We had VBS this week at Luthersville Baptist Church!! What an awesome week we have had!! Our VBS this year was Paul and the Underground Church...Amy, our VBS director told me she likes this type of VBS better than the themed ones because the bible comes to life for the kids!! WOW!! Was she right!! Our sanctuary was turned into a market place in Rome, several different shops, a candy shop, a toga shop, a pottery shop, a weaving shop, a wreath shop, a candle shop, a carpentry shop, and a farmer's market! Paul's house was at the edge of the city, he was there chained to Brutus a Roman guard and he was there writing letters to the Romans, each group of kids would visit Paul and he would tell them what he was writing, and then they would sneak away from the Roman guards and head to the underground church where the Christians were hiding! They had to complete the fish sign in the sand before being allowed entrance into the cave! In the cave they would share what Paul had told them, so that the Christians in the underground church, that couldn't get to Paul could know what Paul was saying!! If the kids weren't with Paul or if they weren't in the cave, they were in the market place, they were given money each night to spend in the market place for food, and any of the shops they wanted to visit!! They made yo-yos in the carpentry shop, candles in the candle shop, wreaths, and togas, pottery, and they also weaved headbands and bracelets!! At the farmer's market they have been able to eat rat on a stick (beef jerky), snake on a stick (chicken), lizard skin (pickles), and other tasty Roman food!! And if they weren't in the market place they were enjoying cool Roman games, my favorite was chariot racing!! Along with all the fun shops in the market place, there were also fun skits every night, Senator Addictus liked to remind everyone how important he was and enjoyed people kissing his ring!! Ambassdor Amicus started VBS each night letting the kids know what we would be learning that night, she also closed the evening out reviewing with the kids what they had learned!! The songs were also an awesome time at the beginning and ending of each night...I have been singing them all week, whether we were at VBS or not!!
We have averaged about 45 to 50 kids each night, so including all the adults we have had approx. 100 people at VBS each night! We didn't have any professions of faith that we know of, but we know that seeds have been planted and we can't wait to see what the Lord is going to do!!
We have averaged about 45 to 50 kids each night, so including all the adults we have had approx. 100 people at VBS each night! We didn't have any professions of faith that we know of, but we know that seeds have been planted and we can't wait to see what the Lord is going to do!!
Here is a slideshow of pictures from this week!!
A special Thank you to all those involved in VBS from construction to instruction!! You all did a great job!!
4 comments:
The VBS looked AWESOME!!! If we lived closer, I totally would have brought Jacob!!! He would have loved it!!! They did such a great job on all of the decorations, it really looked like a real roman marketplace!!!!!! Pastor Tommy (aka Dad) should be proud!!
What a fun VBS! We did the same one this year at our church and loved it too! Though I have to say that we didn't have an "underground church"... I think that was a great addition to the VBS!!!!
Great slide show! :0) VBS was so incrediby awesome.
your pictures are totally rocking! I forgot you took the one of me and Bro.Tommy, when I am fanning/blowing the smell of feta cheese. LOL That was so much fun! :-) Who came up with the lizard skin pickles...pretty ingenious! I didn't think of it. I really liked how kids honestly thought we were feeding them rat and snake. Yeah, I was forcing nastiness down their throat..(evil laughter) MAHAHAHAHA!
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