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Friday, June 12, 2009

Thursday's Highlights!




VBC’s 4th and 5th graders spent time this week volunteering at Harvester’s, one of Kansas City’s largest food banks. Some campers packed food, some campers had dish washing duty; and some loaded food. All of them made a difference!

C3 Missions – We’ve raised $6,732 to date for the Kids COR House of Hope – a home to be built for ten children and their “Mama” in Uganda. Our goal was $6,000 plus a generous supply of school supplies and backpacks. This total does not include Friday’s offering and we have already reached our goal!
End of Thursday totals:
Money:
$6,732
Backpacks: 270
Crayons/Markers: 571
Scissors/Glue: 536
Pencils/Pens: 4,421

More on Moses – Campers witnessed the reenactment of God opening up the Red Sea for Moses in drama Thursday. It was a lesson for us to trust in God, just as Moses did. Friday, God delivers the Ten Commandments to Moses. It will be earth shaking. Just like the real thing. We’d expect nothing less from our drama team who does an excellent job of bringing Bible stories to life. A standing ovation for performances well done.

Campers brought their stepping stones home that they made in Craft. Parents take a close look – the Ten Commandments are an integral part of the design. Children also decorated their very own Bible Tote bag.

Overheard in the classroom this week: “Kids, if you can sit quietly and keep your hands to yourself, Indiana Jones may come back tomorrow.” Indiana ”Illinois” Smith and his buddy Sam certainly sparked interest in our Biblical stories.

Getting 1,200 children to the right classrooms, making sure they are safe, designing a meaningful curriculum to teach children about Moses and the Ten Commandments, all while having fun is not an easy task. Thank you to Gail Gunnerson and her team who do an amazing job with VBC. Gail is too humble to take any credit and would want us to give the credit to the volunteers. We’ll do that too. A special thank you to our many volunteers who helped make this camp possible for over a thousand kids of all denominations.

In an informal survey, campers were asked what their favorite part of VBC was. The answers included the proverbial: “drama,” “music,” “making the stepping stones” and “rec.” But there were a few surprises such as: “the blood” (don’t worry moms, it was part of drama and the Plagues), “tipping over in my chair” (hmmm), “that only baby boys had to go in the river” (yes, the answer was from a girl) and lastly “the hot chocolate.” (Did we have hot chocolate?)

It’s a Wrap - Treasures of the Nile: History reenacted…learning God’s rules to live by…new songs to sing and dance to…memories made…memories shared. Thanks for making VBC 2009 a great success.

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