Mr. Scheidt delivers a chapel on Psalm 13, reminding our community that it is holy and good to ask God "How long, O Lord?" and that it is important to know that we can trust God with our questions.

Upper School chaplain, Mr. Scheidt delivers our first chapel message of the year. Using Psalm 46 as a primary text, Mr. Scheidt encourages the community to find refuge and strength in God.

Mr. Dennstaedt kicks off our 3-week Advent chapel series by talking about God's provision and learning to recognize the gifts God has given us, even if we don't consider our situations or circumstances to be the kinds of gifts we want, we serve a heavenly Father who gives according to our needs.

Mr. Pfenson argues that the Christian life is a team sport –– we need each other. Junior Lydia Wood helped to teach Mr. Pfenson the basics of lacrosse –– some do's and don't's as part of an illustration for how Paul intends for us to interpret the list of things to "take off" and "put on" in Colossians 3.

Note: Mr. Pfenson's microphone fell off partway through the message, so this recording is incomplete.

The Bible department comprised a panel that discussed spiritual warfare and how to fight it and how to find God in the midst of spiritual warfare.

Curt Allen shared a perspective on how to put off anger (as we are called to do in Colossians 3) and encouraged the community to live into the call we have received as believers to pursue the things of God.

We hear from Mr. Dickens, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Ms. Mines about some specific times in their life when they were confronted with a sin in their lives or a situation through which God was trying to speak to them. They shared how God spoke to them and how they worked to put their sin to death.

Dr. McCollum addressed the students about the importance of putting to death (the mortification) of the flesh and our earthly desires.

Shawn McBride spoke to the students out of Colossians 3:5-6, focusing on Paul's teaching to put sexual immorality to death.

Superintendent Rick Kempton speaks to the students on the importance of listening to the voice of God and setting a good example.