Quick Notes

  • From October 28-November 22, St. Stephen’s will be collecting non-perishable food for the local food pantry.  There will be a classroom challenge associated with this food drive this year.  Classroom groups will be as follows:  Kindergarten and 6th grade, 1st grade, 2nd and 7th grade, 3rd and 4th grade, 5th and 8th grade.  So, get excited to start collecting!  Each week, the group with the most contributions will receive an edible treat and/or a non-edible prize! Most importantly, let’s let our light shine and share the love of Jesus by helping to meet the bodily needs of people in our community.
  • Our annual Veterans Day celebration is quickly coming up.  This year is special as our celebration falls on Veterans Day. Please note the following details about Veterans Day: All veterans are kindly invited to attend a special event in honor of their service to our country on Monday, November 11, at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church. The event will begin with a chapel service held in the church at 8:15 a.m. followed by presentations and songs by the grade school children. Afterward, refreshments will be served in the church basement.Please sign up on the forms found in the entryway of the church by Sunday, November 3, so we have an idea of who will be able to attend this special event. A signup genius may be available at a later date.  Please keep your eyes open for this.
  • Next singing date is the Children Choir sings at 8:00 a.m on November 10th.
  • To break up the start of the year, the student council has decided on a spirit week.  This will happen the week of November 11.
    • Monday:  Formal dress up for Veterans Day.  (Wear your best church style clothes–no jeans or t-shirts)
    • Tuesday:  Pajama Day
    • Wednesday:  Fall Color Day (Wear colors of Autumn–Reds, oranges, yellows)
    • Thursday:  Mismatch Day (Self-explanatory)
    • Friday:  Crazy Hair Day (Hairstyles that are crazy/different.  Do not come with colored/dyed hair)
  • Memory Work for this week.
    • Genesis 2:17 (due Friday 11/8) 
    • The Lord God gave a command to the man. He said, “You may freely eat from every tree in the garden, 
    • Genesis 2:16 (due Wednesday 11/6)
    • but you shall not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for on the day that you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
  • Spelling Words due 11/8
    • dark, start, party, storm, forget, morning, dirt, thirsty, under, person, turn, purple