Ash Wednesday February 22 6:30PM
We begin the season with a supper of soup and bread and a communion service. We will provide the food. Sign up so that we know how much to prepare. The meal and the worship will end by 7:30 so that folks are able to attend choir practice or whatever other evening activities are schedule.

Yumm! Pancake breakfast Feb 26 – add it to your calendar. The youth group will do their usual amazing job of feeding us The proceeds this year go toward expenses for the youth of Chapel Hills attending the National Youth Event in Purdue this coming July. 9:15 AM

Jesus Welcomed Children. Jesus taught Adults.
During Lent we can teach each other in Jesus’s name. Adult study at 9:15 each Sunday (starting March 4th.) Read the Stillspeaking Devotions for the week and share the one(s) that most spoke to your life and experience. 3 ways to read them: 1) Sign up at http://www.ucc.org/feed-your-spirit/daily-devotional/ to have them delivered to you each day, 2) pick up a copy of the Lenten Book in the narthex or 3) if you need a large print version, ask and we will prepare one for you.

One of our great traditions is to send homemade cookies and treats to our college students. A delicious package from home lets them know that we’re thinking about them. Please sign-up in the narthex to bring 3-dozen cookies. Bring them packaged (2 cookies to a Ziploc bag). Please drop them off at church by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 11th; Women’s Fellowship will fill the boxes and mail them that day. Please feel free to stay and join us for this fun event.

This Sunday February 5:

Worship is at 10:15.       Theme: What we receive from the “New Age”.

Final Intergenerational Sunday School
The final Sunday session of our Sunday School Intergenerational get together is this Sunday February 5th.  Final activity will be as a large group, (two teams actually) with Stephanie moderating a multi-decade trivia challenge.  Some questions will target life during the Eisenhower Administration, some will be about Club Penguin and Pokemon.  Goal is to have fun and maybe, just maybe, learn something.  All are welcome to join us in the lounge area at 9:15.  Breakfast treats available and we’ll wrap up by 10am.

Food Shelf Sunday   bring non perishables for the VEAP food shelf or donate through chapel Hills   http://www.veapvolunteers.org/

Worship is at 10:15.       Theme: What we receive from Islam.

Annual Meeting  follows worship and our coffee and conversation time.  Childcare is available during the annual meeting.

Final Intergenerational Sunday Postponed
The final Sunday session of our Sunday School Intergenerational get together has been postponed to Sunday February 5th.  With everyone staying after worship for the annual meeting, having a session beforehand would make for a long Sunday morning.  Final activity will be as a large group, (two teams actually) with Stephanie moderating a multi-decade trivia challenge.  Some questions will target life during the Eisenhower Administration, some will be about Club Penguin and Pokemon.  Goal is to have fun and maybe, just maybe, learn something.  All are welcome to join us in the lounge area at 9:15.  Breakfast treats available and we’ll wrap up by 10am.

The Sunday School classes will continue the Intergenerational Project this Sunday the 22nd in the lounge at 9:15.  Children and our adult volunteers will meet for conversation and treats while creating a personal timeline and family tree.  We’ll use the internet to go back and revisit some songs and pictures from various points of our pasts.

Worship is at 10:15.

January 8 Epiphany (yes, we know it is two days late but we knew you were busy on the 6^th so we waited for you)

The “official” celebration of the Epiphany is January 6.  We will celebrate in worship this Sunday, January 8.  The service includes a performance of J. S. Bach’s Christmas cantata:  For Us a Child is born. We will remove the decorations of Christmas, take down the trees and the lights.  The Deacons will provide Epiphany treats for our gathering time after worship.  Intergenerational Church School begins this Sunday.

Jan 1 worship 10:15. Join us for a carol sing, a New Year’s Day service, communion, and tomato juice and coffee for those who need it.

Christmas Eve Service

Christmas Eve Service begins at 4:15 PM with extended prelude music.  Worship begins at 4:30.  The service includes lessons, carols, communion, a performance of the Hallelujah Chorus, and finished with candlelight and Silent Night.

There will be no service on Christmas Day, Sunday December 25.  Prayers and scripture and carol suggestions to use at home will be available for those who wish to praise God that morning.

Jan 1 worship 10:15.  Join us for a carol sing, a New Year’s Day service, and tomato juice and coffee for those who need it.

Just imagine what it would have been like if there was modern technology back at that first Christmas……hmmmm

Sunday Dec. 18^th  – 10:15

Chapel Hills Sunday School will present

Christmas:  We’re On the Air

A musical by Cathy Skogen-Soldner

Be a part of a ‘live’ radio broadcast THIS Sunday, as Chapel Hills is transformed into Bethlehem’s “Studio 7” – home of the effervescent radio hosts ‘Nina & Liz’.  The popular morning show has a mix of news –weather and sports to keep Bethlehem ‘up-to speed’ in what’s happening around town.  But – what this!  Breaking news…bright lights reported in a field!  Join Nina and Liz as they follow the story along with a studio team that includes a sound effects crew that Jim Ed Poole would be proud of!

Decorating the Sanctuary tree with Chrismons this Sunday  10:15                                         Joseph as a model of kindness and righteousness

Christmas pageant December 18 10:15

Christmas Eve Service begins at 4:15 with a musical prelude, worship with communion and candlelight begins at 4:30.

There will be no service on Christmas Day, Sunday December 25.  Prayers and scripture and carol suggestions to use at home will be available for those who wish to praise God that morning.  The Board of Deacons decided to not have service so that folks could enjoy the day with friends and family.