14th Annual Junior Martin Luther Competition

October 28th, 2021 at 8:30AM in the St. John’s Historic Sanctuary

As a Lutheran church and school, we are proud of our Christian heritage and the Junior Martin Luther Competition was designed as a way for us to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther.  It was his courage that laid the foundations of our Lutheran faith today.  Every 6^th grade student attending St. John’s since 2008 has spent the month of October participating in a variety of classroom learning activities exposing them to a deeper understanding of Martin Luther’s life, his relationship with God, the condition of the early church during his lifetime, and the good news of our Salvation that is found in the New Testament.

This year’s Finalists included Tyler Harrison, Presley Pratt, Bella Black, James Higgins, Maggie Keune, Aiden Alcaraz, Josiah Hack, Bridgette Van Blarcom and Noah Arana.  The Alternates for this event were Taylor Johnson, Flynn Kremer, and Hudson Krueger.

The students’ participation in class, quality responses to weekly reflection questions, results from the Reformation in Disguise scavenger hunt, knowledge and understanding of Luther’s Table Talk memoirs, memory test scores, and Luther’s Dates quiz results were just a portion of the criteria earning them a spot in this year’s competition.  The Junior Martin Luther Competition consisted of several rounds of questions pertaining to important dates in Martin Luther’s life, his favorite passages from Scripture, Table Talks memoirs, his small catechism, and much more.

This was a single elimination event.  One incorrect answer removed a finalist from the competition.  All correct answers were confirmed with the statement, “This is most certainly true.”  After 35 minutes of intense competition, Maggie Keune from               Mr. Mercier’s homeroom won!  After officially winning the competition, Maggie proceeded to nail the 95 theses on the Castle Church door.  Last year’s winner, Matthew Schulteis, presented her with a Martin Luther bobble head doll along with the Luther Cup Trophy that will be displayed in her homeroom for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year.  Maggie’s photo from this event will be displayed in the Middle School hallway on the Junior Martin Luther Legends wall of fame.  Congratulations, Maggie!

Mr. Mercier, 6th grade