Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:4-5 

As Lutheran teachers and administrators, you stand at the entrance to your schools and classrooms each morning, welcoming the very "generations" this psalm speaks of. Some days, entering those gates feels exhilarating. On other days, you might feel completely poured out.

Notice where this psalm anchors our joy. It does not demand praise because our to-do list is complete or because every student is perfectly behaved. Our thanksgiving rests entirely on who God is: The Lord is good. His goodness is His unchanging nature. His steadfast love remains constant. Most beautifully for our ministry, His faithfulness endures to all generations. 

The children in your classrooms and the families you lead are ultimately held by Him. You are simply the hands and feet pointing them to a faithful Savior. This is a beautiful privilege. Jesus be with you!

Registration is OPEN for LEC 2026!

November 22-24, 2026

Town & Country Resort, San Diego, CA

REGISTER HERE!

New This Year - Three Pre-Conference Sessions!

Come early and jump into the conference experience on Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m. with focused opportunities including AI Wisdom, Foundations of Lutheran Teaching (FLT), and New Teachers. These pre-conference sessions offer additional time to learn, connect, and engage before the full conference gets underway. Be sure to choose a pre-conference option when you select your Breakout Sessions and Interactive Workshop session!

Be sure to book your hotel rooms as soon as you can, as the hotel may sell out. Should that happen, information on overflow hotels will be shared on the hotel page on the website.

Worship music will be led by Kip Fox, Director of The Songwriter Initiative. If you aren't familiar with worship songs from The Songwriter Initiative, please download and listen to this playlist - it will help you be familiar with some of the songs we will sing at LEC!

We are excited to have Ted Neitzke join us as our Keynote Speaker for LEC! Take a few minutes to watch and enjoy this video to hear what he will be sharing with us in November.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Town & Country Resort in San Diego on November 22!

Thank you to the 36 schools who have submitted their LCMS statistics already!

To submit your 2026-2027 School Statistics, log into the LCMS Information Support Network (LISN) for Schools website at lisn.lcms.org. The deadline for statistics reporting is November 1. 

Our first Resource Roundtable Network meeting will be held Friday, October 23. 

Courtney Burns will join us and engage us in a presentation on Working with School Avoidant Kids and Families. Courtney will outline reasons why school avoidance is on the rise and ways that the family system can contribute to the issue. Attendees will learn practical skills for communicating, setting expectations, creating any necessary accommodations, and how to uphold boundaries and accountability with Christian love.

The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the Durbin Family Conference Center on the campus of Concordia University Irvine. A virtual attendance option is also available. Please click here to RSVP by this Friday, October 16. Admissions Directors are invited to attend as well.

From This Hill: Christ College to Concordia University

The documentary of Concordia University Irvine’s origin story features new interviews with Robert Holst and Martin Schramm from their last years among us, along with Shang Ik Moon, Dale Hartmann and Robert Dargatz. The film combines hundreds of original photos and documents from the campus archive, with firsthand accounts of the surprising story how Christ College Irvine opened and survived by the slimmest of margins, 50 years ago.

Click HERE to read the most recent CAPE Outlook from the Council for American Private Education.

Ramona Lutheran has an inventory of items available for purchase:

 - Curriculum: A comprehensive list for preschool through 8th grade (primarily Memoria Press and Saxon Math). Most items are new or very gently used.

 - Furniture & Equipment: Numerous student desks, chairs, tables, and a mobile science lab.

 - Technology: 44 student Chromebooks, several staff computers, and a large new Canon ImageRUNNER copier/fax machine/scanner.

Click HERE for the list and pricing. They are open to reasonable offers. Contact Julie Conkel at office@ramonalutheran.org with questions.

Please join us in praying and thanking God for the following schools this week:

Hope Lutheran School and Preschool, Glendora, CA

Redeemer Lutheran Preschool, Ontario, CA

Concordia Christian Preschool, Barstow, CA

Below are photos from Hope Lutheran School and Preschool, Glendora, CA:

Hope welcomes a brand new building, with three big, beautiful classrooms. It was dedicated on 9/11/26.

Our fifth graders enjoy being the first class

to move into the new building.

Nurse Justine, Mrs. Jennie Marshall's daughter, teaches kindergarten children about nursing and staying healthy while on the job!

Picture day for the sunshine room (4yrs-5yrs)

Music and movement in the Rainbow Room (2yrs-3yrs)

SoCal drum circle, for an in house field trip!

Below are photos from Concordia Christian Preschool, Barstow, CA:

Key dates on the PSD School Ministries Calendar:

• Resource Roundtable Network Meeting: October 23, 2026
• LEC 2026 - November 22-24, 2026
• National Lutheran Schools Week - January 24-30, 2027
• New Called Worker Workshop - January 28, 2027
• AZ Early Childhood Equipping Conference - March 5, 2027
• CA Early Childhood Equipping Conference - March 12, 2027
• PSD Administrators Leadership Conference - July 14-16, 2027

• This Pastor Appreciation Month and every month, we are thankful for pastors. Please join us in thanking God for our pastors! Take time this month to thank the pastors in your life for the work they do as servants of God within the Church, our schools, and the communities they serve.
• Prayer requests from Hope Lutheran School and Preschool, Glendora, CA: We pray a prayer of thanksgiving for our new school building. Hope had an influx of preschool students join two days before the school year started - please join us in praying for a continued smooth transition. Both preschool classrooms are full! Praise God! We pray for full healing for Gabby, the daughter of a teacher at Hope. Gabby had brain surgery and is doing well four days post-op.
• Prayer request from Concordia Christian Preschool, Barstow, CA: Please pray for one of our teachers, Ms. Bree, who is having medical issues and is unable to work right now.

Schools we are praying for the week of October 18:

Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool, Goleta, CA

Concordia Christian School and Preschool, Granada Hills, CA

Ascension Lutheran Preschool, Torrance, CA