Pacific Southwest District School Ministries E-Connect "...speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." -Ephesians 4:15-16 May 27, 2015 HEARTS FOR JESUS UPDATE Contact Us 1540 Concordia Drive E. Irvine, CA 92612 Website: www.pswcic.org Phone 949-854-3232 Fax 949-854-8140 Rachel Klitzing Mrs. Dalis, wife of President Vannarith Chim of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC), is shown leading the children in Bible songs in preparation for the opening of the next Garuna Christian School in Kampong Chnnang Province, Cambodia. Thank you to the Pacific Southwest District for identifying this project as their 2014-2015 Hearts For Jesus campaign. Please continue to keep this ministry in your prayers. Executive Director of School Ministries ext. 223 [email protected] Kim Violette Administrative Assistant ext. 226 Our Hearts for Jesus total is now $23,788.89! We are over halfway to our goal of $40,000 to build this new Christian school! There is still time left in the school year to give to the Garuna Foundation! Thank you for your support! TESTING NEWS Administrators and Testing Coordinators, You were emailed today the information for Fall Testing 2015. All the information you need for placing your order for your school's Fall testing materials is in and attached to that email. A hard copy will not be sent. If you did not receive that email, please contact Kim Violette. If you are interested in joining the PSD Fall Testing Consortium, please contact Barbara Mills at Riverside Publishing. Her contact information is in that email as well. Fall Testing dates for this upcoming school year are October 19 - 30, 2015. [email protected] Ellen Pratt Staff Assistant, part-time ext. 224 [email protected] Tyler Fewins Raving Fans Coordinator for Marketing, Branding and Sustainability ext. 216 [email protected] Anna Preus Staff Assistant, part-time JUNE DEVOTION ON WEBSITE [email protected] The June devotion is up on our website! It is written by Carol Lynne Rose Smallwood from Salem, Orange, CA. Click here to read it. It's great Early Childhood Consultant, for the end of the school year! part-time (949) 433-2042 ANNUAL GRANTPARENT LUNCHEON A SUCCESS [email protected] Quick Links PSD School Ministries Pacific Southwest District School Ministries Facebook page LCMS The annual Grantparent Sponsor Appreciation Luncheon took place yesterday on the campus of Concordia University Irvine. In attendance were sponsors of students, Grantparent school principals and representatives, students that are sponsored as well as students from a school that sponsors a student. It was a wonderful event! This 2014-15 school year, 35 students at five PSD schools were sponsored through the Grantparent Mission Project, now in its 13th year of providing tuition assistance to students at urban PSD schools. Please consider the Grantparent Mission Project for a 2015-16 chapel offering idea, or sponsor a student as a school-wide mission outreach like several of our PSD schools do! Please visit the Grantparent website or contact Anna Preus for more information! JUBILARIAN FORMS DUE MONDAY! Are you a Jubilarian? Do you have Jubilarians on your staff? Not sure -- what is a Jubilarian? GLAD YOU ASKED! A Jubilarian is someone who is completing their 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th or 55th year of ministry this 2014-15 school year. We will honor God's faithfulness and your years of service at LEC 2015. In order to let us know of this accomplishment, we need you to let us know who you are! Please complete the Jubilarian information forms - click here - and send this information to Jennifer Burnett NO LATER than Monday, June 1, 2015. Thank you! SUMMER ADMINISTRATORS CONFERENCE 2015 Registration is now open for our summer Administrators Conference at the beautiful La Quinta Resort and Spa on July 2830, 2015! Did you know that the cost for this amazing time of administrative professional development has not changed for three years?! We are very pleased we can continue to provide this high quality time of professional growth at a reasonable cost for you and your administrative teams! This year's speakers come from the Van Lunen Center. The Van Lunen Center provides world-class executive management education essentials to the future of schools based on the historic Christian faith. Several of our PSD Administrators have become Van Lunen Fellows. Here is what two of them have to say: "My experience in the Van Lunen Fellowship allowed me the opportunity to learn from and grow with Dave Hahn and Jim Marsh. Dave and Jim bring 'in the trenches,' relevant, Christcentered school leadership experience to equip, encourage, and improve us. These servants of the Lord are outstanding speakers, wise counselors, and also a whole lot of fun! You won't want to miss an Administrators Conference led by this dynamic duo!" Xavria Schwarz, Principal, Christ Lutheran, La Mesa, CA "Dave brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a Lutheran school administrator. He is also REALLY funny and an encourager by nature, so his presentations are both engaging and memorable. Jim is a humble servant with a great deal of experience as an administrator of a successful Christian school ministry. He has a great knack for helping administrators step back from the nitty-gritty details of management to see the big picture of school leadership, especially in the area of governance." -Dr. Mary Fink, Bethany Lutheran, Long Beach, CA We are excited about the program being prepared for you! Go to the website today to learn more and register for the great event! EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATE OF LUTHERAN TEACHING Are you interested in taking the Early Childhood Certificate of Lutheran Teaching (ECCLT)? We have had some interest in this class recently and would need to establish a commitment from at least 10 students for Fall 2015 to be able to approach Concordia University to build the class. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Kim Violette at [email protected]. DOES YOUR SCHOOL HAVE EDUCATORS RETIRING? Administrators: Please advise our School Ministries office if you have any Commissioned Ministers on your staff who are retiring at the end of the school year. This information is very helpful so paperwork can be prepared to update roster information. Contact Ellen Pratt at [email protected] or 949-854-3232 ext. 224. Thank you for your help! PRAYER REQUESTS Each week, prayers of thanksgiving and prayers for teachers, administrators, support staff, pastors, students, and families of the Lutheran schools, early childhood centers, and churches of the Pacific Southwest District are listed. To include names on the list, please send information to [email protected] by noon on Wednesday of each week. This week we pray for: thanksgiving for the years of service of all of our educators retiring at the end of this school year. God's richest blessings to you! Patty Valeo, ECEC teacher at Zion, Anaheim, CA. Patty has been in the hospital since May 2. She had an intestinal infection that perforated, and surgery was done on May 4. Her recovery has been slow as she has now developed an infection in the incision. Please pray for her recovery and healing. Rachel Klitzing and her diagnosis of dystonia. Thank you so much for your prayers! We are all connected in Christ!
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