Hello Chapel Hill Families!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. This Sunday, Traci Sharp will be leading Godly Play and worship time for us, and I will be leading our music and announcements. We had a fantastic time this last Sunday, and I can’t wait to see all of your kids again this upcoming weekend.

In April, our Faith word is RESURRECTION which means “Hope in God’s promise  for new life in Jesus”. Our Memory Verse is Luke 24:6a “He isn’t here, but has been raised”. Bible Lessons include:

• April 30th – “Ascension” (Luke 24:50-53)

KDIC & PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Kids Day in Christ and Chapel Hill Preschool opened their enrollment to current families and Chapel Hill members on February 1st. If you have young children interested in attending these programs, please click the links below to get them signed up. These programs fill fast, and are now open to the public to fill the last few spots.

Summer KDIC

KDIC 2023-2024

Preschool 2023-2024

Lunch Bunch 2023-2024 (Extended Preschool Day)

VBS 2023

Save the Date for VBS at Chapel Hill! Volunteer Registration is now OPEN! Child attendance will be limited to 250 children. To ensure your child gets a spot, join our team to receive a link for EARLY child registration. Child registration is now open and will close once we fill all our spots.  We filled all 250 spots before Memorial Day last year, so do not delay!

Promotion Sunday

Promotion Sunday is fast approaching! For those of you that have rising kindergarteners or 6th graders, May 21st your child will transition to their next phase of ministry at Chapel Hill. Our pre-kindergarteners moving onto kindergarten will get to join us downstairs for their first Sunday School in the children’s wing. Additionally, our rising 6th graders will get to meet our Chapel Hill youth ministry staff, introduce themselves to the other middle schoolers, and will move to the Middle School Youth Room LL-04. If you have a current pre-k student that will be staying behind in pre-k for another year, please email me and let me know!

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.

Additionally, I have a few items that were lost in the children’s wing over the last couple of weeks. If your child lost a jacket on Palm Sunday, or a personal item from previous weeks, email me at bmiller@chwichita.org so that I can see if I have what you’re looking for!

Blessings,

Rebekah

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 April is “RESURRECTION”.

This is a short passage which tells us of Jesus being ascended into the heavens. It also tells us of the joy Jesus’ followers felt. Although Jesus was no longer physically with his disciples, his teachings and messages lived in their lives and in their hearts. The definition of the word resurrection speaks of hope. In the last quarter, we learned about hope. Hope is to trust in God’s promises and resurrection is defined as hope in God’s promise for new life through Jesus. We need hope to have a resurrection faith. Crowds have followed Jesus and believed in his teachings. They had hope in all he said and did. Now, as Jesus lifts his hands and goes to be united with God, true hope enters. It is through Jesus’ actions after his death we learn that death is not the
end. There is hope in our faith and hope make Resurrection possible.

This week’s Bible story is about Jesus leaving the disciples but leaving behind his ministry and teachings. Think of some of your favorite stories about Jesus. Make a list of things Jesus taught that have stuck with you over the years. What is one message or teaching of Jesus you want to embody and be remembered for? Think about what you have done or do in your life now that aligns with this teaching. Consider ways you can implement this teaching into your life in the future.