Final Friday!

Today was the last day of  this week's VBS and we had a blast.  We learned how nothing can separate us from God's love and that we are God's light in the world.

We collected $1000.00 for water filters in the Dominican Republic which equals 6 1/2 water filters.  The children did an awesome job of helping others get clean water.

Our last time together will be Sunday at 10:30 AM for worship.  We will be singing VBS songs and using our Children's Liturgy service as we celebrate all we learned this week.  Wear your VBS shirt and come check out the cool art work that everyone did.  Don't miss Rev. Katie's God inspired painting!

Check out our last smilebox to find out who won - the boys or the girls!

See you Sunday!

Thursday at VBS

Fire, Water, Rocks.

Forgiveness, Repentance, Grace.  These are pretty hard concepts for many adults get their minds around, but today this is what the children learned about.  They learned about making mistakes from Rev. Katie who had a little "trip" and messed up our art work in progress.  Forgiveness was freely given, but it wasn't until after going to the Prayer Station that she was able to forgive herself for the untrue things she was thinking about herself.  We are praying that our big group hug gives Rev. Katie some inspiration and that somehow God will take her "mistake" and make it into something beautiful.

Rev. Beth and the children wrote down their sins and then burned them and became forgiven people.

Melanie showed how God's love is freely given through beautiful rocks tumbled by Joe.  One rock per child.  Shared many times over.  Loving our neighbors, loving ourselves, with rocks to remind us or to give to someone else to remind them.

We are still stuck inside with rain showers and soggy ground prohibiting us from exploring outside.  Art was created with watercolors - allowing the children to paint freely.

  

Check out the Thursday smilebox to see what we did today!

Tomorrow is our last day and we have lots to learn.  It's our last day to collect money to buy water filters for the Dominican Republic.  Right now the girls are in the lead - but all can change at a moments notice.

Tomorrow is also  Freeform Friday.  Be yourself.  Show us your creative side.  Wear your tutu,your best suit or your gardening shoes.  Be creative.  Express the artist that God created you to be.

Wednesday at VBS - Post "Bill"

We're back together after tropical storm "Bill" and we had lots of fun.  We created with clay, we sang songs, we learned about the gifts that God has given each of us to help us help others.  We stayed reasonably dry and had some great snacks together.

Check out what we did today!

Tomorrow we will continue to collect money for clean water for the Dominican Republic, so bring your change.  We only have two days left!  Will Max be wearing red nail polish or spaghetti?  What will happen to Miss Cindy if the boys win?  Bring your change and find out!

Tomorrow is crazy hair day or crazy sock day - your choice - or both!

Monday at VBS

We had an awesome time today learning, playing, creating, dreaming, singing, and snacking.  Today we learned about how God created the world, including each of us and how God created us in God's image - making us artists too!  We celebrated acts of love and are keeping our eyes open for even more.  We're collecting money to buy water filters for those that need clean water in the Dominican Republic, so bring your money in and let's see who wins this year - the boys or the girls!


Check out this cool video of what we did today!

Tuesday is crazy hat day so find your craziest hat, put it on your head, and show it off on Tuesday.

Tropical Storm "Bill" threatens to dampen our plans on Tuesday and Wednesday.  We will contact participants via email if our plans change, but right now we're planning on keeping the VBS party going!

It's VBS Time!

Today's the official start of Vacation Bible School at St. Mary's and I'm pretty excited. Our theme this year is "Creating with God our Creator - Art Camp VBS". We wIll be learning about how God created us in God's image and  how we are created to be to creative.

There will be lots of paper, crayons,  paint, pencils and chalk. There will be lots and lots of noise from lots and lots of children (and adults too). And there will be lots and lots of love.

And God will say...It is good!