Red Hill Lutheran 2023-24
May Newsletter
End of School Year Coming Soon!
2023-2024 School Theme
Deep Roots
"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7
Principal's Corner
YOU’VE GOT MAIL!
“You are a letter from Christ...This ‘letter’ is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.” 2 Cor. 3:3 NLT
Most of us do not go a day or even a few hours without checking our email. It’s fast, it’s free, and it’s practical. But don’t you just love it when you go to the mailbox, and in the actual physical mailbox is a letter from a good friend or a loved one? Doesn’t that make your day? A real letter is special because you know the other person thought about you and went to the trouble to purchase a stamp and handwrite a precious note just for you. That beats an email any day, doesn’t it?
It has been said that sometimes we are the only ‘Bible’ a person will ever read. We are a letter from Christ. When you are sharing your faith, or even in your everyday relationships, always try to go the extra mile with people. Go beyond “fast, free, and practical.” Be more than an email: be a precious letter from Christ and take the time to let them know how loved and treasured they are by you and by the Lord!
As we quickly approach the upcoming summer, remember to cherish every minute and every encounter with others; as it has been said ‘Share the Gospel message of Jesus every day, and if necessary, use words!’ Have a blessed and relaxing summer with family and friends. We look forward to next school year with you here at Red Hill Lutheran.
Blessings,
Dr. Paul Marquardt, Principal
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APRIL CCQ WINNERS FOR ENTHUSIASM
MAY CHAPEL & PHILANTHROPY
Christian Character Quality: CONFIDENCE
Bible Verse: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes."
Romans 1:16(ESV)
Philanthropy: Orange County Rescue Mission
PHILANTHROPY: ORANGE COUNTY RESCUE MISSION
CATECHISM INFORMATION
The New City Catechism is a modern-day resource aimed at helping children and adults alike learn the core doctrines of the Christian faith via 52 questions and answers.
MAY DATES TO REMEMBER
3: Middle School Spring Social
6-10: Teacher Appreciation Week
9: Open House Event 5:30-7:30 pm
10: Minimum Day
17: Singspiration/String Orchestra Concert
23: End of Trimester 3
24: End of Year Family Carnival/Faith Family Olympics & All School Pizza Lunch
27: No School Campus Closed Memorial Day
28: Pep Rally/Middle School Academic Awards & 5-8 Sports Awards
29: Kindergarten Promotion 1:30pm/ Preschool Last Day/ 6th-8th Minimum Day
30: 8th Grade Graduation 9am / Minimum Day/ Last Day of School (No Daycare)
Looking Ahead to June:
4: Summer Camp Begins
10-14: Vacation Bible School
MEMORIAL DAY 5/27: NO SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN PROMOTION 5/29
8TH GRADE GRADUATION 5/30
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
PARENT TEACHER FELLOWSHIP (PTF) EVENTS
TEACHER APPRECIATION 5/6-5/10
END OF YEAR CARNIVAL 5/24
ASB
May 3 - Middle School Dance (flyer below)
May 13 - ASB Field Trip to OCRM
May 15 - ASB Speeches and Election
May 21 - ASB Field Trip Celebration at Ruby's Diner
May 22 - Fina Chapel New ASB announced in chapel (Shooting Stars and Spirit Squad ead)
May 23 - 8th Grade Breakfast and Yearbook Party (8:15-9:15 AM)
May 24 - Faith Family Field Day and Picnic
May 28 - Bravo Assembly (10:15 AM) Final Pep Rally 1:30 PM (Spirit Squad Performs)
ENRICHMENT INFORMATION
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW! CLICK IMAGE TO REGISTER
PARENTS IN PRAYER
SCHOOL SAFETY
Protect Young Eyes Resource LInks:
LUNCH OPTIONS
We offer Cater Tots lunch service Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Chick Fil A on Tuesdays and Pizza Shack pizza on Thursdays. Click Image to the right to connect to our lunch options!
LABELS, LABELS, LABELS
Just a reminder to make sure all items coming to school are labeled with the student's name. This includes backpacks, sweatshirts, PE clothes, lunches, water bottles, ipads, apple pencils and any miscellaneous items. Thank You!
ATTENDANCE
GARDEN
Please consider volunteering in the garden. Click on image to volunteer. Once into signup, you can select grade and shift. Thank You!
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0445A8AE28AAFA7-garden3#/
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
STAFF BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH
Happy Birthday RHLS Faculty & Staff
8: Angel Estrada (Custodian)
8: Amy Hidalgo (Preschool Instructional Asst)
13: Vera Jirjis (Middle School Teacher)
18: Lis Fortner (Accountant)
27: Christine Kemper (Support Staff)
31: Melyssa Ilten (Preschool Teacher)
Summer Birthdays
June
6/4: Cyndi Tully (Church & School Administrator)
6/8: Joshua Crawford (Custodian)
6/11: Keri Walden (2nd Grade Teacher)
6/13: Kaitlyn Clark (Preschool Teacher)
6/17: Valerie Wilson (3rd Grade Teacher)
6/23: Jamie Hernandez (1st Grade Teacher)
July
7/3: Katie Knupfer (Preschool Instructional Asst)
7/7: Denisse Estrada (School Nurse)
7/9: Alexander Blocker (Support Staff)
7/12: Melissa Roddel (School Nurse)
7/20: Sara Bridgman (Middle School Teacher)
7/26: Lori Browne (Director of Admissions)
7/26: Alexis Grant (Specialty Teacher)
7/27: David Brenner (Middle School Teacher)
7/27: Phil Gaylor (Youth and Family Ministries)
August
8/1: Kathleen Castro (Kindergarten Teacher)
8/3: Mark Siegert Jr (Audio Visual Tech)
8/5: Paola Crose (Preschool Teacher)
8/7: Stacey Martinez (Teacher Aide)
8/13: Tawnia Bair (Office Staff)
8/16: Donna Kunz (Church Office Manager)
8/22 Tony Tran (Custodian)
8/31: Isaiah Coughran (Specialty Teacher)
Contact DANA (dsutherland2396@gmail.com) for more details
April Staff Wellness - Lets Walk!
Staff Challenge:
Walk 1 mile a day for the rest of April!
Does 1 mile even make a difference???
YES - even that little makes a difference. Walking strengthens your muscles
the lower body, including legs, calves, and hips, AND since walking requires some core stabilization, even those ABS are engaging and getting some work. Walking helps boost your bone health!! Since walking is considered a weight bearing exercise - just that 1 mile a day can help prevent bone loss as you age. The pressure on your bones from walking stimulates extra deposits of calcium and jump start our bone forming cells into action! LETS GO!
Create or continue a healthy routine!!! Walking just one mile can help start or continue a healthy routine SUCH AS……having some designated ME time, prayer time, fresh air time, time to think, listen to music, enjoy a podcast, or catch up with a friend. Not to mention you will gain a small feeling of accomplishment!
Improve your cardiovascular health!!!
Walking for a mile gets your heart rate up which = heart health benefits! How????? ANY time you move, your body has to push blood and fluids through your system (more than it would if you weren't walking). That push gives your heart a workout, and even a small workout gives our bodies a boost.
YES - you have time for this….1 mile is easier than you think!!!
Based on an average step length of 2 1/2 feet, there are approximately 2,000 steps in 1 mile. This only takes about 15-20 minutes (average adult speed). In this time you can listen to approximately 5 songs or a chapter or 2 in an audiobook.
Congrats to our winners...Anastasia, Kristen, Noah, Annie and Liz!
PRESCHOOL
May 6-10 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 9 - Open House Family Event
May 10 - Minimum Day
May 24 - End of Year Family Carnival Event
May 27 - NO SCHOOL/CAMPUS CLOSED Memorial Day
May 29 - Preschool Last Day of School
TRIKE-A-THON
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped our preschool raise $14,450 for our new stage on yard 2 and new learning materials for the classrooms!
RED HILL LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS
Pastor's Corner
Dear Red Hill Lutheran School Families,
I cannot believe that the end of the school year is upon us, and summer will soon begin! When I was a kid, summer was the light at the end of the tunnel—the long awaited days of shorts, no shoes, lots of baseball, staying up late, and sleeping in (except for Saturdays—my dad believed in chores on Saturday mornings and if he was up, everybody was up)! Summer was the time that the “Three R’s” of school transformed into the “Three R’s” of summer: rest, renewal, and recreation. Summer was awesome! Hopefully, you will find some time in these next few weeks and months for rest, renewal, and recreation for your body, mind, heart, and soul.
Of course, at Red Hill Lutheran Church, we do not take the summer off! While some of our ministries will take a summer hiatus or change its structure somewhat, our core ministries will continue throughout the summer months, providing you and your family opportunities to worship, study, pray, connect, and care for others at and through your church.
During the summer, many of you will be taking much needed time for vacation, spending time with those you love, visiting places you have longed planned for, and/or perhaps just relaxing from the business of your life! As you plan your vacations, time off, changing schedules, and hopefully a slower pace this summer, I encourage you to consider how even vacations can be a part of your discipleship; a way that the Holy Spirit can transform our hearts, minds, and souls for the purpose of drawing us closer to Jesus and His sustaining grace.
Rest and recreation are gifts from our Heavenly Father. God commands that we have a weekly Sabbath; one day in seven where we stop, rest, and delight in God’s love. God’s gift of Sabbath, as well as annual vacations, can be times not only for needed rest and re-creation, but also times for spiritual refection and recognition of our human limits, dependency upon God, and a reminder that God has created us to love us—God wants us to enjoy our relationship with Him!
Can our vacations truly be holy times through which we are awakened to God’s never-ending presence with us? Can we view our vacations not only as time-off from work, but also time for recognizing the blessings of God all around us?
A vacation is a great gift. Whether your vacation is a few days or a few months; whether you are traveling around the world, across the country, or doing what has become known as a “staycation,” a vacation viewed from a spiritual perspective, changes the nature of the vacation itself, providing us time to “rest from our work and to work from our rest.” And, our vacations can become yet another way that God draws us closer to Him—which seems to be what God is always up to!
Thank you for a great school year! I hope you have a blessed vacation and time with those you love. You will be in my prayers!
God’s blessings to you!
Pastor Seth
RHLC, YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY
Hi Red Hill Families:
Happy May! As we begin the last month of the school year, our Youth and Family Ministry (YFM) Team wants to take a moment to thank you for allowing us the opportunity to accompany you and your family on your spiritual journeys this past school year. It is such a privilege and we don’t take it for granted!
Each life stage is unique. As we approach the end of the school year, this is a great time to look backward, reflect on the perseverance and growth of the past year, celebrate the achievements or spiritual milestones, and then shift your gaze forward, looking at what lies ahead in the next life stage.
Through all the phases, our YFM Team is here to help you navigate these changes as well as offer your children opportunities to be involved with some fun, faith-building events. During the summer months, children and youth of all ages will have an opportunity to participate in a week-long camp experience. Registration for all camps are open and we encourage your children to participate.
June 10th-14th is VBS Week on our campus. Children from 3 years of age through 6th grade will be embarking on a week-long adventure, sailing the high seas of God’s Grace! Our theme verse is: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8–9. As we set sail, we will explore some of the most amazing truths about God’s Grace and maybe even find some hidden treasure along the way. This fun-filled week will include engaging Bible lessons, outrageous recreation, yummy snacks, cool crafts, an opportunity to participate in a mission project, worship and time with friends. 7th and 8th Grade students, high school students and adults are invited to join us on this adventure by serving on our VBS Team. Click here for more information.
This summer, both Middle School and High School students will have an opportunity to go to Forest Home for a week with their friends. This week at Forest Home is designed to challenge, encourage and engage Middle School and High School students. Each activity during the week is purposefully planned to get them out of their normal routines and challenge them into something more significant, more adventurous and more intentional. High School Summer Camp is June 23rd-28th. Middle School Summer Camp is July 28th-August 2nd. Click here for more information.
Because Red Hill's YFM Team is devoted to the whole family throughout all the life phases from babies through adulthood, each ministry area has dedicated staff and small group leaders who are passionately committed to walking with all of our children and families, offering support as needed in each step of the journey as we strive to raise a generation of believers who desire to know Jesus and make Him known in a world who so desperately needs to hear the Good News of the Gospel.
For more information about programming or resources, please contact our YFM Team:
Beth Stoffregen, Director of Children’s Ministry at beths@redhillchurch.org
Melissa Harden, Nursery and Preschool Ministry Coordinator, at mharden@redhillchurch.org
Itzel Mancilla, Children’s Ministry Coordinator, at imancilla@redhillchurch.org
Tim Rivera, Student Ministry Coordinator at trivera@redhillchurch.org
Phil Gaylor, Director of Student Ministry at pgaylor@redhillchurch.org
May DiscipleU Classes
Nursery & Preschool Ministry in Classroom 11
“One Small Step” – A Teaching Series from the Book of Acts on the Early Church
K.I.D.S. Ministry (Kindergarten-5th Grade) in the K.I.D.S. Zone
“One Small Step” – A Teaching Series from the Book of Acts on the Early Church
Student Ministry (Middle School & High School) in Peter’s Parish
“All About Jesus” Who is He? and Why does He matter?
Adult Class with Pastor Seth in the Christian Life Center (CLC)
“Spiritual Practices for the Christian Life”
Adult Class with Jason Harney in the Christian Life Center (CLC)
“Who Does God Think He Is?”
Our Nursery and Preschool Ministry provides a welcoming, nurturing atmosphere for the nursery and preschool age children of our members and visitors, six weeks old through five years of age. Our Team engages children with exciting Bible stories and encourages them to be active participants in a variety of age appropriate activities designed to teach them the tremendous truths about God and His love for them.
Nursery and Preschool Ministry programming is offered on Sunday mornings, 7:45am-11:30am, during both of our Sunday morning worship services as well as during our DiscipleU Educational Hour.
For the safety of all children, all of our adult team members are background checked and fingerprinted as well as CPR and First Aid certified. For additional information, contact Director of Children's Ministry, Beth Stoffregen at beths@redhillchurch.org or Nursery and Preschool Coordinator, Melissa Harden at mharden@redhillchurch.org.
Our Sunday Morning K.I.D.S. Ministry Program for all elementary age children, Kindergarten through 5th Grade, is offered during our DiscipleU Educational Hour, 9:00am-10:15am, in the K.I.D.S. Zone.
Using a combination of large group and small group conversations and activities, we intentionally strive to create an engaging environment where children come to Know Jesus, Impact the world around them, become Disciples of Jesus, and Serve others - K.I.D.S.! All kids are invited to join us, regardless of church affiliation.
For more ministry information, contact Director of Children’s Ministry, Beth Stoffregen, via email at beths@redhillchurch.org.
K.I.D.S. Ministry May Teaching Series – “One Small Step"
A Teaching Series from the Book of Acts on The Early Church
Our May Teaching Series, “One Small Step” begins Sunday, May 5th. Astronaut Neil Armstrong once said landing on the moon was “one small step for man.” The biggest adventures start in such a simple way — especially when it comes to space! Asteroids, distant planets, and brand new galaxies await us once we leave earth’s atmosphere. Being the first to explore such uncharted territory can be intimidating. In this four-week series, we’ll take a look at the Book of Acts to learn from the first Christians. Through their stories of faith and bravery, kids will learn how to take the first step of believing in Jesus, the next step of praying for others, and an even bigger step of trusting the Holy Spirit makes us brave. But they won’t want to skip the last step of telling others about Jesus. We look forward to all of the kids joining us during our Sunday morning DiscpleU Educational Hour, 9:15am-10:00am. (Check-In Begins at 9:00am.)
VBS 2024
June 10th - 14th/8:45am-12:30pm
Half Day Registration Fee: $100
Click here to serve or register
Note: No daycare is available.
However, RHL School Summer Camp has full day hours 7:30am - 5:30pm
Click here for more RHL School Summer Camp information.
Please Note:One (1) Child Registration is free if parent serves all five days of VBS.
Contact Beth Stoffregen before registering or for more information.
Join us for a week-long adventure, sailing the high seas of God’s Grace! As we set sail, we will explore some of the most amazing truths about God’s Grace and maybe even find some hidden treasure along the way. This fun-filled week will help us remember that God’s Grace is amazing and it’s for everyone. With a focus on engaging Bible lessons, outrageous recreation, yummy snacks, cool crafts, worship and time with our friends – you won’t want to miss VBS - the Very Best week of Summer!
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8–9
Middle School Student Ministry
Middle School Ministry meets Wednesday nights, 6:00-7:30 pm in Peter's Parish. Join us for fun, games, dinner, and then spend time with us in God's Word. Contact Student Ministry Coordinator Tim Rivera at trivera@redhillschool.org with any questions.
Mid-Week Student Ministry Teaching Series for May, “I Am” | 4-Week Series on Jesus
The best way to know about someone is to let them tell you who they are. We may think we know who Jesus is, but have we let him tell us in his own words? What might happen if we made space for Jesus to speak for himself? There are seven times when Jesus directly told his disciples who he was. In these “I am” statements, he shared with them what it meant to follow him, his heart for others, and how his followers can strengthen their relationships with him and with God. In this four-week series, we’ll dive into Jesus’ words about himself to learn how his words can reshape our lives today. Through what Jesus says, we’ll learn that Jesus is love, is truth, is always with us, and is our savior.
All middle school and high school students are invited to join us Sunday Mornings for our DiscipleU Educational Hour, 9:15am-10:00am, in Peter’s Parish. We will spend time in community and God’s Word, discover our individual gifts and talents, and share our stories. Our study is “All about Jesus”: Who is He? and Why does He matter? This study gives students an opportunity to take an in-depth look at the life of Jesus. We will discover who He is, what He did during his earthly ministry, unpack the truths He taught, and explore how they can share the message of Jesus.
Red Hill Lutheran’s Middle School Ministry Summer Camp at Forest Home is THE place for your incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade campers to get away from the academic and social pressures and instead focus on their identity in Christ and place in God’s family of believers. During a week of camp running Sunday through Friday, students will discover who God has made them to be through teaching from God’s Word, small group discussions, and high-energy worship.
Of course, no summer camp is complete without the fun! Creative games and interactive team challenges ensure there is never a dull moment at Forest Home. Campers have the freedom to explore many recreation options all week long. With a Blob, zip line, kayaks, Sky Trail, Olympic-sized pool, Gaga pit, archery, laser tag, and lake, there are MANY options! Campers will enjoy living in a community, making new friends, and creating memories that will give them confidence as they navigate the changes and challenges that middle school so often brings.
Registration Is Open and Space is Limited.
Please contact Tim Rivera at trivera@redhillchurch.org if you have any questions.
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SINGSPIRATION FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY
PRINCIPALS/PASTORS OF THE DAY
VIP DAY
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Website: www.redhillschool.org
Location: 13200 Red Hill Avenue, Tustin, CA, USA
Phone: 714-544-3132