Posts with the category “vbs”

Something we do at Vacation Bible School every year is God Sightings. During VBS, we ask the kids to keep an eye out for ways God works in our lives and the world around us. These are called God Sightings.  Each morning during our opening we encourage the kids to share their God Sighting with their crews and we post them on the walls in the sanctuary.  So I thought I would share a few of our God S...  Read More

Today, our divers learned that God is a friend for everyone! Our aquatic explorers learned how everyone can be friends with Jesus, no matter who they are and what they've done. We don't have to do anything to earn Jesus' friendship. Friday is always a little bit smaller of a day as some families head out for the weekend, but that didn't dampen our fun! The kids also had lots of fun playing with wa...  Read More

Today, our divers learned that God is a friend forever! Our aquatic explorers learned how Jesus is a friend who will never leave us, because he died and rose again. We closed the day reflecting on how hard it can be to make new friends. But when we feel alone, our forever friend Jesus is always there for us. He has wanted to be our friend since before we were born. They did an experiment and watch...  Read More

Today, our divers learned that God is a friend we can trust! Our divers learned all about Jesus' asleep on the Sea of Galilee. One of the big take away is when we have worries in life, God can help us with them. Thanks everyone for a wonderful day 3! Today, we hadKids - 58 (10 preschoolers)Youth Volunteers - 15Adults - 25We're halfway! Keep being the light of Jesus! Our underwater adventurers also...  Read More

Today, our divers learned that God is a friend who loves! Our aquatic explorers learned about the story of Noah. They jumped into the story to learn how God shows compassion to the people of Nineveh (Jonah 1-3). They did an experiment and watched their boats move through the water, like it was magic. Today, we hadKids - 62 (11 preschool)Youth Volunteers - 14Adult Volunteers - 24Thanks to everyone ...  Read More

Today, our divers learned that God is a friend who's real! Our aquatic explorers dove in and explored the story of  Elijah. Their big take away was that God shows himself through ups and downs (1 Kings 18–19). It was a wonderful start to the week! I want to give a big you to all the volunteers that decorated last week and Sunday. It all looks AMAZING! Today, we hadKids - 60 (10 preschoolers)Youth ...  Read More

What is a God-Sighting you may ask?  Well, each morning during Vacation Bible School, we ask the kids to share some way they saw God at work the day before.  Their crew leaders then wrote what had been shared on a star and the stars were hung on the walls in the sanctuary.  By the end of the week we had over 68 stars and some of those stars had multiple God-Sightings on them.  Our God-Sighting ranged from ...  Read More

“Let your good deeds shine...so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.” –Matthew 5:16 On the last day, the kids talked about ways we can helps others and show God's love. We also learned about Halley's Comet. In Bible adventure, the children learned from Acts 8:26-39 how Philip had to help someone understand the Bible. God led him to a new friend to share Jesus' love. At Imigation Station...  Read More

Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God.” –John 14:1 Today, we talked about the sun and how important it is. Most importantly, we talked about what to do when a friend is sad. We can help our friends and show God's love when we cheer them up. In Bible, the kids learned from John 19–20 about how Jesus helped his mother. She was sad when he was about to die. He didn't think about himself, bu...  Read More

Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!” –Psalm 100:1 We had more kids show up today that hadn't been here Monday or Tuesday.Today we learned about our moon. Although other plants have more than one, we have 1 beautiful moon that orbits earth. 24 people have traveled to see the moon, but only 12 people have walked on the moon. The moon reflects the sun's lights, just like we reflect the light o...  Read More

“Live in harmony with each other.” –Romans 12:16 The good news is that our 11 youth and more than 30 adults came back today! We even gained 3 adults that weren't here yesterday. Thank you to the amazing youth and adults that are making this week possible.Today we learned about the planets in our solar system. There are four planets that orbit our sun that have rings. Those rings aren't solid as th...  Read More

“Jesus...said, ‘I am the light of the world.’ ” –John 8:12 Today, we blasted off to the moon! We have almost 70 kids registered for VBS this year. That requires  We learned about what a cosmos is, about our sun, how it relates to the universe, and most importantly, God's Son. Cosmo, a star, talked about how he witnessed Jesus being born and the unique star that shone that night, guiding the wise ...  Read More

“Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people!” –Psalm 66:5 Well, this year's VBS is officially in the record books. Today, our 36 kids, 21 adults, and 10 youth celebrated everything they learned with a small presentation to their parents. Each crew sang a song they had been working on from worship time.The kids returned to Joseph's story, learning what happened...  Read More

I haven't had the blessing of being at a Vacation Bible School in many years. At my church in Ft. Walton Beach, our VBS was always the first week of June when the pastors had to attend our Annual Conference. We missed everything. Changing a VBS week is not something you do. It's a delegate balance in the church community ecosystem.This year, I was so excited to be a part of it all. Val didn't assi...  Read More

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.–Romans 8:38 Today was an exciting day, especially at the end! We moved from the Old Testament into the New as we looked at connections between Joseph and Jesus. Today's big takeaway was that God is stronger than anything. Our 23 adults, 9 youth, and 38 kids all saw the extraordinary strength of God in many different ways today.T...  Read More

How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! –Psalm 147:5 The kids aren't ready for VBS to end, but I think our 24 adult volunteers might start losing some of their steam at the end of day 3. They've sung, danced, and acted with Godly Gusto so far. Our 11 youth volunteers today have been amazing too. Those helping with games even volunteered to let the kids dump water on their heads and pie them ...  Read More

For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” –Joshua 1:9 Day 2 didn't disappoint. The kids came excited after such a fun day yesterday. They were also ready to have their pictures taken so they could find themselves in our closing slideshow for the day. Our 28 children, 23 adults, and 8 youth volunteers spent their day doing the following things:Our kid's crews started God Sightings today. ...  Read More

Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.–Psalm 89:2 With Day 1 over and done, we're thrilled to spend the day with 41 exceptional children! Our focus for the week is God's, Monumental Love. Here are some things they learned and did:"God loves us no matter what!" He's an "Amazing God!" (This is our big takeaway.)Joseph's family had feuds (Genesis 27), ...  Read More