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U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

Nov 2 - CORLHS Open House 6:30-

8:00pm

Nov 4– Teacher’s Meeting-- Early Dismissal 11:26am

Nov 4 & 5– Drama Production Auditions

Nov 8 - Foundation

Board Meeting 7pm

Nov 11 - Veteran’s Day-NO SCHOOL

Nov 12 - Basketball

Stallion Night

Nov 13 - Annual Banquet 5:30pm

Nov 15 - ABOD

Meeting 7pm

Nov 23 - Early Dismissal 12pm

Nov 24-25 -

Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

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Christ Our Rock LHS

9545 Shattuc Rd.

Centralia, IL 62801

226-3315

www.corlhs.org

Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School held its Annual Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. Rev. Ken Klaus provided an evening of encouraging words. The evening also included performances by the CORLHS band and choir, a delicious catered meal by Produce Plus of Salem featuring lemon pepper pork loin, Italian baked chicken breast, cheesy potatoes, green beans, tossed salad, rolls and desserts.  Pastor Sommerer from Messiah Lutheran Church of Carlyle presented the 146 crowd with devotions. CORLHS principal Don Duensing gave an update on the school and shared a slide presentation on the recent construction projects as well as the proposed trail added to the outdoor sports complex. The Director of Advancement, Curt Fischer, gave an update on the new campaign, Finishing the Race and information on other giving opportunities. Watch for information in the mail. If you would like to learn more or speak to Mr. Duensing or Mr. Fischer, please call the school office at 226-3315. Rev. Kenneth R. Klaus is Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour® radio program. As Speaker Emeritus, he writes and records a sermon a month for The Lutheran Hour, writes and edits Lutheran Hour Ministries' daily devotions, records Bible studies and other video clips for the LHM Men's

NetWork (an online men's ministry resource), and represents Lutheran Hour Ministries at speaking engagements across the country. Klaus previously served as Speaker of The Lutheran Hour from 2002 until his retirement from the position at the end of 2010. Pastor Klaus has 28 years experience as a parish pastor. Before taking the Speaker's microphone, he was administrative pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas, Texas. He served the International Lutheran Laymen's League (the same organization as Lutheran Hour Ministries) as its pastoral advisor from 1996 to 2000. He also held pastoral positions in Minnesota, central Illinois, and South Dakota Lutheran parishes. Pastor Klaus speaks throughout the United States and Canada. A prolific writer, Pastor Klaus has published many works, including volumes one and two of Stories from The Lutheran Hour - A Changeless Christ in a Changing World and two prayer books (one for use by people in the military and a companion book to be used by loved ones at home). Currently he is writing daily devotions available via e-mail from Lutheran Hour Ministries that speak to readers with the holiness of God in the here and now. Pastor Klaus holds a Master of Theology degree from Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in pre-seminary studies from Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also was awarded an honorary title, Doctor of Divinity, by Concordia University Wisconsin in December 2005.

Annual Banquet

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for this

year? Often, we take the day to day blessings of safe

travel, food and shelter, family, and friends, for

granted until they are gone. We have so many things

to be thankful for.

Christ Our Rock has many things to be thankful for

as well:

- Our largest enrollment ever at 115 students

- 23 families who attended our Open House

- A new soccer field

- A new art and music rooms

- A new asphalt track

- Addition of Cross Country as a sport

- Upgrade to the lights in the parking lot

- Technology improvements

- A new athletic training room

- The repurposing of the original music and art

rooms

- An ACT Test score average over the last two years

of a 26

- A student body that is a joy to be around

- A dedicated and mission minded faculty and staff

- So many passionate volunteers and supporters

The list could go on and on. Christ Our Rock is rich-

ly blessed. As wonderful as this list is, the things we

are most thankful for are the people. Thank you for

your partnership in sharing the message of God’s

great love for us with the students of Christ Our

Rock Lutheran High School. Your prayers, and gifts

of time, talent and treasure make it possible for us to

continue, educating and equipping today’s youth in

faith and knowledge, while guiding them to be Chris-

tian leaders. For this, we are truly thankful and

blessed. Happy Thanksgiving!

CORLHS Soccer

The soccer team ended their season in the first round of regionals facing Mater Dei. The Stallions had a great season and played many JV games along with their full varsity schedule.

CORLHS Golf

The COR golf team advanced to sectionals as a team after placing third in the regional. At the sectional meet they ended with a 9th place finish, but were only 3 points away from 5th.

CORLHS Volleyball

The CORLHS Volleyball teams would like to thank parents and fans for all of the support that they showed throughout the season. With enough girls out for volleyball this year, the freshmen and sophomore girls were able

to participate in a couple of tournaments as well as being joined by the juniors for a JV tournament. These tournaments along with many 9/10 games gave considerable opportunity for these young players to gain experience. The Varsity also competed in 3 tournaments: Springfield Lutheran High, Christ Our Savior Lutheran High and the Midland Trails Conference. The high point of the season was winning the Christ Our Savior tournament. Coach Bierbaum says, "It was an awesome experience working with these young ladies. They are

outstanding examples of hardworking, Christ centered athletes."

CORLHS Cross Country

The inaugural Cross Country season came to an end of October 22nd as the team competed in the IHSA regional at Freeburg. The team competed in 11 meets over the course of the season and represented Christ Our Rock very respectively each and every time. The members of the boy’s team were Cooper Chamberlain (FR), Nolan Heard (FR), and Seth Wielt (FR). The members of the girl’s team were Macie Martin (SO), Haleigh Siebert (SO), and

Lilly LaBelle (SO). Coach Snow was very proud of these runners performance each time they ran and building a good foundation for the Cross Country program going forward. Coach Snow looks forward to more current students joining the team next fall as well as incoming freshmen.

Sports Shorts

CAP COLLECTING: The service club is still collecting plastic caps to

have made into benches and picnic tables. We need 400 pounds of caps per table/bench. We are having fun collecting caps! It is a class competition and the class with the most pounds of caps at the end of each quarter will win a break the dress code day. These benches and tables will be used for home sports games as well as our family picnic and special outside activities.

KC HONOR CHOIR: 1st Annual Kaskaskia Honor Choir. Rehearsal all day Thursday, Dec. 1st with choral director. Choir Concert will take place on Thursday, December 1st at 7:00p.m. at Kaskaskia College. CORLHS Participants are: Ellen Sullens (Soprano), Faye Burger (Soprano), Rebekah Mooth (Soprano), Grace Sugg (Alto), Liberty Mooth (Alto), Dalyn Opolony (Tenor), & Adam Heard (Bass).

FUNDRAISERS: Schnucks eScrip Cards You may designate Christ Our Rock using Schnucks Community eScrip Cards. Cards are available in the school office. Visit www.escrip.com/schnucks.jsp for more information.

Scrip Gift Card Orders The next Scrip Gift Card order is due at 10am on Nov. 15th. Contact the school office for a form. Pizza Night Marco’s and CORLHS are working together to raise funds. Please join us! 1. Place your carryout or delivery order with the Centralia Marco’s Pizza location anytime from 11am-10pm on Monday, November 21st. 2. Mention CORLHS when placing your order and they will donate 10% of your order to our school. 3. Ask your family, friends and neighbors to order too! The more orders we get; the more money is donated to CORLHS.

PINK OUT FOR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER: CORLHS volleyball and soccer teams have collected donations at their Pink Out games to help the fight against cancer the last several years. In 2013, they collected $700.50. In 2014, $1,073.50. In 2015, $1000.00 and in 2016 they have raised $891.25 and are still collecting. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. For their service project, the 2016-2017 cheerleading squad worked the concessions and at the fundraising tables at the girls volleyball Pink Out

game on October 11th.

Memorials: A memorial/honorary gift

to a Christian school is certainly a fitting way to remember a friend or family member. Providing a Christian education to the next generation of Christian leaders is first class Kingdom building. The following memorials/honoraries were received recently during the month of October at Christ Our Rock:

ANITA CRILEY TILLIE DANNAMAN JAN LUSE Thank you to David & Lisa Fuehne for adopting an extra month of mortgage payment for October! What a blessing! We still need people to adopt an extra month mortgage payment for November - December. Not only does this lift a burden from the school budget, it gets our building paid just that much sooner! What a great way to support the kids and future of Christ Our Rock!

News

COR FALL SENIOR ATHLETES HONORED AT SENIOR NIGHT