Monday, July 17/06
VBS DAY 1

Well it's 8:45 and I'm just getting ready to head home for the day! A little bit of easy office work this morning, (as my brain is too tired to start thinking about next weeks sermon yet), a trip to Carbonear to do the Corps banking this afternoon, and then Vacation Bible School tonight! This years theme is "God...is able to build you up. Acts 20:32" Carolann and her team of people did an awesome job of decorating 4 rooms in the church, one for the open/closing, one for the story time, one for bible memory verse, and the other for the craft! The Sanctuary has exercise equipment on the platform, and a puppet stage off to the side...one overflow room is decorated like a locker room....the other overflow room is decorated with a map and trees...and the YP Hall has all kinds of "Crafty" things going on! We had 39 kids come out tonight- which is awesome for the first night!! A few of the parents were saying that some kids had committed to soccer on Monday nights - so hopefully God will send some more children our way tomorrow night!

This years VBS is concentrating on getting the kids in shape, both physically and spiritually! Tonight we opened with a few songs (with actions of course), and a visit from our ant friends "Ruben and Rachel!" Then the kids heard the story of the "The unlikely EMT (good samaritan)", followed by their memory verse John 15:12, and then they all made gymnastic sticks! We sang a few more songs in our closing, and then gave out prizes and a freezy for a snack! In today's world where kids learn to put eachother down at such an early age - they were able to learn a positive message here in TBS tonight "LOVE ONE ANOTHER!" I can't wait for tomorrow night!