The Raider Report

ROOTED IN CHRIST

St. John's Lutheran School exists to educate each child in a Christ-centered environment for a life of service to God and man.

Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ at St. John’s! October is a time of change- both in terms of the full bloom of the fall season and in providing a beginning to a festival season of the church with the celebration of Reformation. Whether we are ready for changes or not, changes bring refreshment and growth to our lives. Jesus calls us to grow in him through our reception of God’s Word and our desire to see the Word bring change through destroying our sinful nature by moving us to repentance and bringing us new life through forgiveness. This is the heart of the change we will celebrate on Reformation Sunday, the Lord’s church willingly seeking to do God’s will through the practice of repentance. As long as sin endures in the world there will be no shortage of bad examples or temptations which the church can fall into. We as the church are always seeking to reform our practice when necessary in order that the life and salvation won by Jesus leads the way in our life as the church. We pray the Lord would reform our hearts so that we as the church can be the people He created us to be. As you make your way through shorter days and the other changes October brings, may your days be marked above all else by the change the Holy Spirit works in us to daily and richly forgive our sins. And may our Lord return soon to bring the greatest change of all- eternal life to all believers in Christ!

- Pastor Fuller

Collect for Reformation Day: Almighty and gracious Lord, pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep us steadfast in Your grace and truth, protect and defend us in times of temptation, defend us against all enemies, and grant to Your Church Your saving peace; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Pastor Christopher Raffa has accepted the call to serve as the next pastor at St. John's Sauers Lutheran Church. Pastor Raffa will be installed on Sunday, November 22.

A special service will be held during church on Sunday, November 22 and a dinner will follow in the school gymnasium.

Pastor will begin serving our school and congregation upon his arrival (the week of November 1), but he will not begin preaching until after his installation.

• Beginner Preschool Pictures
• Picture Retakes for K-8
• Cheerleading Pictures
• Girls & Boys Basketball Pictures

NOVEMBER 5.

The Lady Braves Basketball program will be hosting a basketball league for girls in grades 2, 3, and 4. First day is Monday, October 26. See the link below for registration and more information.

The concessions stand is seeking donations of hot dogs, sloppy jo meat and ground beef. Donations can be brought to the school office or put in the freezer in gym. Thank you!!

Trinity Lutheran High School will host their first information night for this school year on Wednesday, September 23 at 6:30pm. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Trinity including academics, athletics, student life, admissions process, and what makes TLHS a special place to grow and learn.

Info Night Dates:

November 18

January 20

April 21

For more information contact Admissions Director Erin Brooks at ebrooks@trinitycougars.org or 812-524-8547

Mallory Loutner 3rd

Olivia Darlage 6th

Cooper Thomas 9th

Zane Wheeler 10th

Emersyn Reedy 14th

Leyla Sanchez 17th

Mrs. Kelly Klosterman 19th

Mrs. Julie Rueger 21st

October:

17 Lunch Days

$3.50 student meal

$1.50 extras

$.50 milk (extra)

Grades 5-8: A la Cart Nachos w/ Cheese $2.00

November:

15 Lunch Days

$3.50 student meal

$1.50 extras

$.50 milk (extra)

Grades 5-8: A la Cart Nachos w/ Cheese $2.00

Save the date for Trunk or Treat! The annual St. John's Sauers Trunk or Treat will be held on Friday, October 30 from 6:00-8:00pm. Park you cars in the church/school lot & have trunks ready to go by 6:00pm!

Congratulations to the Lady Raiders on the 2nd Place finish at the ILSAA State Tournament!

St. John's Sauers students in grades 3-8 will be taking ILEARN Checkpoint #1 next week (October 26-29). The checkpoint tests are 25-30 questions over Math & ELA topics.

The St. John's Athletics, School and Church Calendars are on Eventlink. Download the app & choose which calendars you would like to follow!

1. Download the Eventlink app on your phone.

2. Search for St. John’s Sauers Lutheran School

3. Enter info to create an account

4. After setting up your account, tap on ‘Calendars’.

5. Choose teams/calendars that you wish to subscribe to.

Immanuel Lutheran will host this year's Lutheran Mission Federation Reformation Rally. Students from Immanuel, Zion, St. John's Sauers, and Lutheran Central will join together to sing "Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain" (LSB 865) during the service. All students in grades K-8 are invited to join!

School families are invited to join as we celebrate the Reformation and pray that the Lord will continue to preserve His Church and pass on the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ to generations to come.

We would like to thank Miss Shelby Barker for serving our school the last 15 months as a teacher's aide! We wish her the best as she begins cosmetology school next week!

We would like to welcome Mrs. Maggie Schafstall as our new teacher's aide! Maggie will be serving in preschool and the lower grade classrooms. Welcome & we are excited to have you!

The LJHA students will be outside again on Friday, October 30! Grab you morning fuel from them!

We are still collecting items for Operation Christmas Child! Last Day to send in items will be Friday, November 6!

Our second quarter chapel offerings will support the Jackson County Clothing Center.

The preschool Christmas program will now be on Wednesday, December 16 at 7:00pm instead of on Thursday, December 17. Please make note of this date change!

Click the link for the approved school calendar for the 2026-27 school year. This is updated with the new date for the preschool Christmas program.

Gradelink is our student management system where parents are able to view their child's grades. Gradelink now offers an online payment option that allows parents to pay fees, tuition, and lunch balances. See the steps below!

• Mon. 10/26: 8th Boys BBall @ Crothersville Pre-season Trny

• Oct. 26-30: Red Ribbon Week
• Oct. 27: Chapel @ 8:30am
• Oct. 30: Red Ribbon Assembly for students in K-8
• Oct. 30: Trunk or Treat 6:00

• Nov. 4: Junior High Spell Bowl
• Nov. 5: Picture Day (Beginner Preschool/Basketball/Cheer/Retakes)
• Nov. 12: 7th/8th travel to TLHS for musical
• Nov. 13: Midterm Quarter 2
• Nov. 13: Packing Day for Operation Christmas
• Nov. 15: Kids sing in church
• Nov. 16: Elementary Spell Bowl
• Nov. 22: Installation for Pastor Raffa
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving Break- No School
• Nov. 23-24: PD for Teachers at Lutheran Teacher Conf.

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