Thanks for supporting our DIGNITY DRIVE April 24th – May 24th!
We appreciate your generosity to support Giving the Basics-Wichita! Barrels were picked up last week. Chapel Hillers–you were able to supply 2,604 hygiene products that will go to those in need in our community. Thank you for your support in closing the hygiene gap in Wichita!
MIDDLE SCHOOL in the GARDEN begins this week!
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Community Garden
ALL rising 6th, 7th & 8th graders are WELCOME! Drop-off & pickup at the Garden in the far northeast corner of the Chapel Hill Parking lot. Fellowship, fun & faith! Sunscreen as needed, and bring a drink, a hat & a FRIEND! Plan on these Thursdays: June 2nd, 9th, 16th, & 30th, and July 14th, 21st, & 28th.
Are you on a mission? We are! Sign up NOW for summer mission trips.
High School + (including 2020 & 2021 grads) is leaving THIS Sunday, June 5th for Arkansas. We will be commissioned at the end of the 9:30 a.m. service. Please join us in presence and prayer for our send-off! Prayer cards for participants will be available this Sunday at the DONUT table corner of Fellowship Hall.
Middle School (rising 6th, 7th & 8th graders) travels to Gore, Oklahoma–June 27-July 1 to serve at the UM Circle of Care Boys’ Ranch. Cost is $125 (reduced if you volunteered for Palm Sunday Celebration or per scholarship request). YOU are very welcome–join us!
Paperwork for the Middle School mission trip is due Sunday, June 12th
Paperwork is available in the church office, at the DONUT table in Fellowship Hall on Sundays, or by emailing Heidi (hdoell@chwichita.org).
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You’ve been PROMOTED!
Promotion Sunday was May 22nd, 2022. Our rising 6th graders started in the Children’s Wing, and as everyone sang “Go With God” they processed to the Youth Wing. We enjoyed, games, snacks, a lesson, and prayer. At 10:30 rising 6th grade parents gathered in Cup of Grace to receive information about CHYOUTH! Welcome, 6th graders and families! We are so glad you’re here!
Welcome, 6th graders!
SUNDAY, May 1st our grads and families shared a special Sunday School in the Upper Room Chapel.
SUNDAY, May 8th we gave thanks for the homes, families, and persons that have helped to raise us up and we CELEBRATED with our graduates as they journey forward in faith:
Lauren Tyler Brown, daughter of Tyler and Leslee Brown, is graduating from Andover High School. She will be attending Colorado School of Mines to major in Biomedical Engineering.
Gradey Reed Dick, Son of Bart and Carmen Dick, is graduating from Sunrise Christian Academy. He is going to play basketball at the University of Kansas. Rock Chalk!
Cannon J. Fuller, son of Laura and Brad Fuller, is graduating from Andover High School. He plans on attending Kansas State University.
Samantha Riley McClellan, daughter of Roger and Kristie McClellan and Lindsay McClellan, is graduating from Andover High School. In the fall, Sami will attend Auburn University in Alabama to study Health Service Administration.
Stratton Robert McClellan, son of Roger and Kristie McClellan and Lindsay McClellan, is graduating from Andover High School. In the fall, Stratton will attend SMU in Dallas, TX to study finance at the Cox
School of Business.
Nicole Elisabeth McIlvain, daughter of Jason and Julie McIlvain, is graduating from Andover Central High School. She plans to attend the University of Arkansas to major in Animal Science minor in Spanish, and intends to go to vet school.
Rebekah Ruth Miller, daughter of Casey and Sarah Miller, is graduating from Wichita Collegiate School. Bekah plans to study music at Drury University in Springfield, MO. She will also be on the stunt team!
Carly Nicole Parker, daughter of Jon and Lori Parker, is graduating from Andover Central High School. Carly plans to attend Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, to major in Science of Neuroscience and minor in Spanish.
Sarah Grace Sinclair, daughter of Dedra Sinclair and Tim Sinclair, is graduating from Andover High School. Sarah’s future plans include studying Engineering at Kansas State University.
Mason Stinnette is graduating from 5th grade and elementary school!
Also:
Dylan DeVaughn is graduating from Andover High School and will be attending KU in the fall.
Brandon Lucas, son of Eddy and April Lucas, is graduating from WSU Tech as an aeronautical maintenance technician.
Harrison DeVaughn is graduating from Baker University with a degree in Business Administration. He will attend Washburn Law School in the fall.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24th, Worship celebration of YOUTH DISCIPLESHIP was GREAT! “We’re on a mission!”–and we continue to be! Good work, good & faithful young people and adult volunteers!
PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATION was GREAT! (Sunday, April 10th) Thank you all for your support. We appreciate the supplies, the hands to help, the smiles shared, and the food that was prepped and enjoyed. Over $1700 was given to help support our young people in mission!
Thanks for supporting our DIGNITY DRIVE April 24th – May 24th!
We appreciate your generosity to support Giving the Basics-Wichita! Barrels were picked up today–May 25th! If you still have items that you would like to donate you may drop them off in the church office through June 1st, or this Sunday morning (May 29th) at the youth DONUT table, and we will deliver them to the Giving the Basics Warehouse! ALL full-size and travel-size hygiene products are welcome.
SAVE the DATES!
June 5th-11th High School Mission Trip to Pine Bluff, AR
June 20th-24th Vacation Bible School
June 26th – July 1st Middle School Mission Trip to Gore, OK
July 6th-High School Sailing Daytrip to Cheney Lake
July 10th-16th SUMMIT Youth Academy at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS (high school Jr.’s & Sr.’s)
July 20th-Middle School Sailing Daytrip to Cheney Lake
MIDDLE SCHOOL in the GARDEN: Thursdays from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. mark your calendar for these Thursdays: June 2nd, 9th, 16th & 30th, and July 14th, 21st & 28th. *All rising 6th, 7th & 8th graders are invited to join us! Drop-off & pick-up are at the CH Garden (far northeast corner of the parking lot). Bring: a drink, sunscreen, a hat & a friend!
“Community means trusting that someone else will be available to the person in need.” -Parker J. Palmer
LOVE in action. What’s in your refrigerator?
LOOK at this amazing lunch packing crew from Sunday, May 8th! Wow!
Thank you, Chapel Hill for supporting our monthly 120 OPEN DOOR lunch packing! Also, your “spring cleaning” donations (extra lunch sacks, ziploc baggies, plastic ware packs, plastic spoons, napkins, and mustard & mayo packs) help reduce costs. Thank you for you help.
1 paper bag + 1 napkin + 1 spoon + 2 ziploc baggies + 2 slices of bread + 1 slice of cheese + 4 slices of sandwich meat + 1 cup of applesauce + 1 bag of chips + 3 cookies
= 1 lunch, packed with love
DONUTS have returned! Thanks for adding some sweetness to your life and supporting our youth and young adults!
Sunday School at 9:30 & Worship at 11:00! Sunday School is a time to catch up with friends & youth sponsors, see what’s on the horizon, learn, grow in faith & be in Christian community.
PRAYER:
Almighty God,
may the transforming power
of your Gospel
be at work in my life today and always.
Amen.
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*CALENDAR NOTES:
Sunday School: Sundays @ 9:30 a.m. Middle School (6th-8th grades) & High School (9th-12th + grades)
Worship: Sundays @ 11:00 a.m.
UMYF (Youth Group):
- Regular Sunday afternoon youth group gatherings are on break. Summer activities are abundant!
- Join us in Sunday School every Sunday @ 9:30
WEDNESDAYS: “Dig Deeper”
- Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in LL6. All high school and college young adults are welcome!
Mid-week re-fresh via newsletter
May the Lord bless you and keep you, May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you, May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Shalom. -Numbers 6: 24-26
God is Good. All the Time.
Heidi K. Greenwood Doell Director of Youth & Young Adult Discipleship