By Senior Pastor Ellis White Have you ever wondered what makes relationships thrive, even when life gets tough? I’ve been thinking about how much our culture celebrates independence, but what if the key to stronger connections is found in something deeper—something countercultural? Starting tomorrow, January 5, I’d love for you to join us at Chapel […]
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By Senior Pastor Ellis White As we approach the end of the year, I love to reflect on the highlights of the past 12 months. I think about the experiences I’ve had, the relationships I’ve deepened, and the goals I’ve achieved. Then, I begin to look ahead to the new year, asking myself, What can […]
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By Senior Pastor Ellis White Dear Chapel Hill Family, As we embrace this season of gratitude and anticipation, our hearts overflow with thankfulness for you, our Chapel Hill family. Your generosity throughout this past year has been extraordinary. Because of your faithful giving, we’ve made a tangible difference—locally and globally—by living out our vision to care, share, […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Almost a decade ago we began a Saturday Night worship service at Chapel Hill. It met in what is now called the Neel Chapel—the original worship space of our church. The same sermon was preached on Saturday as on Sunday mornings, allowing our congregation to remain unified across the three […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “Do they celebrate Thanksgiving in England?” is a question I get asked multiple times every year around this time. I usually respond with something like, “Yes, we’re thankful every day.” Joking aside, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England (although, the pilgrims were English, so we kind of invented it) and […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Last Monday, I sat down to read the news, and I felt the weight of what many of us are feeling—a sense that this election holds so much at stake. I came across a Wall Street Journal poll revealing that 87% of voters believe America will suffer permanent damage if […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This week I was looking through our archive when I found a vision flyer for the building of our original church building. As I read the words of that vision statement from our founding Pastor, the Reverend Paul Neel, I realized that over 60 years later the Lord had granted […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “You’ve got to try the ice cream potato!” That’s what we were told by someone who grew up in Boise, when asked what some must-see sights for a trip to Boise are. Ice cream potato!? That sounds disgusting, I thought. And it didn’t get any better when I googled it. […]
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This year, my eldest began Middle School. I recall the transition I made at her age from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School with only 200 students to the Royal Grammar School with 10 times as many students. It was overwhelming. But thankfully, I wasn’t also dealing with a daily bombardment […]
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By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Did you know that lacking social connection is as dangerous as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day? According to a study published in 2017 in American Psychology, the odds of premature mortality are just as affected by a lack of friendship, as they are by smoking a pack of […]