Whew! What a
busy week! We were in VBS this week at our church, Kenwood Bible Methodist. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.
We started out each evening in the sanctuary to sing songs . . .
. . . and watch a mini-drama that told the bible lesson.
Then everyone went outside for "tribe time" with their group and tribe leaders.
Each team sent one person to the marketplace each night to bake bread.
They visited the synagogue as a team to hear a lesson from Rabbi John.
One of the favorite nights in the synagogue was the leprosy object lesson. This was demonstrated with John putting his hand in soaking wet potting soil and then he shook hands with the kids. After he explained what leprosy was, he told how Jesus healed the leapers. He dipped his hand in a bucket of clean water and of course his hand came out completely clean (healed). The kids (and me too) thought this was pretty cool.
The different craft stations were a really big hit. Here they made sandals. This is Caleb hammering away.
The stone (soap) carving was also fun. They carved their Hebrew tribe symbols into the soap. Or in the case of my tribe, who were all around age 2, they kind of just scratched around on it. But, no one really knew anyway - after all - who can ready Hebrew??
Trisha and David did a great job with the fisherman's net shop. There were different crafts here each night.
Door hangers or bookmarks with lots and lots of cool things to glue on them - oh, the many options!
And we had some "not so young" kids painting at the toy shop.
(Check out that concentration!) I think Beulah Haggard enjoyed VBS as much as the kids did! :-)
The games were also a big hit. This was one a lot harder than it looked. The kids had to move the lifesaver down the line by only using the straw in their mouth while racing against the other team.
After snack time, we all went back to our blankets for more tribe time where we finished up the lesson and learned the memory verse.
Then back inside to close with a powerpoint of the pictures from the evening and more singing.
Jenn and I surviving the heat and the VBS action - we're only 8 weeks apart.
On the last night, we had a very special guest, Jesus, (aka Bro. Durr) come visit and talk to the children. The kids thought that was pretty cool too. He took off his beard at the end to pray for them and one little boy right outloud said, "That's not Jesus!" It was funny!
We started out each evening in the sanctuary to sing songs . . .
. . . and watch a mini-drama that told the bible lesson.
Then everyone went outside for "tribe time" with their group and tribe leaders.
Each team sent one person to the marketplace each night to bake bread.
They visited the synagogue as a team to hear a lesson from Rabbi John.
One of the favorite nights in the synagogue was the leprosy object lesson. This was demonstrated with John putting his hand in soaking wet potting soil and then he shook hands with the kids. After he explained what leprosy was, he told how Jesus healed the leapers. He dipped his hand in a bucket of clean water and of course his hand came out completely clean (healed). The kids (and me too) thought this was pretty cool.
The different craft stations were a really big hit. Here they made sandals. This is Caleb hammering away.
The stone (soap) carving was also fun. They carved their Hebrew tribe symbols into the soap. Or in the case of my tribe, who were all around age 2, they kind of just scratched around on it. But, no one really knew anyway - after all - who can ready Hebrew??
Trisha and David did a great job with the fisherman's net shop. There were different crafts here each night.
Door hangers or bookmarks with lots and lots of cool things to glue on them - oh, the many options!
And we had some "not so young" kids painting at the toy shop. (Check out that concentration!) I think Beulah Haggard enjoyed VBS as much as the kids did! :-)
The games were also a big hit. This was one a lot harder than it looked. The kids had to move the lifesaver down the line by only using the straw in their mouth while racing against the other team.
After snack time, we all went back to our blankets for more tribe time where we finished up the lesson and learned the memory verse.
Then back inside to close with a powerpoint of the pictures from the evening and more singing.
Jenn and I surviving the heat and the VBS action - we're only 8 weeks apart.
On the last night, we had a very special guest, Jesus, (aka Bro. Durr) come visit and talk to the children. The kids thought that was pretty cool too. He took off his beard at the end to pray for them and one little boy right outloud said, "That's not Jesus!" It was funny!
6 comments:
It looks like you all had a lot of fun. Our VBS is this week, and hope that our kids will have as much fun as it looks like you had:)
I love the props and costumes! It looks like everyone had a blast!!!
Wow - looks like a very organized and focused VBS! I'm sure it was a hit. :)
I loved seeing all your pictures. Wasn't that fun?? I loved it. My kids were SO excited every night. I love the picture you got of Sis.Beulah!
Our church does Marketplace, and I love the variations I see in how your church did it! I will definitely refer to this post for some neat ideas when it rolls around again at Auburn. You and Jenn look so cute! Big bellies and all :-)
OK! I have to ask...in the 2nd picture, what is Karen dressed as?
Every one looks great! Looks like a great VBS!
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