Register your enrollment for our TK or K class next year.

JOIN US AT TK-8 CHAPEL
Preschool families are welcome to come and enjoy our weekly TK-8 Chapel Service. 
TK-8 visit Chapel every Wednesday from 8:40-9:10AM
Space is limited, however Preschool families are welcome to sit at the very back row (closest to the window). Pastor Tatum delivers an amazing message each week for our students, and we'd love you to experience it first hand. No need to RSVP, just head straight to the Church!

Dear Laurel Hall Parent:
 
The Emmanuel Lutheran Foundation is pleased to announce that it has a limited number of scholarships to award to deserving Laurel Hall Students.  Applications are being received for the 2024-2025 Laurel Hall academic year. The Tina Overton Brende, Eames Family, and Foundation Board Scholarship Funds were established to provide tuition assistance for Laurel Hall students.  These scholarships are not open to Emmanuel/Laurel Hall staff families. 
 
Scholarship applicants must:

Please note that a written response (page 3) is to be completed by the student. The student’s responses may be handwritten or typed. Applications must be returned by Friday, March 15th, 2024 to the Church office in person, by mail, by sending a PDF E-mail file of the application to Scholarships@elcnoho.org, or placed in the Emmanuel Lutheran Foundation mail slot across the lobby from the Church office.  Please be sure to address the envelope to the Emmanuel Lutheran Foundation.  Scholarship awards will be announced in April 2024, and scholarship recipients and their families will be recognized by Emmanuel Lutheran Church.  
 
The Emmanuel Lutheran Foundation manages perpetual and special endowment funds donated by members and friends of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and its ministries. Gifts to the Foundation provide scholarships, facility improvements, playground equipment, youth ministry and financial support for special projects at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Laurel Hall School, and the Laurel Hall Pre-School.  If you would like to make a gift or request information about the Foundation, please contact Luke Schaeffer at 213-248-4678.

CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION FORM
CLICK HERE FOR THE PARENT LETTER
 
In His Service, 
Luke Schaeffer, Chair
Emmanuel Lutheran Foundation
 
Cc: Dr. Lorraine Trollinger, Ed.D.
Pastor LB Tatum

CALL COMMITTEE UPDATE

Dear members of the Emmanuel and Laurel Hall Community,

This is the second in a continuing series of articles regarding the progress of our Call Committee. In a series of meetings which we called “Cottage Meetings” about a year ago, the congregation informed us about their requests for a new pastor. Here is a consolidated list in no particular order:

• Administration: Supervise senior and church staff promoting morale and development.
• Building a Sense of Community: Help Emmanuel and Laurel Hall grow closer together.
• Pastoral Care and Visitation: Get to know members of the congregation including the homebound
• Youth and Family Ministry: Develop a relationship with the Laurel Hall School children and families.
• Worship: Provide inspirational preaching (Sunday services, school chapels and additional life activities) and worship planning (with the Minister of Music).
• Arts: Support drama, music and the arts in our unique entertainment-based community
• Development: Lead our community in developing a strategic mission plan and assist in its implementation.

In addition…
• Help people develop their spiritual life
• Build a sense of community among the people with whom he/she works
• Be an effective communicator
• Bring joy and good humor to relationships
• Be creative and innovative about his or her tasks

In my next article I will share with you more information from the MSP (Ministry Site Profile).
Please keep us in your prayers as we begin our interview process. Back articles are on the web
site https://www.elcnoho.org/call-committee383c96a4 You can reach us via email at:
callcommittee@elcnoho.org

Marshall Bowen, Call Committee Chair

Laurel Hall School Principal Search - Update 

The Principal Search Committee will be holding its first meeting on January 30, 2024. Those serving on the committee have been posted in previous Buzz reports and are again listed here. You may be interested to know that LHS parents and teachers have not previously been a part of a principal search committee, and we are looking forward to their much-valued participation. You should also know that some items of information will necessarily need to remain confidential, particularly personnel matters, while other information we will be glad to share. 

Once the committee begins to move forward with its work, you may email me with questions or comments at bericson@csun.edu. We appreciate and share your desire to find the "perfect" principal for the students, families, and staff at Laurel Hall!  
 
The Principal Search Committee Members 

Martine Abdaem (parent)                        
Jan An (parent) 
Bri Costanza (elementary teacher)          
Andrea Klemmer (middle school teacher) 
Barbara Hitchcock (assistant principal)  
Lesley Diaz (preschool director) 
Pastor LB Tatum (interim pastor)            
Mike McCambridge (church member) 
Bonnie Ericson (church member, past School Committee member). 
Bonnie Koch (church member, congregation president, retired LHS music teacher) 
Elsa Lewis (church member, School Committee member) 

I will continue to provide updates in the Buzz as the Search Committee makes progress through its work, and please remember us in your prayers and good thoughts! 

Bonnie  

Bonnie Ericson, Principal Search Committee Chairperson 

bericson@csun.edu