Hello Chapel Hill Families!
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.
This month, our Faith Word is “Faith”.
All the Bible stories will align with the Faith Word each month. Here is the Faith Word Poster for the month of October:
Our Memory Verse Poster for October:
Beauty is everywhere in God’s creation. Beauty is in the people we meet. It is in the world we see and the sounds we hear. As a family, look for and explore God’s beauty in all of its forms. I will be collecting pictures of God’s beauty for our October Wonder Wall collage, If you have a chance to snap a picture of something beautiful God created, send it my way so I can include it! aroth@chapelhillwichita.org
Here is our Wonder Wall from September-
This is the story of Isaac’s birth and the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah. The story, narrated by Sarah, finally makes both Abraham and Sarah parents. They are very old. Sarah is 90 and Abraham is 100. These are hardly the ages one would expect to be parents. Sarah, still in disbelief, finds this miracle to be humorous.
In this story Sarah laughs, as she did when she first learned that she would be a mother. However, this time her laughter is because of joy rather than doubt. Her joy seems to come from gratitude in knowing God kept the promise made to her family and to all their descendants. In response, Sarah names her son Isaac, which means “laughter.”
We may all have different emotional responses to surprises. God can do things we do not expect, and God can create a life that we might not have imagined. When we examine our own lives, there is likely more unexpected than expected. Yet, in the midst of uncertainty, there is joy. And when we look closely, there is an immense amount of joy all around us. Children are a great reminder of this kind of joy, and Isaac was a child who brought great joy. Children can bring us both so much joy and challenges. But, when we honor the little moments with our children, we can create joyful lives for ourselves and for the children all around us.
Say this prayer throughout the week:
J – just as I am
O – opening up to the possibilities
Y – yet to come. Amen.
Attached is the lesson plan for Sunday, October 25th There are simplified activities that require minimal supplies that you can usually find at home.
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These last about 13-16 minutes each with times to pause for activities.
The last Sunday of each month, we will meet together on Zoom at 10:30AM to connect, learn and worship together. Join us Sunday, October 25th!
Meeting ID: 763 8499 7677
Passcode: CHKids2020
I have also attached the template for the “Wonder Cube”. Cut this out and fold together, then use it to ask your kids questions after watching the Sunday school video of the week.
Allison Roth – Director of Children’s Ministries
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