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THE CHAPELWOOD FOUNDATION LIVING OUR LEGACY...FUNDING OUR FUTURE Your gifts to the Chapelwood Foundation can be a special way to honor someone or mark the joy of a special occasion while helping to build an endowment for Chapelwood in perpetuity. For more information, contact Teresa Cannon at (713) 354-4485 or tcannon@chapelwood.org. Art Dickinson Katherine Bedell Teresa and Clayton Cannon Margaret and Leonard Bedell Wayne Payne Carrie and Ron Woliver Susan and Ed Patterson Peggy and Gary Edwards Judy and Roy Sharp Richard Heustess Jim Sullivan Candlelighters Sunday School Class Barbara Smart Adrienne and Jack Moorhead Irene and Bob Bening Donna Dawson Annette and Lee Duggan Marilyn Caul and William McClure Katherine and David Luther Marie and Mat Mathieu GIFTS IN MEMORY OF Donald Ray McGill, Jr. Mildred Barrett David Hillman Katherine and David Luther Nell R. Lynch Ed Lynch George Beaves Pamela Moore Don Bryan Lee Conerly Minnie Stell Margaret and Leonard Bedell Fellowship Sunday School Class Margaret Sankey Carol and Leonard Ferguson Nancy Parker Marie and Mat Mathieu Mark Benjamin Roberts A Chapelwood Friend David Hunsberger Marie and Mat Mathieu Pete Dalton Erin and Matthew Roorda Barbara Baker Tom Baker GIFTS IN HONOR OF RESTRICTED GIFTS Wedding Guild Kay and John Crockett Jane and Jim Wise (Susan Jackson Scholarship Fund) Jim and Susan Jackson (Susan Jackson Scholarship Fund) Mopsy Andrews Candlelighters Sunday School Class 814 FAIR TRADE COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE! Sunday, June 11, and July 9, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. , outside Fellowship Hall Purchase your Fair Trade products the second Sunday of every month! Items are on sale outside of the Fellowship Hall from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Purchasing fairly traded products allows farmers to earn a fair price for their crops while delivering quality products to consumers. In addition, fair trade prohibits the use of child labor and encourages the adoption of safer, chemical-free farming methods. Contact Vicki Jud, vicki.jud@sbcglobal.net, if you would like to volunteer at the Fair Trade table.
THE POWER OF HUMAN CONNECTION Written by team member Jackson Howard, age 16 Being honest with ourselves and vulnerable with others is at the root of all human connection. Building relationships with others in Christ drives finding our own godly purpose and also helps us grow in our faith. Being seen as you truly are is one of the most courageous and difficult acts that anyone can accomplish, but it is absolutely necessary for us to develop as Christians. Over spring break, I had the privilege of going to the town of Quiriman de Nicoya in Costa Rica and serving the local church and community. What I saw there was a group of people who had almost nothing compared to us, yet they displayed a level of hospitality and overall joy that is rarely seen in the States. They opened their arms to us and loved on us in a way that is almost shunned in countries and areas of affluence. It’s almost as if their focus was solely on the people with them in that moment and not on any of the monumental issues surrounding them. Contentment in Christ is something the people of Nicoya have mastered. They don’t wish for more things, a better life, a nicer house, or a newer car because they understand that won’t bring happiness. In all of their poverty and struggle, they understand something that a large portion of us Americans may never grasp. Happiness will never come from more of anything except Christ and Christ-centered relationships. An example of this connection in Christ could be seen through the group who went to help one of the church members demolish a concrete floor and move nearly 10,000 pounds of dirt from inside of her house. The house was only partially covered by a tin roof, and it had a very uneven part-cement, part-dirt floor, open sewage draining from the side of the house, and four very small rooms. Despite this, she completely opened up her home to us with all of its flaws and imperfections, and we accepted the challenge to improve it as much as we could. Through our work, we developed relationships with a people in the local community who came to work alongside us and the family who lived in the house. Another fantastic example of building lasting relationships through vulnerability was when, after a long day of work at the church in Quiriman, the foreman in charge of coordinating all of our work at the church gave his testimony during the service later that night. He talked about his mother dying in childbirth and dealing with his anger towards God, and he shared his issues of growing up with 18 siblings without a mother. This testimony moved most of the crowd to tears, and it gave many of us a different perspective on the people living in this town. We were able to understand these faithful and strong people through their willingness to be vulnerable and seen despite the language barriers. The work that we did was not the most important part of our mission journey. The relationships we built throughout our work in the community matter far more than any number of issues we could have solved. We were able to experience a beautiful culture centered around simply being present, connecting with others, being content with the present situation, and centering life around faith instead of material things. I learned a large amount during this amazing week through deep-bellied laughter, heartfelt testimonials, backbreaking work, and amazingly faithcentered people. #concretecrew out (mic drop). 9
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