9-18 Welcome

We had a great first day of class! We started with a family Mass and the went to our classroom. 

We started by praying around our prayer table. We start each class by praying around the prayer table. We say a prayer thanking God and praising God for everything in our lives. Then we ask for prayers for people in our lives that need our help. After we have said names of people we would like to pray for, we have a moment of silence to think about those whose names were not said aloud. 

We each drew a map to share information about ourselves. We wrote our names in the middle and then drew pictures to represent ourselves around the outside. 

Miss Stephanie and Miss Anita did it too so our students could learn about us!

We ended class by praying an M&M prayer. Each color stood for something specific we prayed for. 

VBS Wrap-Up

We had a great time celebrating with our families and friends at the end of VBS today. 

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Check out our singing here:

 
Check out the slideshow that wraps up all of our fun from this week. AND don't forget to watch all the way through because at the end it tells you the theme for next year!
 

VBS Day 5

Though it doesn't seem possible, today was the last day of VBS 2013

We had another fantastic year and I am so not ready for it to be over. 

Today we learned that The Bible helps us STAND STRONG with the help of Victoria the Fox.

We made flashlight snacks (cupcakes in an ice cream cone) that remind us that the Bible is our guide just like a flashlight. We wrote with invisible markers and our drawings were only visible with a special light! Jesus is the light of our world! At the Finale we saw how the leaf blower just blew the balloons away, but then the Bibles held down all the knowledge we learned this week....they couldn't be blown away! The Bible helps us STAND STRONG!

Make sure to join us at 9:15 Mass on Sunday while we show the parish all the singing and learning we did this week!

Check out our slideshow here:
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And what we did in Bible Adventures here:

VBS Day 4

Day 4 of Vacation Bible School was filled with discussion of Jesus dying for us and celebration when he rose again. Our snack (a bagel with fruit on top) represented the crown of thorns Jesus wore when he died on the cross. We sang "Here is Our King" to celebrate and remember all Jesus did for us. Our science experiment taught us all about trusting! We didn't believe the water wouldn't fall out when we turned over the bottles. But it didn't! It stayed inside even when the bottle was upside down (as long as it wasn't on an angle!)! In Bible Adventures we each took turns praying at the cross and surrounding the cross with our names.

Sir Valiant taught us the Trusting God helps us STAND STRONG!

Check out our slideshow here



And see what we did in Bible Adventures here

VBS Day 3

 

Today at VBS we learned from Swift the Falcon that "Prayer helps us STAND STRONG!"

In Imagination Station we were wow-ed by an experiment that we didn't think was possible. In Chadder, we saw the crazy adventure Chadder was up to and got our Bible Buddy dog tags. In Games we learned how to joust and even Father John joined us! Check him out in the video! In King's Kitchen we ate a trailmix that reminded us about prayer. In Bible Adventures, we learned about the wall Nehamiah built by relying on the power of prayer. At Fanfare Finale Lady Sarah was struggling with all of her burdens and worries. With our encouragement she prayed and gave them to God. She felt much better and was able to lead us again!


See what we did here!




And check out some of our Bible Adventure activities here:
(Coming Soon)

Tomorrow is Royalty and Superhero Day!

VBS Day 2

 

VBS Day 2 was another success!

We met Duke, the horse, and learned that Friends and family help us STAND STRONG!

 

We also learned the story of Esther, the young Jewish girl who was made queen!  At first she couldn't tell anyone that she was Jewish, because she might be killed. But she stood strong and told the king the truth. He listened and saved other Jewish people because of her bravery!

You can see some activities about this story with a Veggie Tales activity sheet here.

(If you would like to see the videos larger, click on the title of the video on the top and it will bring you to YouTube). 

Check out our slideshow of all of our activities today :

You can also see another video that just has clips from Bible Adventures where we learned more about the story of Esther.

Make sure you spend time as a family looking over the Coloring Sheets that came home. Also, each child came home wearing a bracelet that is supposed to be shared as a family. Make sure you do it together!

VBS Day 1

We had a fun and fabulous first day at Kingdom Rock VBS today!

 

We started off in Sing and Play Rock where we met Truman the bulldog and learned the Bible Point for the day: "God's love helps us.....STAND STRONG!"

We played fun games, ate tasty snacks, watched Chadder's adventure, acted out the Bible story, made fun experiments and sang and danced our socks off!

Check out the slideshow below to get a little glimpse of what we did! You will notice our famous VBS prayer in the middle. This prayer might be a great way to start praying at the dinner table at home! 
(Click on the top of the video where it says "Day 1" to watch it bigger on YouTube)