Hello Chapel Hill Families!

This Sunday we will continue the story of Moses’ life focusing on the monthly Faith Word, “AWE”. Our Bible story this week is “Moses & the Pharaoh” (Exodus 5:1-13:9). We will see what Moses does after hearing God in the burning bush to “set my people free”. I loved teaching this story to the kids this week. So many times I turn down opportunities because I feel unworthy, or unqualified to do them. I have found out since taking over Raegan’s position, that even an introverted, task-oriented, and somewhat socially awkward person can still shine a light for Jesus and have fun doing it (even if I do need a long nap on Sunday afternoons). I hope the kids were inspired to be able to do hard things with help from God.

KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES: Please double check which class you are checking your kindergartener in on Sundays. For some reason, the system keeps defaulting them to Pre-K and they are not showing up on our kindergarten room rosters Sunday morning. We have moved them to kindergarten and deleted them from Pre-K, but it continues to happen. If you need help changing the class, Laura, Ryan , or I can help you with that. Thanks for your assistance with this issue!

Friday, October 1st was Neema’s birthday! We sponsor Neema and her cousin, Kikwete, who live in the Angel House Orphanage in Tanzania, Africa. We have pledged to give $90/month in order to provide food, clothing and schooling to these children at Angel House. Each Sunday, kids have the opportunity to bring money to put into our offering for Neema and Kikwete. Would you help us meet our goal by sending your child with $1.00 each week? Our kids did such a good job remembering to bring their offering this past week! Our former Director of Children’s Ministries, Raegan Brane, has visited Angel House in the past. You can find out more information about the Grassroots Organization and Angel House by clicking HERE.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

In the month of October, our Faith Word is AWE. All our Bible stories will discuss or relate to this word this month. Join us!

• October 3rd – “The Baby in the Basket” (Exodus 1:8-14; 2:1-10)
• October 10th – “God Speaks to Moses” (Exodus 3:1-22)
• October 17th – “Moses & the Pharaoh” (Exodus 5:1-13:9)
• October 24th – “Crossing the Sea” (Exodus 13:17-14:31) & TRUNK OR TREAT 4:00-6:00PM
• October 31st – “Moses & Miriam Celebrate” (Exodus 15:1-21) / WATCH MOVIE: “PRINCE OF EGYPT”

October Memory Verse: “The people were in awe of the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses” (Exodus 14:31)

We will not have sign-ups for 9:30 Sunday School. Come when you can! Nursery will be available at BOTH 9:30 and 11:00 services. No Sunday School at 11:00. We have clipboards outside the sanctuary available for kids attending worship.

REMINDER:

If you have a 3rd, 4th or 5th grader that has a Deep Blue Bible, please help them remember to bring it with them to Sunday school each week! We don’t have many extras of that particular version at the church and they will be looking up and reading scripture every time they come to church from now on.

TRUNK OR TREAT 2021

We are excited to host Trunk or Treat again this year! If you would like to decorate a trunk, please e-mail me or click the link below! As always, we appreciate any and all candy donations for this event. Thank you!

CHRISTMAS EVE UPDATE

KDIC & PRESCHOOL 

Most classes are full, but we are accepting children for our wait list in case parents do not complete their enrollment. You can contact Debby Wilson for KDIC information at dwilson@chwichita.org and Mandi Johnston for preschool information at mjohnston@chwichita.org

Please share these links with your friends and family with little ones at home in need of a safe, loving place to care for them while they get a little break!

• 2021-2022 KDIC Fall Enrollment Link
• Preschool Enrollment Link
• Lunch Bunch Enrollment Link

We are searching for loving caregivers for our Kids Day in Christ program. Hours are Tuesday-Friday 9:00AM-2:00PM. Contact Debby Wilson if you are interested dwilson@chwichita.org

Don’t forget to check our Chapel Hill Kids Facebook Group regularly for the most up to date information. If you haven’t checked your child’s information on the birthday post from December 29th, please make sure you do so as soon as possible. I have marked it as an announcement so you can easily find it. If you have moved in the last year, please contact the office so that we have your correct address on file so they can receive some birthday mail. The office number is (316) 684-1117.

Blessings to you and your children,

Allison

Celebrate Wonder is a Sunday school curriculum that engages children’s natural sense of curiosity to help them understand God’s love. It creates a safe environment for kids to ask big questions — helping them explore the Bible in ways that feed their imagination and encourages creativity. Through carefully-selected Bible stories, songs, videos, and hands-on activities, Celebrate Wonder gives children the tools to explore their faith while incorporating it into their daily lives.

Each month, our weekly stories will align with a Faith Word. The Faith Word for the month of October is, “Awe”.

Moses has been placed in a river and saved by the pharaoh’s daughter, killed an Egyptian, and escaped only to find he was called by God to return to Egypt and set his people free. Moses tried to get God to send someone else to Egypt, and while that didn’t work, God agreed to send Moses’ brother Aaron with him.

So, Aaron and Moses took off to convince the pharaoh to let the Israelites go. The pharaoh did not want to let the Israelites go. H needed them to build his massive buildings. Instead, when Moses and Aaron requested that the Israelites be released, the pharaoh doubled their workload. Now, the Israelites were unhappy with Moses.

Then came the plagues. Nine times, Moses would ask the Pharaoh to let God’s people go. Pharaoh said no nine times. Nine times, something terrible happened. The pharaoh finally agreed to let the people go, but only after the firstborn sons of the Egyptians were killed.

We tend to use AWE as a word to describe something wonderfully good. If that is true, where is the awe and wonder in this story? Could it be that the awe is in the persistence of Moses asking and the pharaoh saying no? How many of us would have given up after the first five nos? Maybe the awe was in the powerful acts that God performed. Or maybe the awe was when God instructed the Israelites to remember God’s mighty acts that resulted in the release of the Israelites.

Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Think of a time when you were upset because your plans didn’t turn out the way you wanted. After some reflection, you discovered God was at work in your life. What you wanted was not what you needed. Thank God for unexpected blessings that God sends your way.