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Chapel focuses on stories of transformation

February 26, 2020

We spent the last two weeks hearing personal stories of some of the people who are a part of our Hillcrest community. It is encouraging to hear how God is at work among us. On Monday, February 10, we heard from Leanne Bender, first year guidance counselor and activities director at Hillcrest. Leanne spoke of […]

Chapel continues with focus on Moses

February 12, 2020

We continued our emphasis on the transformation of Moses and his relationship with God during this time. On Wednesday, January 29, we looked at the period of Moses’ life as he led the people of Israel out of Egypt, through the Red Sea and into the desert. We viewed a skit from that time period […]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day inspires Jan. 20 to 24 chapels

January 29, 2020

Our chapels this week were primarily shaped by the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On Monday, Jan. 20, as an all school assembly, we viewed the movie, “Selma”. The movie depicts the events and circumstances around this important event in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s in the U. S. Tuesday’s chapel […]

Moses is focus of chapel

January 22, 2020

With teacher inservice and cancellations due to weather, we had only two chapels this week. On Monday, January 13, we began looking at the life of Moses. We will be using the life and example of Moses and his transformation over the next 3 weeks. From the encounter of Moses with God in the burning […]

Sharing stories in chapel

January 16, 2020

Friday, January 3: We started off our second semester chapels with a visit from two representatives from Off The Wall Discipleship out of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Don Stubbs and Eric Schrock both shared with us about the ministry and also how God calls us to be a part of the Kingdom of God. Monday, January […]

Chapel emphasizes Advent

January 3, 2020

We continued our emphasis on the season of Advent as we look for and anticipate the coming of Jesus. On Monday, December 9, our chapel speaker was Cruz Rada from Muscatine. Cruz shared with us from Ecclesiastes about remembering our Creator in the days of our youth. He then talked about how God is faithful […]

Advent is focus of chapel December 2-6

December 18, 2019

This week of chapels began to focus on the season of Advent. But before we got to that, Meredith Blossom wrapped up our international education time by sharing with us about the country of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has a health crisis in which many women die as a result of childbirth. Efforts are being […]

Chapel focuses on kindness and learning from other cultures

December 2, 2019

Our chapel theme over this time period was based on the story of Ruth from the Old Testament book of Ruth. Ruth was from Moab, a country different from Israel. Yet she is known for her kindness and being part of the lineage of King David and Jesus. Our emphasis was both kindness and, in […]

Chapel Brings in a Variety of Guest Speakers

November 18, 2019

Over the last two weeks, we’ve had a variety of events in chapel such that we did not have one consistent theme for this time. We continue to strive for chapels to be meaningful and encouraging in our faith journeys. On Monday, October 28, we had a review of how chapels have been going for […]

Chapel focuses on prayer

October 28, 2019

Our chapel theme for the past two weeks has been on Prayer. The story of Gideon from Judges 6 and 7 shows him seeking direction from God in a variety of ways. During these two weeks, we explored some ways to experience prayer. Sierra Cheney started us off on the theme of Prayer on Monday, […]