This morning, our chapel leaders led the pledges, The Lord’s Prayer, O Canada and the Land Acknowledgement. They also led the singing of the first song, “Everyday” (by Joel Houston – Hillsong).
Next, the audience watched an upbeat Wesley video about “Integrity” and were led in reading several descriptions of how leaders who have integrity behave.
The Grade 4B class then went on stage to recite their class memory verse, Ephesians 3:20. Several representatives shared what they had been learning in Bible class recently. Then, they performed the first half of the verse in American Sign Language. They recited the second half out loud.
For the second worship song, the chapel team led the singing of “Little by Little” by Elsie Dietz Lippy with all the clapping and actions.
Wesley students then had a chance to see how some of their peers responded to the question, “Why should CRISP Leaders Walk the Talk?” and “What happens if CRISP Leaders don’t Walk the Talk?” This short video featured 7 students.
Our guest speaker was Pastor Ian from Christ Emmanuel Community Church. He captured everyone’s attention with three Kendama toys. He explained how this Japanese game worked and invited three volunteers – someone who had done it before, a teacher and a Grade 8 student – to go up to the stage to try it. Everyone had fun watching them. Eventually two of the three were able to successfully land the ball into the cup of the toy.
After the three volunteers descended the stage, Pastor Ian switched gears and recapped the definition of integrity. He also talked about the importance of consistently demonstrating integrity no matter where you are – school, home, alone, or with others. However, when we fail to demonstrate it, it is also important to ask Jesus to forgive us, as well as the person we offended. Pastor Ian also emphasized the the need to be honest and not to fake our behaviours. He shared a few slides about integrity but summarized it with some Super Practical Application Time (SPAT) by tying it back to the Kendama game. In order to be good at Kendama, one needs to practice. The same with demonstrating integrity. We can do this by:
- Knowing What is Right – via reading the Bible
- Saying What is Right – using our words to build people up, not tearing them down. This can be our spoken words as well as our written ones (e.g. text messages, emails, etc.)
- Doing What is Right – doing helpful things and avoiding unhelpful, hurtful or provocative things (e.g. facial expressions that generate reactions).
Pastor Ian then attempted a challenging move on one of the Kendama toys before concluding in prayer.
The chapel team ended the service in leading the recitation of an aspirational passage, which is the hope of being a CRISP leader.
