Next Week at St. John’sSunday, September 30 8&10:30am – Worship Service

9:15am – Junior High Youth GroupMonday, October 1 6pm – Worship Service

Chicken Tenders or Fruited Yogurt w/ Goldfish Crackers & Boiled Egg

Tuesday, October 2 Picture DayPiano Lessons3:15pm – Faculty MeetingCheese Pizza Slice or Mini Turkey Bacon Club

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Wednesday, October 3 12pm – OctoberfestPiano LessonsFrench Toast Sticks or Omelet with Scooby

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Thursday, October 4 Pasta w/ Chicken Alfredo or BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich

THE EAGLE MESSAGE

419 Jefferson Ave. Sparta, WI 54656 ~ 608-269-6001

Friday, September 28, 2018“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you

go.”Joshua 1:9

In God's Word Next Week

CalendarFor the most up-to-date schedule for our church and school, please go to

our website: www.sjsparta.com. You will find our church and school calendars, which are updated daily!

Join Us for Sunday Worship

Services are held on Sundays at

8 & 10:30am and on Mondays at 6pm. Junior High Youth Group is available for 5th-8th graders every

Sunday at 9:15am in the 5th-6th Grade classroom.

Church AttendanceDon’t forget to return your blueChurch Attendance charts each week on either Monday or Tuesday. They were sent back home today with the Eagle Message.

Weekly Chapel Weekly chapel services are on Fridays at 8am. Parents are always welcomed and encouraged to attend chapel services. A mission offering is taken during each of those services. The mission project that has been chosen by our teachers for the first quarter is “Freedom for the Captives.” Freedom for the Captives seeks to empower the Christian community to respond with excellence to the sin of child abuse. For more information go to www.freedomforcaptives.com.

October Lunch MenuThe October lunch menu is being sent home today with the Eagle Message. It is attached to this email and more copies can be picked up in the school office. It is

also posted on our school website.Picture Day is October 2 nd Picture Day materials were sent home and should be returned with payment ON picture day, October 2nd. To order online, this website can be accessed until midnight 48 hours after our picture day:http://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/pictureDayId/MI428179Y0. We need a few parents to help with Picture Day. If you are interested in helping, please contact the school office as soon as possible.

OctoberfestEvery year our St. John’sLadies’ Aid hosts Octoberfest here at St. John’s for local nursing home and care facilities. Our school participates by providing some entertainment for the guests, and our 7th-8th grade are servers for the meal. Octoberfest is this Wednesday, October 3rd at 12pm!

Red Shirt Friday This Friday, October 5th, is Red Shirt Friday! Be sure to wear red to Remember Everyone Deployed.

Junior High Youth Group Bake SaleThe Junior High Youth Groupis doing a bake sale after eachservice on Sunday, October 7th

and Monday, October 8th to

raise funds for their program. If you would like to donate baked goods for this sale, please bring baked goodies on those days - pre-wrapped and ready for purchase. Please consider supporting our youth by donating generously as you satisfy your sweet tooth!

No School October 8 th There will not be school next Monday, October 8th. It is a Teacher In-service day. Enjoy your day off!

Camp Phillip Confirmation RetreatStudents in 7th-8th Gradeare invited to participate ina Confirmation Retreat at Camp Phillip on Friday-Sunday, October 12th -14th. Materials were shared at Confirmation Registration. So far, only 2 students are signed up. Please be sure to submit your Camp Phillip registration and your $35 check made out to St. John’s as soon as possible if your confirmation student plans to attend!

Picking Up Kids During the School DayWhenever you are picking up your children during the school day, whether for illness, appointments, family activities, etc., please check into the school office before you leave the building to sign out your child for the day. If you need to pick up your children during the school day, and it is not pre-planned with your child’s teacher, only contact

the school office. Please do not contact your child’s teacher, as they may not get the message until it is too late. The secretaries will relay the message to the teacher as soon as it comes to the school office.

Sick ChildrenWe already have a largenumber of children sickthis school year. When your child won’t be here for school because of illness, please contact the school office. The secretaries will alert the teacher of your child’s illness. Please remember that if your child has a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, those symptoms need to be gone for a full 24 hours before they can come back to school. If your child comes to the office during the school day with symptoms of illness, we will call the parents first, then anyone else in our records that have permission to pick up your child. Whoever comes to pick up your child will need to check in at the school office to sign the child out.

Science and Fine Arts FairIf your 5th – 8th grade student signed up to do an art or craft project for the Science and Fine Arts Fair, those projects need to be brought to school on Wednesday, October 24th. The Science and Fine Arts Fair takes place at Luther High School on November 3.

Junior ChoirMrs. Wehrs will be directing Junior Choir this year. Sometime in October, practices will begin on Wednesdays immediately after school. Look for more information as we get closer to the start of Junior Choir.

School Apparel Order FormsWe will be making a school apparel order soon! Order forms were sent home last week with the Eagle Message (there are extras in the school office). Please return the forms with payment (checks payable to St. John’s) to the church or school office by Oct. 14th.

Love and Logic SeminarSt. John’s is hosting a Love and Logic seminar this fall. Please see the attached poster at the end of the Eagle Message for more details.

School Fund DrivesWe currently collect Box Tops for Education, Milk Moola Caps from Kwik Trip, and Coke Rewards lids. More information on these collection projects can be found at school. You can also support St. John’s by using Amazon Smile when you order anything fromAmazon. If you need help with that, please contact the school office.

It’s Box Tops Submission Time!Our school will be

sending in the Box Tops we’ve

collected by October 19th! Our goal

thisyear it to earn $600. You can help us reach that goal by sending in your Box Tops as soon as possible.

Cord and Wire RecyclingDon’t forget to recycle your old cords, Christmas lights, and wires in the big white barrel just inside the school doors. Thanks to Joe Cook for doing the leg work!Aluminum Can CollectionDon’t forget to deposit your empty aluminum pop cans into the cage near the playground! Those are exchanged for cash periodically throughout the year, and that cash benefits our school. If you would be interested in helping with the actual donation process (i.e. transporting the cans to the recycling facility occasionally), please contact the school office. Hot Lunch Help Needed!

We can always use more hot

lunch helpers! If you are

willing and able to help,

please call the school office and we’d be happy to schedule you for a time slot!

Marker Recycling ProgramYou can bring in your dried up markers to the school office! There is a collection box just

inside the office. Our 5th-8th graders will be working on this as a service project throughout the school year!

St. John's School Now Has SCRIP!St. John's has enrolled in Luther High School's expanded SCRIP program. This is a great way to   reduce your tuition costs   while going about your normal shopping.

Using SCRIP means purchasing gift cards to stores you normally shop at and using those cards as

cash. Because you purchased through the SCRIP program, the stores give a percentage of the sale to the seller (in this case, Luther High). Our church has been utilizing Luther's SCRIP program to help with the tuition of our Luther High School students for over 7 years. You may have seen them being sold in the Fellowship Hall after church services. You have always been able to set up an account for your child at Luther and save for their future tuition there, but now Friends of Luther, who oversee the SCRIP program, will allow you to use that money for grade school tuition, if you wish. You may still leave the money in your account to accrue for your future Luther High School tuition. There is an account set up for the general use at St. John's grade school. If you would wish to have your contributions go that

direction, just fill that in on the top of the order form instead of a specific name. So, set up an account for your child, and dip your toe into utilizing SCRIP. It takes some getting used to, but you will soon find out how easy it is, and you will be squirreling away tuition credits in the process. Forms to sign up and to purchase are the same form and can be found at lutherhigh.org (underneath the heading of Advancement), or in the church and school offices. Purchases can be made after church services. The school office can also help you out during the weekday. Online purchasing is also available. Rather than explain that here, just call Carla Korthals @ 269-1675 (leave a message!) and she can help you out.