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PSD School Ministries Connections June 28, 2017 "You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." John 13:13-14 Jesus' words in John 13 emphasize service to one another in the family of God AND service to our communities and the world! It's evangelism, outreach and witness, AND discipleship and spiritual nurture! It's a both/and, not an either/or. We are cleansed through Jesus' death on the cross. Week by week, we must remind one another of that as we gather to to be served - and to serve with the authentic love of Christ!

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PSD School Ministries Connections

June 28, 2017

"You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord

and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet."

John 13:13-14

Jesus' words in John 13 emphasize service to one another in the family of God

AND service to our communities and the world! It's evangelism, outreach and

witness, AND discipleship and spiritual nurture! It's a both/and, not an either/or.

We are cleansed through Jesus' death on the cross. Week by week, we must

remind one another of that as we gather to to be served - and to serve with the

authentic love of Christ!

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Around the PSD

LEC Planning Team at the Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, hard at work

planning an excellent conference for November 2017!

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The two photos below are from Hephatha, Anaheim:

Blessings Chapel

SAC Welcomes in Summer

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Don't Miss the Administrators' Leadership Conference! Have you registered yet for this yearly time of growth with fellow PSD

administrators? This is also an important opportunity to receive updated

information on all laws affecting private schools.

The conference will be held Tuesday-Thursday, July 25-27, at the beautiful

Temecula Creek Inn in Temecula, CA. Administrators and leadership teams are

encouraged to join us for this event! Feel free to bring your family to the hotel

and stay an extra day or two! Our hotel rate is $95+tax per night and is good July

23-27 based on availability. To get this special rate, though, you MUST make a

reservation by next Wednesday, July 5.

For specific hotel registration instructions, please click the HOTEL INFORMATION

link on the registration website. We can't wait for you to join us!

Hearts for Jesus News The Corazones Para Guatemala Hearts for Jesus mission project is ending this

Friday, June 30. Please send final contributions this week. The current total is:

$30,034.39. Thank you to all who contributed so generously! We exceeded our

goal by over $5,000.00!

The Pacific Southwest District Hearts for Jesus project for 2017-2018 will be

Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM). The theme of the project is

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, inspired by Psalm 139:14 which states, "I praise

you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I

know that full well."

Please consider designating the month of February or

third quarter as your Hearts for Jesus chapel offering

recipient. More information about the project will be

available in the near future.

TLC Endowment Grant

The application for the July 2017 TLC Endowment Grant is now open. You can

apply using this application link. This grant is specifically for elementary and

secondary schools within the Pacific Southwest District of the LCMS. The funds

awarded from this grant shall be used to further the educational mission of the

school. Priority will be given to special non-budgeted projects or activities that

will enhance the quality and reach of the educational experience. For more

information, please click here.

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trinity Lutheran

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the state of Missouri violated

the U.S. Constitution when it excluded a preschool sponsored by Trinity Lutheran

Church of Columbia from a state grant program providing playground resurfacing

materials.

"[T]he exclusion of Trinity Lutheran from a public benefit for which it is otherwise

qualified, solely because it is a church, is odious to our Constitution," said the

court.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the court and was joined by

Justices Kennedy, Alito, Kagan, Thomas, and Gorsuch, except that three justices

(Roberts, Thomas, and Gorsuch) refused to endorse a particular footnote limiting

the scope of the ruling. Justice Breyer filed an opinion concurring in the

judgment. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Ginsburg

joined.

Here is more information about the footnote from Dr. Ron Reynolds, Executive

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Director of CAPSO (California Association of Private School Organizations):

It appears that the scope of applicability of the Supreme Court's decision in Trinity

Lutheran... is going to turn upon the interpretation of footnote 3 of Justice

Roberts' opinion, which reads as follows:

"This case involves express discrimination based on religious identity with respect

to playground resurfacing. We do not address religious uses of funding or other

forms of discrimination."

Both Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joined Justice Roberts' opinion,

with the express exception of footnote 3. In his concurring opinion, Justice

Gorsuch writes:

"I am unable to join the footnoted observation, ante, at 14, n. 3, that '[t]his case

involves express discrimination based on religious identity with respect to

playground resurfacing.' Of course the footnote is entirely correct, but I worry that

some might mistakenly read it to suggest that only 'playground resurfacing' cases,

or only those with some association with children's safety or health, or perhaps

some other social good we find sufficiently worthy, are governed by the legal rules

recounted in and faithfully applied by the Court's opinion. Such a reading would

be unreasonable for our cases are 'governed by general principles, rather than ad

hoc improvisations.' Elk Grove Unified School Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U. S. 1, 25 (2004)

(Rehnquist, C. J., concurring in judgment). And the general principles here do not

permit discrimination against religious exercise-whether on the playground or

anywhere else."

Visit the CAPE (Council for American Private Education) website for a link to the full

ruling.

District Art Gallery

Thank you to Preschool Director Mary Wolfinbarger at Bethany Lutheran, Long

Beach, teachers and students for sending artwork to the district art gallery for us

to display in the month of June. Visitors and district staff have enjoyed the display

of butterflies, crosses, letters and hearts made by children in the preschool.

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For additional early info contact Kyle Salesky

The Summit

4th-6th grade

April 14, 2018

Crean Lutheran High School

For additional early info contact Emily Eltiste

Teen Leadership Training

For those entering 9th-12th grade

June 1-3, 2018 @ Concordia University Irvine

For additional early info contact Dave Rueter

New Calls/Leaving Calls Commissioned Ministers, when you take a new Call or peacefully leave your

current Call, there is paperwork that needs to be completed to keep your Roster

status with the LCMS current.

If you are taking a new Call, it is your responsibility to send page 13 of your

Call document here to the District Office to begin the process of

reassigning you to your new congregation.

If you are leaving your current Call with a peaceful release and not taking a

new Call, please contact our offices for the forms to complete for

Inactive/Candidate status.

This is important even if you won't be considering a new Call in the immediate

future. Please don't neglect this! If you have questions on your paperwork, please

contact Ellen Pratt in our office on Mondays or Tuesdays. Thank you!

Educator of the Year 2017

Administrators, please take the time to forward this information to your

entire staff. Thank you!

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Each year, we wish to honor exemplary educators in the Pacific Southwest District

who exhibit exceptional leadership, teaching skills, and total commitment to Christ

and the ministry of our Lutheran schools. We are asking for your help in

identifying those who represent this spirit of dedication, commitment and

excellence. The 2017 Educators of the Year will be recognized at the Lutheran

Educators Conference (LEC) in Phoenix, AZ, in November.

Below are the links to the nomination forms for the 2017 PSD Educators of the

Year. This is an open nomination system. You may nominate in any or all of these

four categories. The deadline for submitting nominations is August 31, 2017.

Thank you to those that participated in the Educator of the Year survey earlier this

year. It was very beneficial feedback.

Process:

June-August 31: Nomination period

September: Educator of the Year committees meet to determine finalists in each of

the four categories

September/October: Evaluations/interviews completed regarding the finalists

Late October/Early November: Committees select winners

Sunday, November 19: Honorees are recognized at LEC

Nomination Forms:

Administrator

ECE Educator

Elementary Educator

Jr/Sr High Educator

Thank you for your participation in honoring our outstanding educators in

the PSD!

2018 PSD Early Childhood Conferences are Set! Early Childhood Directors, please mark your calendars NOW and make plans to

attend these professional growth opportunities for you and your staff!

EC Directors Conference will be held at the Temecula Creek Inn, Temecula, CA,

on January 31 and February 1, 2018.

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ARIZONA EC Equipping Conference will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at

Trinity Lutheran, Litchfield Park!

CALIFORNIA EC Equipping Conference will be held on Saturday, March 10,

2018, at Abiding Savior Lutheran, Lake Forest!

SPECIAL THANKS to Heather Chapman and Pam Howard and their staffs for

their willingness to host these events!

Lutheran Night at Dodger Stadium

Join family and friends for a fundraiser to benefit Lutheran Social Services of

Southern California. On Saturday, August 12, at 6:10 pm, watch the Dodgers take

on the Padres and help support LSS. To purchase tickets, please visit

dodgers.com/Lutheran. Pricing varies on seating area. A donation to LSS is

included in the price of each ticket. For more information or to purchase 20 or

more tickets, please contact Britni Howze at 323-224-1304 or at

[email protected].

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:

Hong Kong International School, Concordia Shanghai and Concordia Hanoi,

whose school years come to a close in June. Pray for safe travel for school

families as they return to home countries to visit family or go on holiday.

a wonderful and blessed summer for all our schools, educators, students,

and their families!

Visit Our Website

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Pacific Southwest District-LCMS School Ministries

1540 Concordia Drive East

Irvine, CA 92612

Phone 949-854-3232

Fax 949-854-8140

Rachel Klitzing, Executive Director of School Ministries

Ext. 223

[email protected]

Kim Violette, Administrative Assistant

Ext. 226

[email protected]

Lynne Rose, Early Childhood Consultant (part-time)

(949) 433-2042

[email protected]

Ellen Pratt, Staff Assistant (part-time)

Ext. 224

[email protected]

Anna Preus, Staff Assistant (part-time)

[email protected]

Carol Smallwood, PSD Accreditation Commissioner

[email protected]

PSD School Ministries

Pacific Southwest District

School Ministries Facebook page

LCMS