Fridays is Chapel Time

Every Friday the Elementary and the Secondary have a time to come together and worship in the form of Chapel. For the Elementary the teachers take turns planning the chapel time. Last year one of the students asked "Why Jesus?" Meaning... with all of our religious choices why should we choose Jesus? In this part of the world it is very obvious that "Jesus" is not the only choice and there are many around us who have chosen another path. We hear the call to prayer multiple times a day and see women wearing traditional clothing that attest to their Muslim faith. Why should we believe that Jesus is The Way?

The teachers agreed that this would be a wonderful focus for this year's chapels. The first chapel started with a courtroom complete with the judge, the prosecuter and the defense attorney. In the witness stand is a cross representing Jesus. The prosecutor is bent on proving that Jesus is a fake while the defense attorney is confident in Jesus and the truth of the Bible.

For this first semester the teachers at MICS will be walking the students (who are the jury) through a line of arguments that attempt to make Jesus someone He wasn't. On the other side of this argument is the defense attorney who will be making a Case for Christ (Case for Christ is a book written by Lee Strobel).

Abby's class was in charge of chapel this past Friday and she was the judge. Their class presented the argument through the prosecution that Jesus was insane. The defense attorney quickly refuted any and every argument that was made and in the end even the "expert wittnesses" (Abby's Classmates) had changed their minds and turned to Christ.

I will be planning a chapel in October and my argument is that Jesus can't be who He says He is. There is no way humanly possible that He rose from the dead after dying a tragic death on the cross. No one can return from the torture He endured, so He must of been faking. He didn't really die...