Hello Chapel Hill Families!

Last week I took a cross-country trip with our family to Destin, FL and back. I am rested and rejuvenated, and ready to be back this week with the kids. Fall preparations are underway. We will have a special “Back to School” photo booth available this Sunday as many schools in the area will resume classes next week.

CALLING ALL 3RD GRADERS

It is time to register for 3rd Grade Bible Class. Please complete this form so I can have an accurate count to order Bibles. Deadline to register is August 18th!

SUNDAY SCHOOL

In the month of August, our new Faith Word is COURAGE. This Sunday we will learn about the story of “Ruth & Naomi”(Book of Ruth). Join us!

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.

Kids will now attend their Sunday School classes according to their grade level for next year. Here are the room assignments for the summer:

• Birth-Prekindergarten: Nursery in Fellowship Hall
• Kindergarten & 1st Grade: LL-31 in Children’s Wing
• 2nd & 3rd Grade: LL29 in Children’s Wing
• 4th & 5th Grade: LL-32 in Children’s Wing
• 6th-8th Grade: LL-4
• 9th-12th Grade: LL-6

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.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR CHRISTMAS EVE PERFORMANCE!

We are looking for children to fill the following roles:

• Sheep (Preschool-Kindergarten Aged)
• Angels (1st-3rd Grade)
• Shepherds (4th & 5th Grade)

Rehearsals will be Sunday afternoons 4:00-6:00PM December 5th, 12th, and 19th. Christmas Eve services will be 1:00, 3:00, and 5:00 this year. Please contact me if your children are interested in participating. I am so excited for this new Chapel Hill tradition!

KDIC & PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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

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 August is, “Courage”.

In today’s Bible story, familiar words are spoken: “Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God” (1:16). These words demonstrate both love and discipline. Ruth is a beautiful and remarkable story about family, inclusion, and redemption. It also is about courage, Ruth’s and Naomi’s. The story shows how family members have great discipline in taking care of one another. Ruth and Naomi go together and, with courage, not only grow their family but also grow together in love. Both women are powerful witnesses to a life of faith and courage. Through their story, we can learn how to bring people together in God’s love.

This story also demonstrates kindness. The Common English Bible notes that kindness brings kindness. Ruth and Naomi demonstrate kindness to each other. Life for Ruth and Naomi is not always easy. They work hard to start a new life, find food, and build a new home and life for themselves. They are then welcomed into a new country, where they are allowed to glean food.

In Bible times, it was customary to let hungry people glean (or gather) crops left in the fields. Boaz showed kindness to Ruth. They later married and had a baby. Sometimes it takes courage to be kind, especially in hard situations. It also takes discipline. God wants us to be courageous and show kindness; and when we do so, kindness spreads.

How does your family show kindness? Family members are not always kind to one another. We do our best, but family is made up of individuals trying to live together. Today’s story demonstrates devotion and commitment to family, no matter what.

With your family or friends, make a list of rules or expectations of how you want to demonstrate kindness to one another. Hang up the list. When there are disagreements, remember the list and remember Ruth and Naomi’s commitment to one another, no matter what.