FCCS Chapel

Joel preached a great message from Romans 8 and Philippians 4. This was our final senior chapel for the 25-26 school year.

Mr. Shaw talks to our middle and high schoolers about the book of Revelation. The main points are all about how to read it alongside the rest of scripture, which is the key to understanding John's vision well.

Noah shared a message about fear, how it holds us back, and how we can fear the Lord.

Isaac shared a great message with the middle and high school about being slow to anger

Kade had a very important message about contentment and mental health for chapel this week.

Today in chapel we watched and reacted to part of another video and did some apologetics. The video is titled 10 Hard Questions Christians Should Ask (But Never Do) by a channel on YouTube called Open Reason, and we did not have time to make it through all of them in our chapel today; we will save the rest for future chapels.

Weston gave a great message about trusting in the Lord for self-control.

Seth Burch shares with his peers what God has laid on his heart about perseverance and trusting in the Lord

Mr. Shaw reacts to a YouTube video by a channel called "The Atheist Voice" for chapel and for a talk on apologetics for this week's chapel. Fair use applies!

Kelcie gave a really great message about what it really means to seek God!

In this episode we conclude talking about the Gospel of John!

Mr. Cowhick and Mr. Shaw make their way through John, covering chapters 10-15 in this episode and they finish the book in the next one.

We had an all school chapel with pre-k through 12th grade present and Joe Holder from Vineyard Church came to speak to our students on the topic "What is a Christian?" and we also had a skit performed by our drama club on the same topic.

Jerod from Emmanuel Bible Church (and also a former Foothills teacher) came to speak to our students on the story of Saul's regeneration and how God chose to save him.

Nate Duvall from Victory Church came to share for chapel for the first time, and he picked up where we are in our Bible reading plan at Acts 4 and talked about Jesus as our cornerstone.

Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cowhick take way too long to record this one despite their best efforts to be more concise, but hey, whaddya gonna do. There's so much to talk about in the book of John

Katie Brooks from New City Church came to tell the kids all about the whole story of the Bible, in the context of why Jesus needed to be born. Merry Christmas!

Marcus Spear shared a message about trusting in God and he tells a funny but embarrassing story, hopefully he's ok with it being posted to the internet.

Matt shared a great message from Matthew 2 about the Magi and about how God uses our talents to show Himself to us.

Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cowhick are back talking about the Bible, this time it is the whole book of Luke and particularly the parts that are not in Matthew or Mark. Thanks for listening

Addison spoke about Advent and gave a really great reminder and encouragement to us all to focus on Jesus during this Christmas season.

Aidan preached to the middle and schoolers about doubts and uncertainty and he did a great job!

We finished reading Mark, join us for the Bible reading plan!

Ethan Lehman talked about his testimony and how leaning on God through your trials is the best possible decision.

Pastor Hernandez from Triumph Baptist Church came to speak to our students today about putting God first

One of our seniors, Caedmon, shared a message for chapel today with the 6th - 12th graders!

Pastor Gloire from upper room church came to share a testimony about healing. He brought Emma, who has experienced a miraculous healing from the Lord in his church during a time of worship.Gloire shared this video about Emma's healing with the students before he and Emma shared more about this miracle.https://youtu.be/Y-MZL5cIrdg

Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cowhick and Mr. Shaw's cat (Momo) discuss the middle part of the book of Mark together.

Joseph Dresch shares a message about apologetics in about 20 minutes, give or take 40 billion years

We made it through the book of Matthew and immediately started the book of Mark.

Pastor Ryan from Crossroads Memorial Church came to speak for chapel from Genesis 15!

Join us as we wrap up talking about the Gospel of Matthew for our school wide Bible reading plan.

Join Mr. Cowhick and Mr. Shaw as they travel through the Bible reading plan and talk about their favorite parts. Use this as a tool to help you catch up on the school wide reading plan or just to supplement your personal study.

Boaz gave a great encouragement (and a threat) to love God and follow His commands at chapel today

This past Wednesday, Kiefer Anable from Antioch Church shared a really great message from the book of Luke, and it was about following the Lord with 100%, no holding back.

Join Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cowhick for our own weekly Bible study through this New Testament Bible Reading Plan

Happy Constitution Day!

Join Mr. Cowhick and Mr. Shaw as they talk about their favorite parts of the Bible reading plan this week!

Matt from Solid Rock came to share with the kids a message titled "Mid-Faith Crisis" about the doubts that are common for Christians to face and the wisdom involved in dealing with them.

This week for chapel, I kicked off the year with my expectations for the school year and then spoke about the different postures of belief that are displayed in scripture and sometimes in us. It might have been the best message ever preached, we'll never know, because the recorder didn't catch all of it. So here is take 2, recorded from home.

Our school community is studying through the New Testament, Mr. Cowhick and Mr. Shaw are hanging out and talking about their favorite parts of the readings. If you're reading through the New Testament also, we hope the mad ravings and astute observations from these two guys are beneficial for your study as well.

Hailey shared a great message from the Word and from experience about what to do if you feel abandoned by God, and she shared some really great and biblical tips for that type of depression and anxiety.

Addison took us to scripture to give a great talk about the value of living in the present, and the anxieties of waiting for the future.

Jerome Bushnell came all the way from Shelby to speak to our middle school and high school about trauma and the wisdom found in laughter.

Kimber shared from Psalm 23 about the good shepherd. I apologize about the audio on this one, something happened to the recording and I salvaged what I could.

Trinity shared with the school a message about overcoming fear, she spoke from the story of Gideon and also shared her about her own testimony of her challenges with fear.

Gary Mayer came to speak to us from Ephesians 1 about our calling as Christians, how that calling is not performance driven. The Lord has adopted us into His family.

Mr. Shaw shared a message about Jonah, the man who knew God but did not follow Him, and shared about how God accomplishes His will no matter how we respond to it.

Damian Shaw shared from 1 Kings 16-18 about the Israelites who were greatly sinning in their idolatry, and Elijah who saved epically saved them. But also we talked about how everyone worships something. There is no neutrality. And those who look inwardly for self-serving happiness, making themselves a sacrifice for things like self-image, are really serving broken gods. Jesus is the sacrifice we need, and He makes us into a new creation.

Jerod Prettyman came back to Foothills to speak for our chapel, and he shared a great message, starting in Isaiah 53, about what it means to see the worthiness of Jesus, and the worthiness of our own calling in Him as well.