Hello Chapel Hill Families!

CH Kids had fun learning about including others from the Bible story, “Jesus Calls Levi” this past Sunday. For our spiritual practice, the kids ate popcorn together, just like Jesus ate with the tax collectors and Levi.

A New Year brings a new Unit, Faith Word, and Memory Verse. Our Faith Word for the month of January is BELIEVE which means “to know in your heart what is true about God”. Our Memory Verse is from John 6:14, “This is truly the prophet who is coming into the world.” upcoming Bible Stories include:

• January 22nd “Jesus Feeds 5000” (Luke 4:14-30)
• January 29th “Jesus Walks on Water” (Mark 6:45-52)

Information for our new families:

• Our volunteers are supposed to arrive by 9:00, but life happens and sometimes they are running late. Please try to drop off kids between 9:15 and 9:30 AM to avoid waiting on them to arrive.
• Please walk your children back to their classrooms at drop off. We want our volunteers to see who goes with which kid to help speed up our pick up time.
• Don’t forget your pick-up ticket. You will show this to get back to the children’s wing and again to their teacher to pick them up.
• Remember that kids are now promoted to their next grade level so check that their name tags show they are in the right group. Please let Ryan know if it is incorrect.

We sponsor cousins, Neema & 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 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.

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.

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, 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 January is “BELIEVE”.

The story of the feeding of the multitudes is the only one of Jesus’ miracles recorded in all four Gospels. In John’s record of this event, the miraculous feeding began with a young boy’s lunch of five loaves of bread and two fish. The feeding of the thousands—five thousand men plus women and children—is told as a demonstration of Jesus’ ability to perform miracles. But it is also the story of a young boy sharing what he had. Jesus used the boy’s gift to provide for many.

The disciples are overwhelmed by the thought of how much food it would take to feed all the people who have been listening to Jesus teach. They tell Jesus it would take more than half of a year’s salary to buy enough food for the crowd. The disciples are ready to dismiss the gift of five loaves and two fish because it is not enough.

How often are we reluctant to give because our gift isn’t enough to make a difference? We might not always have money, or fish, or bread, but you are still enough. We must believe that we are enough. When we know we are filled with God’s love we can do things like share our lunch and provide abundant love for thousands of others. God’s love is enough to make a difference.

Draw five squares on a piece of paper. Imagine these are the fives loaves the boy had to share with the crowd. Use the following prompts and write your answers on your paper:

• What makes you enough?
• When do you feel like you fall short?
• What can you provide or share with others?
• Name ways God provides for you.
• What makes it hard to believe?