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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: Two week focus on Creation Care

September 30, 2019

Chapel Report for September 16-27, 2019 The past two weeks for chapel at Hillcrest Academy, we have been focusing on the topic of Creation Care. Our world is a generous gift from God to be cared for in the way we care for a precious gift from a loved one. Before we began this emphasis, […]