Christ Lutheran Academy

Christ Lutheran Academy introduces YouTube channel

ToddPeperkorn — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:52 +0000

We are blessed by many wonderful singers, artists, actors, and musicians here at Christ Lutheran Academy. In order to highlight some of that wonderful talent, we are happy to announce our new YouTube channel. Please go check it out, look around, comment and enjoy. There is more and more material on it. Thanks!

Joint LRP Report about school available

ToddPeperkorn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:11:28 +0000

You will find below a link to the PDF file of the report of the joint Long Range Planning Committee. This report dovetails nicely with the report made to Messiah’s Church Council (available here), and tries to work through the issues facing the school and our two congregation, our options, and what are the pluses and minuses of each option. Please make a point of reading it and giving your comments and feedback to the KALEA board. Thank you! -Pastor Peperkorn, on behalf of the KALEA board.

Long Range Planning Committee Report, July 12, 2009 (in PDF format)

Music Graced by God

ToddPeperkorn — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:49 +0000

Last night we had our Spring Recital at Christ Lutheran Academy. Each fall (winter) and spring we typically have a recital to showcase the wonderful musical talent that our student body possesses. In a school of 29 students in grades 1-8, we have 24 piano students, plus viola, guitar, and I don’t even know what else! This is in addition to our choral program, which involves all our our students in many different ways.

This strong music program has played itself out academically at our schools at many levels. Music teaches discipline, learning to practice, intervals, it helps with mathematics, language, and learning how to focus on a task. Our music program not only involves piano and voice, but musicals (grades K-3 recently performed the Selfish Giant, see pic below), and even some dance!

In addition all of this, the spiritual benefits are myriad. How much singing is done in church, and how does God use music and song to carry the Gospel? It is hard to underestimate the spiritual benefits that a solid music program can have upon the individual and a congregation.

As a congregation my parish is known as a singing church. If you’ll allow me to brag just a little, I can throw nearly anything at them in terms of hymns or liturgy, and they will get it within a couple tries, and will probably learn to love it within half a dozen. There are a lot of reasons for that, but one of the big ones is that we have so many children at our church that attend our Academy and who learn music and hymnody every day. Every Sunday I can hear them singing, with these beautiful clear voices, teaching us adults what it means to sing to the Lord a new song (Ps. 98:1).

So who is the inspiration behind our fine music program? Really there are two people, although many others could be mentioned:

Monica Scholz (on the left) is our piano teacher. She comes in to CLA I think two days a week to teach nearly all of our students. Because of the flexibility of a multi-grade classroom, the students are able to take their piano lessons during the day, and make up their school work at another time. One less trip for the parents! (That can’t be bad.) Monica is also the music director and one of the organists at Messiah Lutheran Church, my congregation.

Kathryn Peperkorn (on the right) is our choir director. She comes to CLA for choir at least twice a week, but it often ends up being more than that. The choir sings at our two congregations (Messiah and Lamb of God) roughly once a month, so that CLA will sing at each parish about three or four times during the academic year. The CLA choir will also sing for special services such as Epiphany and Ascension. Kathryn, a voice teacher and professional singer, is also the artistic director for SEWPA, SouthEast Wisconsin Performing Arts.

While these two people serve as the anchor for our music program, there are other people and places that contribute as well. Elyse Ahlgrimm is our kindergarten teacher, but she is also the organist and choir director at Grace Lutheran Church in Racine. We are also blessed with the wonderful acoustics at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, where Christ Lutheran Academy resides.

This week we are learning LSB 942, Kyrie, God Father in Heav’n Above. The children know it already, their parents will learn it, and our congregations will learn it as well, thanks to all these wonderful people and places who make music such a big part of our lives.

Happy Cantate Week! Sing to the Lord a New Song!

-Pastor Todd Peperkorn

CLA Video Order Form

ToddPeperkorn — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:32:04 +0000

Attached is a PDF of the order form for all the various videos from this past academic year. Please either fill it out and give it to me, or email me the information if you have not already done so. Thanks very much!

Pastor Peperkorn

2008-09 Video Order Form.pdf

CLA Notes for week of May 10, 2009

ToddPeperkorn — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:14:49 +0000

Here’s the Academy Notes for the week of May 10:

CLANotes-05102009.pdf

Brewers Games Workers Unite!

ToddPeperkorn — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:12:18 +0000

You will find attached here a PDF file with the current list of workers who have signed up. Please note that the first game is in just a few weeks! IF you are able to work any of these games, you may either call one of the churches with the days and times when you can work, or you may post the days you can work in the comments here on this post. You may also contact Jeff Zuehls, who is the event coordinator, or Giselle Smallwood, who is our fundraising chair for the KALEA board. Thanks very much!

-Pastor Peperkorn

Brewerslist.pdf

Pics from May 2, 2009 WSCF Chess Tournament

ToddPeperkorn — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:56:31 +0000

The Selfish Giant

ToddPeperkorn — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:46:11 +0000

These are pictures from the spring Fine Arts Festival at Christ Lutheran Academy. The K-3 classes did the children’s musical, The Selfish Giant. The older children did poetry recitations and singing. Enjoy!

Pastor Peperkorn

Unofficial Results for May 2, 2009 tournament

ToddPeperkorn — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:23:04 +0000

Christ Lutheran Academy’s first WSCF Chess Tournament was a great success! We had 27 students attend, and a wonderful time on a beautiful day in Kenosha. We will be posting some pictures of our winners in the next few days as well.

The WSCF web site will post the official results sometime in the near future, but these are the unofficial results as of right now.

K-3 Team:
1st Christ Lutheran Academy 14.5 (top four)
2nd University School 11 (top 2)

K-6 Team:
1st Kenosha Home School 12 (top 3)
2nd Christ Lutheran Academy 9 (top 4)

RankingsRound6K-3.pdf

RankingsRound6K-12.pdf

Numbers 9 and Showing Up

ToddPeperkorn — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:05:38 +0000

We are currently going through the book of Numbers in our daily chapel/catechesis at Christ Lutheran Academy. On Friday our reading was Numbers 9:1-14, which is the second Passover. I was particularly interested in this verse:

But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, o?that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. (Numbers 9:13 ESV)

So what we see from this chapter is that the Passover is for everyone, including the stranger sojourning within their midst. There are even provisions for the Israelite who is on a journey. But the one thing that holds a man to his sin is if he doesn’t show up. If he is clean but decides that he doesn’t need to keep the passover, then he is “cut off” from the people. In that case, the man bears his own sin, because he has rejected the Lord’s work of cleansing and forgiveness.

So how does this apply to our understanding of the Sacrament of the Altar?