Thank You, Youth and Children’s Choirs!

Thank you to the Youth and Children’s Choirs for sharing their gift of song with us! We had a great year!! Our Children’s Choir continues to be a powerhouse of joyful song. Our Youth Choir has become an amazing group of talented young people – they are the highlight of my week! On June 8^th our wonderful Youth Choir will travel to Reformation Lutheran Church in Milwaukee to share the music they have sung at CTS this year. Both choirs are a delight for me to work with! Thank you to the kids and their parents for keeping up with schedules and rehearsals !!!

Guess what’s swinging up ahead?

Rainforest Adventure VBS!

Dates: July 21-25

Time: 9:00 until noon

Cost: will be between $5 and $10 per child

All kids between the ages of 3 (need to be potty trained) and 4^th grade are invited to swing on in! We will listen to great stories about Jesus, make cool crafts, sing fun songs, play zany games, and make a jungle of friends! Register today by signing up on the poster on the bulletin board in the church narthex. Please sign up as soon as possible so we can order supplies and craft materials.

We are also in need of help from some of our older members in order to pull off a successful week of VBS. If you are an adult looking for a fun-filled way to connect with some of our young members, please consider volunteering part or all of the week. We need classroom teachers, helpers, activity guides, activity monitors, etc. Please sign your name on the poster in the narthex, and we will contact you to see what you would be interested in doing.

If you are a student in grades 5 or above, we need you as well. You are a role model for the children in VBS, and we would love to have you help model your faith by helping our young members as they learn about Jesus through stories, crafts, games, songs, etc. If you’d like to help our young members learn about Jesus, sign up on the poster in the narthex. We will contact you to see where your talents can be used.

Below is a list of items we know we will need for this year’s crafts. Please bring any items you can donate and drop them off in the box marked VBS craft supplies in the narthex.

Dark blue or black pillowcases

Fabric paint, especially glow in the dark

Q-tips

Stamps/Stencils(crosses, rainforest, stars, letters)

Colored Sharpies

Clear contact paper

Cardboard tubes (to make rainsticks)

Colorful packing tape

Hobby wire

Empty/clean plastic coffee cans

Dowels (for rhythm sticks—large enough to color on)

Jingle bells

Stickers (hearts, flowers, crosses, stars, fish, bugs, butterflies, Bible characters, animals)

Thank you for your past and continued generosity in supporting Vacation Bible School at CTS. Any questions, please contact Marcy Aaroen at 896-1786 or Cheri Bonell at 650-8057.

Choirs and Sunday School will be on Summer Vacation until September!

Children’s Choir

If you are in Grades 1 - 6 - come join us! We meet at 6:30 on Wed. nights and sing twice a month - once at early and once at late. We have a great time - singing, learning and fun just being together! And if you heard us any time last year --- we were spectacular!!!! Thanks! Mrs. Engen

Youth Choir for Grades 7 and up!

If you are in grade 7 and up, please consider singing in the Youth Choir. We practice on Wed. from 7:15 – 7:45 and sing 2 times each month – once at early and once at late. Thanks! Mrs. Engen

Sunday School Offering

Big congratulations and thank you to all our Sunday School Students for their witness to generous giving! The Sunday School offering for last year totaled over $1000 - a new record! Our program was called “Bus Tickets - Walk in My Socks” and we worked with our sister congregation – Reformation Lutheran on Milwaukee’s north side. There is a continuing need for bus passes to help people at Reformation get to jobs, doctors appointments, church etc. Fantastic! Congratulations!

Words of Gratitude from Lutheran Church of the Reformation

Dear Christ The Servant Sunday School,

Amazing! You all are amazing! The bus tickets just keep coming and coming from you! You kids are WONDERFUL! This gift of funding for bus tickets will serve a neighborhood that is very poor. It is so cold outside and hard to walk without slipping on icy sidewalks, so there are many smiles all around with your precious gift of bus tickets.

You are mindful of peoples’ suffering. You saw a need for the children and adults of our neighborhood and fulfilled it. We see that you have gotten to know our ministry and us. We really have become friends!

To everyone, all that participated in this Sunday School bus ticket project, thank you for a miraculous job of helping Reformation Lutheran Church. This is God’s home; you are always welcome!

Blessings, Marge and everyone at Reformation L.C.

CONGRATULATIONS to MATTHEW KATZKE

You may have noticed that Matthew Katzke was featured in the Waukesha Freeman recently. Many of you know of Matthew’s remarkable work in organizing the students of Prairie School, where he is in the fifth grade, to create the largest student group (and one of the largest groups ever) to walk in this year’s River Walk for Breast Cancer. For that amazing work Andrew was award the local Kohl’s Store, “Kohl’s Kids Who Care” scholarship. That award will enter him in the regional competition with a chance to win a $5,000 scholarship for post high school education. We are very proud of Matthew! Matthew says he has bigger plans for next year and is working on a way to get all Waukesha schools involved in the walk. If anyone can do it, I think Matthew can. Matthew is a “kid who cares”.

Easter Egg Hunt Fun

Christian Education - General Information

At Christ The Servant, we offer nursery for children from birth to preschool. During both our 8:15 and 10:45 services, our child caregivers do more than just watch the children. They hope to find small ways to show God's love for these little ones. Children are ALWAYS welcome in worship!

Sunday School begins at 9:30 and ends at 10:30. Classes are offered for ages 3 through Grade 7.

Highlights of our program include:

A Secret Pal Program for children in Grades 3 and 4
Christmas Program one Sunday in December during the 10:45 service
Each class collects their weekly offering for the project chosen for the year. In the past we have used our offerings to purchase farm animals for needy families around the world through Heifer Project International. Last year we used our Sunday School offering to benefit the people of Reformation Lutheran Church on Milwaukee's north side. Reformation is our sister church. We will continue this program for the 2007-2008 program year. See the accompanying article on this webpage.
Important Bible memory practice
A dedicated teaching staff!
First Communion Preparation for Grade 5 during Lent
Each child in Grade 3 receives his or her own Bible
"Little Ones Choir" for children Age 3 through Kindergarten
"Children's Choir" for children Grades 1 through 5
"Youth Choir" for children Grades 6 and up
"Chime Choir" for all ages beginning in Grade 6
Week long Summer Vacation Bible School