“A Campfire Christmas” was the theme of this year’s Christmas chapels on December 16 and 23, with students in the Middle School and High School Worship teams singing and dancing to favorite Christmas songs and presenting mini-skits while gathered on stage around a simulated campfire. Middle school faculty member Mrs. Celine Melody presented a skit about the true meaning of Christmas that featured 8th grader Joshua Kinch playing the role of the father.
The student-led chapels featured Christmas songs selected by the students in the worship teams because they had special significance in their lives, according to Mrs. Kelly Flynn, who directs the worship teams. The chapel program opened with “Joy to the World,” followed by several upbeat songs including “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and “Jingle Bell Rock,” and the students and staff in the audience were encouraged to sing and clap along.
Several students were featured in solos at the December 16 elementary and middle school chapels, including 7th grader Ava Barberio singing “O Holy Night” and 6th grader Autumn Henson and 8th graders Autumn Loo and Jadelyn Maurer in “Mary Did You Know.”
“It was wonderful to see the students having fun singing and dancing to some of their favorite Christmas songs and then taking the time to dig deep and focus on the true meaning of Christmas and to share that salvation story with their fellow students,” Mrs. Flynn said. In the December 16 chapels, Mrs. Flynn closed the program with a moving solo performance of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
At the December 23 chapel, the High School Worship Team performed a stirring rendition of “Mary Did You Know” and closed the chapel with “A Christmas Hallelujah.” Featured soloists in the two soulful songs were Elizabeth Alford (11th), Destiny Brewer (11th), Tommy Ellision (10th), Evangelina Kim (9th), and Rebekah Kimmerley (12th).
