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1. The elementary chapel praise team sings while opening their arms.
They opened up their arms to show motion. In the Christian faith,
opening arms is a sign that God is free to be a part of one’s life and
give them a heart that serves others. 2. Mr. Freeman talks to his students about the prayer lines that teachers were asked to read. Lines
included ‘Bless the families of those who teach.’ Mr. Freeman explained that this line means that the families “may give them the support and assistance they need to remain faithful and strong families.”
3. The elementary chapel praise team stands on stage and sings for the
chapel service. They cup their hands together as an emotive technique
while singing. 4. Participating in their classroom chairs, Brian Jeen, Petra Thomas, and Clare Son sing and follow along with the motions of
the praise team. 5. Yuto Yoshimura and Francis Park pray during chapel. Yuto and Francis brought their hands together and prayed hard.
6. First grade teacher Ms. Welton reads out the explanation of the
weekly verse they have been given from the Bible. Ms. Welton and her
students paid attention to her reading during chapel by gathering close
together. 7. Trisha Palli, Jose Ward, Vinayak Chopra, and Sarah Bufano
perform in front of the chapel. The focus of this message was imitating
Jesus. 8. Keahi Brumsickle, Mr. Rains, and Tanvi Mavuri perform and
explain to chapel classmates ‘imitating Jesus’. They demonstrate the
verse 1 Corinthians 11-1: “Follow my example, as I follow the example of
Christ.” Guest speaker Mr. Rains spoke to the kids about what it means
to be Christ-like. 9. Kanta Kojima, Junyao Li, and Jingjing Yuan all learned
to pray in chapel and they prayed to God to become more closer to Him.

Brendan Hodgeth

8 Grade

Back in Elementary Chapel we had a lot of activities and exercises we could do. People were
often called up to act out a scene or play a
game, which was fun. I remember one moment
in particular in which someone was called to
stand on a chair and fall backward trusting that
someone would catch them.

Kylie Hur

9th Grade

I loved the chapels we had during Elementary
SEW because we got to be in our groups with
different grades and really bond together physically and spiritually with no awkwardness. Even
though the themes were not as deep and heavy,
I remember talking about who God is to us as a
huge group and playing a lot of activities.

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