St. Stephen’s Weekly News 3/2/2025

God Word– impressed at home.
But as for me and my household,
we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15

Encouragement Passage:
Now, the way the sinful flesh thinks
results in death, but the way the spirit thinks
results in life and peace.
Romans 8:6

LENTEN WORSHIP:
Wednesday, March 5,  starts the season of Lent.  St. Stephen’s will have worship services at 3:45 and 6:30 on Wednesdays.  Please consider joining us for worship as we walk with Christ to the cross of forgiveness.  There will be meals between services starting at 4:45.  This week’s meal will be served by the Teen Group.  They will be serving walking tacos.  This also affects our singing schedule for the next 6 weeks.  Please be aware of when students sing.

Singing Schedule:
Thank you to the Children’s choir for beautifying our 8:00 service this morning.
Jr. Choir will sing on Wednesday, March 5 at 3:45
Kindergarten and 1st grade sing at Good Shepherd on Sunday March 9 in the 9:00 service
Grade 2 sings Wednesday, March 12, in the 3:45 service.
Grades 3 and 4 sing Wednesday, March 26, in the 6:30 service.

Mission Collection:
We collected $65.20 for our missions this past week.  We have collected a total of $416.45.  This puts at 83.2% of our goal of $500.00.  Our goal is in sight.  Let’s see how far past the $500.00 mark we can take this in the next 2 weeks.

PickUp/Dropoff reminder:
The parking lot can be a busy place during pick up and drop off.  There have been some noticeable incidents in the last few weeks that piqued the interest of school faculty.
Three reminders as we move towards the end of the school year:

1. Students 2nd grade and under should be brought to and picked up from the double lined area of the parking lot.  Older siblings may help with this.
2. While you wait for your students, please do so within the double yellow line area.  
3. When dropping children off in the lane next to the yellow lines, please pull up as far as possible.

Thank you for understanding.

“COIN DUEL” – A Fun School-Wide Competition!
Thank you to everyone who supported our Coin Duel this past week.
Over the week we collected 52,895 coins totaling $1,831.00
Here is the breakdown by team:
Team 1: Grades 5-8 24,607 coins for $576.27
Team 2: Grades 2-4 13303 coins for $547.32
Team 3: Grades K-1 14985 coins for $706.87
Grades 5-8 were the winning team and will receive their root beer floats soon.  Thank you to all the support for the new playground.  

Sundae Fun Day!
Thank you to everyone who helped raise funds for the playground through the Student Council Sundae Fun Day fundraiser.  We were able to raise$107.00 for the playground through these efforts.

Movie nights coming up:
Friday, March 7, 6:00 is movie night at Good Shepherd to wrap up Read Across America week.  They will be watching Clifford the Big Red Dog.  There will be hot dogs, chips, cookies, and popcorn.  They will also have a “guess the number of dog bones” contest.

Financial Statements:
Financial statements will be sent home this week.  Please be sure to make appropriate payments as the year continues.  

2025-2026 Registration:
Online registration portal for the 2025-2026 school year is now open.  Please fill out the registration as soon as you are able.  If for some reason you are going to delay your registration/intent for the next school year, please let us know.

Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser
Last week you received a letter about our upcoming Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser.
What a great opportunity to gather as a school and church family to support raising funds for the playground.

2025 Summer Camps at LLHS and LPS
Lakeside Lutheran High School has summer sports camp every year.  Here is the link to the site that describes the camps and how to register and pay for them.
https://www.llhs.org/apps/pages/summercamps 

Luther Prep also has summer sports camps.  Many of these camps are overnight camps.  Here is the website for these camps with information on them.
https://www.lps.wels.net/apps/pages/summer_camps

Daylight Savings Reminder:
Remember that clocks go back 1 hour next Saturday night.

St. Stephen’s School Mission:
St. Stephen’s Lutheran School will offer a Christ-centered education to all students. We will instruct them in the Word of God, educate them in secular subjects, train them to become responsible citizens in our community, and prepare them for their eternal victory in heaven when they die. We will do this by holding Jesus and his love before them each day by appropriately using law and gospel as we instruct and discipline.   

Please remember that if you need assistance with anything that you can reach out to the teachers and leaders of St. Stephen’s.  You can also find answers to some questions on the website: www.ssbdwels.com