Middle School Chapel
We began with a good old-fashioned Christmas Carol sing. Then students were invited to share their favorite family Christmas traditions. Many of these traditions involved food! We closed chapel with Mr. Lundeen reading The Story of the Christmas Guest as retold by Helen Steiner Rice, A beautiful story involving Christmas and serving Jesus by serving those in need.
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: Advent is a time of reflection. A simple worship team led us in focusing on Jesus during this advent season.
Thursday: The choirs of Timothy led us in chapel. We also had a string ensemble prelude and a harp postlude. Mr. Wiener shared a short devotion on God working in extraordinary ways through ordinary people and then gave an invitation to silent prayer.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
A chapel of advent prayer. The students rose to the occasion by being reverent and prayerful. It was a holy time. In addition to singing, there were prayer stations: write down & pray for prayer requests and draw/journal. Also many students simply sat and prayed throughout the auditorium.
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Middle School: Christmas Singing and Story
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: A small group chapel with a twist: all students were divided up according to alphabetical order by first name. Trivia: most popular girl name? Emily & Hannah. For the guys? Joshua & Michael. The groups discussed Christmas traditions and ideas to keep Christ the center of Christmas.
Thursday: The visit by the Lindloff family has become a high school tradition during advent. Mr. Lindloff was joined by his wife and three children (plus a little friend). He told the story by Jesus of how servants should act when the master is away. We should be wise and faithful and not live for ourselves. The servants did not know when the master would return, and we don't know when Jesus will return.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
Phil Zielke returned to Timothy to speak to the middle school this time. The theme of Phil's talk was perseverance. God led him through a long trial with cancer into a new direction. He founded Phil's Friends, a ministry that supports cancer patients in Christ's name. For more information (and opportunities to serve!) click this link: www.philsfriends.org.
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High School. Tuesday: Advent singing, Thursday: choir & orchestra
Middle School: Advent prayer
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: You can watch the entire chapel online! This is a first.
Mr. Wiener spoke on iPads & our Christian faith. Chapel began with a skit about some boys so focused on an iPad game (Clash of Clans) that they ignored girls, bumped into Mr. Glover & didn't listen to the test review. Mr. Wiener then chanted about technology by candle light. The talk was about praying for God's wisdom when it comes to using technology, being honest with your self, what is success?, and how is God calling you to unplug.
Thursday: Small groups today focused on the famous passage of Proverbs 3:5-6. In what area of your life do you need to trust in God more? What does a straight path mean for your life?
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
Mr. Lundeen spoke on fairness. There are three types of unfairness: silly, social and serious. He explained all three. Then he directed us to Romans 7. God sent Jesus into the world to solve the problem of "unfairness" caused by sin.
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High School. Tuesday: Thanksgiving sharing
Middle School: Thanksgiving sharing
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Thursday: We had our first hymn chapel of the year. To introduce each hymn, students shared the history of the hymns. We saying Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, Great is Thy Faithfulness, Jesus Paid It All, I Surrender, and It is Well with My Soul. Timothy junior, Alex Z., accompanied us on the piano.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
Kelly is the youth director at Faith CRC. Her talk was based on Jude verse one, "to those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ." Our core identity must be based in what God thinks about us and not what we think or what other people think. In Jesus Christ we are called, we are loved, we are kept for all eternity.
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High School. Tuesday: iPads & Faith; Thursday: Small Groups
Middle School: Tim Lundeen
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Thursday: Josh Pardee, youth pastor at The Chapel in Hinsdale, spoke. He based his comments on the Parable of the Talents from Matthew, chapter 25. We need to live our lives with a greater sense of urgency to do God's work. And we should not spend time comparing ourselves to others, but be thankful for who we are and how God made us. Then we can focus on using our lives to do God's work.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
We sang This is Amazing Grace, Mighty to Save and With Everything. Our chapel became a time of service. Student spread out throughout the auditorium with colored pencils, and they created cards for cancer patients. The cards will be distributed through the organization Phil's Friends. And Phil will come speak to us in chapel on November 3.
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High School. Thursday: Hymn Chapel
Middle School: Kelly Cornelisse
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPELS
Tuesday: Tina Jenkins Crawley, mother of 11th grader Andrew, blessed us in song. But this chapel was not a concert, it was a time of worship. Mrs. Crawley connected with the students and led them in a time of energetic and passionate worship. She brought with her a whole band as well. Enjoy the video & photos. For more, you can find her on Facebook, iTunes and the web: http://tinajenkinscrawley.theblacksmithproject.com.
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High School. Tuesday: Chapel band leads us in worship
Middle School: the Persecuted Church
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: Mr. Wiener led a chapel on the summer reading book by James Grisham, The Testament. Various quotes were highlighted, and we were challenged to think more deeply as a Christian. Mr. Lindloff read an extended passage that highlighted some major discipleship themes of the book. In the book there is a strong call to follow Jesus with unwavering devotion. Click link to see the quotes used: The Testament quotes
Thursday: Mr. Hamelinck and Mr. Piersma interviewed the seniors on homecoming court. Besides a hoola-hoop contest for the girls and a one-handed push-up contest for the boys, the students talked about what they like about Timothy and what God is currently teaching them.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL Teachers shared photos from this summer and talked about how God worked in their lives. This week we heard from Dr. Hoeksema, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Ridder, Mrs. Sytsma and Mrs. Schwarz.
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High School. Tuesday & Thursday: students share about summer mission/serve trips
Middle School: more teacher photos and student sharing
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: Mr. Boven's yearly message is always thought-provoking and his unique style keeps attention. He simply explained what a Reformed Christian perspective on life is. After a brief shout-out to Reformed theology, he focused on what it means to be a steward. We should live our lives knowing that ultimately God gives us everything we have. We are God's; everything we have is God's. So how can we faithful honor God with the use of our time, talents and treasures?
Thursday: Ten teachers shared a photo from the summer. We guessed which teacher went with each photo. Then the teachers shared how they were encouraged spiritually this summer.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
The 8th graders met with high school student mentors. The 7th graders wrote down prayer requests and in small groups reflected on how to "stand firm" in the faith. We ended chapel together by singing with Mrs. LeGrand. We sang "Ah, La, La, La", "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" and "Blessed Be Your Name".
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High School. Tuesday: on the summer reading book, The Testament; Thursday: Senior Homecoming interviews
Middle School: Summer photos of teachers
Location: Timothy Christian Schools
