Wheaton Chorale & Vander Stelt

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL

Tuesday: The acclaimed Wheaton College Women's Chorale led chapel. Their repertoire included songs that glorified God, were spirited and had lots of variety. Timothy Alum, Liz Powers, was a member!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL

Bryce Vander Stelt, youth director from Faith Christian Reformed Church, gave us a challenging talk, based on God's Word and sprinkled with some funny stories. What voices do we listen to when we make decisions? How well do we listen to God's way for our lives?

NEXT WEEK

High School. Tuesday: Chapel Band, Thursday: Wade Urig

Middle School: Anthony Kasper

Location: Timothy Christian Schools

 

Kuyper College, Small Groups & Pete Stearns

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL

Monday: The Kuyper College choir/worship band's goal was to lead us in worship, not simply perform. Our time together was punctuated by hymns, contemporary songs, choir numbers, Scripture readings and responsive readings. This special chapel was 40 minutes on Monday afternoon.

Thursday: Small Groups. Once again all students met in small groups, based on grade and gender, with student leaders. The theme was stress and included reading from Psalm 23.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL On Thursday we welcomed our speaker, Pete Stearns. Pete is the middle school youth pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook. Often we feel like our looks, abilities and personalities are not enough. But Pete clearly explained from the book of Ephesians that in Jesus Christ we are "more than enough"!

NEXT WEEK

High School. Tuesday: Wheaton College Chorale

Middle School: Bryce Vander Stelt, from Faith CRC

Location: Timothy Christian Schools

 

Chapel Band, Prayer, Middle Schoolers' Shirts

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL
Tuesday: First time this year for the chapel band to lead us in worship! Students moved toward the front, and the all-student band led us in five songs. What a blessing!

Thursday: Mr. Wiener directed our thoughts to stress and led us to Jesus' words from Matthew 11: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Then for 10 minutes the lights were turned out, some soft music played, and we prayed in silence. It was a holy time. Chapel concluded with students reading from Proverbs 3 and Romans 8.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL
Mr. Wiener led a talk based on messages on students' shirts. What spiritual principles can be gleaned from the shirts? Check out the presentation to see the shirts and Bible verses: click here.

NEXT WEEK
High School. Monday afternoon: Kuyper College Worship Band. Thursday: Small Groups
Middle School: Thursday this week, Pete Stearns from CCOB
Location: Timothy Christian Schools

Small Groups, Kyle Alt & Following Jesus

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL

Tuesday: The entire high school was split into small groups according to grade and gender. There were two student leaders in each group with a teacher & meeting location assigned to each group. The numbers: 30 small groups and 60 leaders with about 12 students in each group. In addition to each student doing some sharing about themselves, the groups reflected on the words from Philippians 4 about the peace of God.

Thursday: Kyle Alt, youth minister from the Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, spoke on following Jesus. He drove home the point by showing a clip from the movie, Karate Kid, that got everyone's attention. Kyle challenged us to trust in God & his plan and to carefully evaluate who we are really following in life, the world or Jesus. Jesus' way is the best way!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL: Mr. Wiener spoke about following Jesus from Matthew 4. The two main points:

• Keep your eyes on Jesus by reading from God's Word everyday.
• Obey Jesus even when it is not the most popular thing to do.

NEXT WEEK

High School. Tuesday: Student Chapel Band. Thursday: Prayer

Middle School: What students' shirts are saying

Location: Timothy Christian Schools

 

1st Graders and the Shoe Drive Challenge

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL Tuesday:

The 1st graders joined us for chapel. We sang together, and Mr. Wiener told a story about how you are beautiful when you do what God has made you to do. The characters of the story were from the Octoberfest set: Ollie the purple Octopus, Perry the Parrot, and Sheila the Shark, to name a few. The 1st graders led us in the Lord's Prayer.

HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL Thursday:

Timothy mom, Tammi Loerop, along with her daughter, Lexi, led chapel. They talked about their summer missions trip to Haiti. As a result of the trip, Tammi felt a burden to keep helping the people there. She joined with the Shoeman Water Project. Shoes are collected and sold very inexpensively in places like Haiti. The money from the shoes goes to providing clean water for communities. Through Tammi's efforts, she has already collected over 5000 pairs of shoes. Now it is our turn: bring shoes to TCMS or TCHS. We are collecting shoes all next week to be a blessing to others in Jesus' name. More details on the shoe drive can be found on Timothy's homepage: www.timothychristian.com.

NEXT WEEK

High School. Tuesday: Small Groups. Thursday: Youth Pastor, Kyle Alt, from Christian Church of Clarendon Hills.

Middle School: "Following Jesus" (Mr. Wiener speaking)

Location: Timothy Christian Schools

 

Missions & Boven

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL

Tuesday: More students shared about summer trips and how God worked in them and through them. For the first time, a York High School student came to share with Timothy students about their missions trip. One student went to Ethiopia. She shared with conviction and made a moving 3 1/2 minute video.

Thursday: An appreciated and well-received yearly tradition is Mr. Boven's chapel. He challenged us to think about our twice weekly chapels as a sabbath practice. With his engaging style, he drove home the importance of our chapel time.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL This chapel featured Taylor at the piano and a duet by Keyoni and Majesty. We saw a PowerPoint of summer pictures submitted by students. Then many 7th and 8th graders came to the stage and briefly shared a spiritual highlight of their summers. Responses ranged from being in awe of God's creation, to spiritual growth at summer camp to strength God gave through difficult times.

NEXT WEEK

High School. Tuesday: Special chapel with the 1st graders. Thursday: Tammi Loerop and the shoe drive.

Middle School (on Thursday this week): Tammi Loerop and the shoe drive.

Location: Timothy Christian Schools

 

Birdsongs & Stories of Summer Adventure

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL

Tuesday: We were treated to an extended chapel by the Birdsong family, all the way from Tennessee. Their family formed a full band and treated us with their musical gifts & led us in worship. If you would like to learn more about them, check out their Facebook page: click here.

Thursday: Students shared about their summer youth group trips. They told stories of serving, being a witness and growing in their faith. We heard from Bethel OPC, Faith CRC, Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, and Nathan P.'s summer as a camp counselor.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL

Mrs. Sytsma invited students to join the weekly lunch-time prayer group. Then a few teachers finished up sharing about summer highlights and their faith: Dr. Hoeksema, Mr. VanderBill, Mr. Peterson, and Mr. Wiener

NEXT WEEK:

High School: Tuesday–More sharing about summer youth trips. Thursday–Mr. Boven!

Middle School: Students take center stage and help lead this chapel.

Location: Timothy Christian Schools