this year. About 60 people have signed up and we would like to get 240 workers so that each worker would only have to work 2 events this year. Please call Crystal Barry at 414-423-0244 if you would like to help. We hope to have the event schedule in early October so that we can sign-up for the dates that workers can work at. A special training session will be taking place on September 22^nd and 23^rd from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Bradley Center. Crystal Barry is e-mailing the information to people once they have signed up to help. We hope to raise between $13,000 and $16,000. Sign-up and get to know your fellow parents and members of our school and congregation.

 

CHILDRENS CHOIR

Childrens Choir for the 2010-2011 school year will begin on Tuesday, September 14^th. It runs from 2:25 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. Parents please pick your children up from the 79^th Street doors at 3:00 p.m. Thank you.

 

50^TH ANNUAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

In February 2011, we will be celebrating our 50^th Annual Invitational Tournament. As part of that anniversary, we will be hosting a coed St. Pauls Alumni Tournament during Christmas Break, and a St. Pauls Alumni Reunion in February. Both events are open to all St. Paul alumni. To sign up for the Alumni Tournament (registrations due November 15^th) please contact Scott Folger. Watch for more details and registration for these events in the near future.

 

PICTURES NEEDED FOR 50^TH ANNIVERSARY

As part of our 50^th Anniversary tournament celebration, we are looking for tournament pictures from throughout the years. If you have a tournament photo you would like to share, you may turn them in to the School Office. Please make sure your name and the year the photo was taken are on the back of the picture so we can return it to you later.

 

 

 

MUSICAL 100% CHANCE OF RAIN

The musical will be presented on Friday, October 29^th and Saturday, October 30^th. On Saturday, October 30^th we plan to offer a spaghetti dinner and theatre experience following the 5:00 p.m. worship service. We will need a lot of help with the spaghetti dinner. Please consider signing up to help serve. More details to follow.

 

Mrs. Wiegert is looking for parents who may be interested in helping with special effects, props, and costuming for the 6^th 8^th grade musical. If you would like to help, please contact her at 262-785-0117.

 

VISION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS

In October the congregation has the opportunity to set a vision for the ministry at St. Pauls. There will be a series of meetings to get input and help shape our vision for ministry. Meetings will be held on October 11^th, October 21^st, October 22^nd, and October 23^rd. The first 3 meetings will be two hour meetings and the 23^rd will be a longer meeting. On Sunday, October 24^th the Voters will meet to approve the Vision that was planned at the meetings. We would like everyone to be a part of this planning process

 

STEWARDSHIP WEEKENDS

4 classes are planned beginning the last weekend in September to speak about The Lifestyle of Faithful Stewards. Classes will be offered on Saturday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. prior to worship services and on Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. between worship services. We need to have people sign up so that we know how many booklets to order. The cost of the booklets are $2 each. Stewardship is about relationships, witnessing, living as servants, and giving joyfully. We hope that you will be able to attend. Please sign up so that we have enough books on hand.

 

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD MEETING OCTOBER 6^TH

A special thank you to the Ladies Aid who have moved their Christmas Party from December 1^st to December 7^th so that we can use the Fellowship Hall for our Christmas Around the World event on Wednesday, December 1^st.

 

We need more parents to get involved with helping with this special event. Teachers from individual classrooms and Grant Street will be having a planning meeting in September. We will all gather together on Wednesday, October 6^th to hear about each others plans as well as coordinating our efforts together.

 

FALL SPORTS ARE UP AND RUNNING

A special thank you to our coaches for all their efforts to provide these special sporting events. Practices are underway and games will begin next week. The following are being offered:

v  4-6 Girls Softball

v  6-8 Girls Softball

v  6-8 Boys Flag Football

v  Cross Country 4^th 8^th grade

RANGERETTE NEWS

First Rangerette meeting Friday, September 10^th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at St. Pauls in the gym.

SCRIP UPDATES

If you havent ordered SCRIP yet, please place an order and give it a try. Its easy and so convenient when you go shopping to not have to worry about having cash on you. Just take out your card and your purchase is complete! Place your order by 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and you will have the gift cards on Thursday. Here are a few SPECIALS starting September 11^th through September 24^th:

• 2% bonus for Old Country Buffet. A $25 gift card will have a 7% contribution instead of the normal 5%.
• When you order a Subway card, you will receive a 4% contribution instead of the normal 3%.
• Applebees will be offering a 2% bonus, so instead of the normal 8% you will receive a 10% contribution.
• Finish Line and Burger King will both offer a 1% bonus.

 

BAND INFORMATION

Monday night band rehearsals at Martin Luther High School from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

• September 20, 27
• October 4, 11, 18, 25
• November 1, 8
• Concert on Monday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m.
• January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (no Kadet Band on 31^st)
• February 7, 14, 21, 28
• Concert Monday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
• Solo and Ensemble March 5^th at Lake Country 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.

 

SPARTAN NEWS

• Football The Spartan football team opened the 2010 season with a 40-6 victory. Dominick Pritzlaff had 3 carries for a total of 15 yards.
• Boys Cross Country had their first meet at Kettle Moraine. The team has only four members who have ever run cross country before. The team finished 16^th. Adam Crist was one of the runners who scored for the team.
• Amanda Zimmermann, Sarah Zimmermann and Nicole Baxter are members of the 2010 Girls Cross Country Team.
• Girls Swim has had two meets so far this year. They placed 7^th in the first meet with Emma Van Dyke scoring 10 points for the team in the 500 free and 100 backstroke and Lindsey Green Scoring 10 points in the 100 breaststroke. In a meet at Cudahy, Lauren Green received a first place for the JV team.

 

YOUTH NEWS

• Keep using 'goodsearch.com' to help support SPY (St. Paul Youth). Goodsearch is a search engine powered by google.com, which donates 1 penny for every search to your designated non-profit organization. Make sure to find St. Paul Lutheran School, West Allis, WI and designate your searches! You can also shop through goodsearch.com and a percentage of your purchase will also go towards SPY! Thanks for searching!
• Are you looking for an easy way to earn money for your youth account?!? Sign up to set up/clean up the coffee and donuts on Sunday mornings throughout the year with Molly by emailing her (mollydce@yahoo.com) with the heading Coffee/Donuts and which Sunday you would like to volunteer for! First come, first serve basis! Email today!
• SPY (St. Pauls Youth) is happening again!!! Jr. High (6th-8th graders) will have youth group from 2-3:30 pm on Sunday, September 12th. Enter at doors on Lincoln Ave and head to the youth room to kick off the year with SPY!

 

UPCOMING DATES

September 13-17 7^th Grade Outdoor Ed

September 30 School Pictures

October 26 End of 1^st Quarter

October 27 Teacher In-Service NO SCHOOL

October 28 Southside Professional Development NO SCHOOL

October 29 Fall Teachers Conference NO SCHOOL

October 29 & 30 6^th 8^th grade Musical