VBS Day 4

You can check out the slideshow from our 4th day of VBS below!

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What you will see:
Sing and Play-singing our songs for the day and learning the Bible Point
Snack-Learning about the snack for the day and making it!
Games-The preschoolers running through the hula hoop obstacle course. Then the older kids picked up clouds (cotton balls) with their noses!)
Snack-Yum!
Imagination Station-Voting with our beads. 
Chadder-Chadder quizzed us about what we learned yesterday. 
Bible Adventures-We learned that Jesus died on the cross. Our crew leaders walked around the room with a cross to remind us how Jesus carried his cross. For us! For every one of us. We held our arms out and realized it must have been tiring! Then we talked about things that we do that aren't a good idea and put our sins on the cross. Jesus saved us from our sins!
Imagination Station-We threw our flyers outside!
Finale-We have raised over $170 so far for mosquito nets! Then Miss Sarah was trying to figure out how to make her kite work with the two halves. It just wouldn't work! Then she taped the pieces together and it worked! Through the cross, all things are possible!




We look forward to seeing you for our celebrations on Friday and Sunday!

VBS Day 3

We can't believe there are only 2 more days left of VBS! We have learned so much and made such great friendships in such a short time! You may notice in the pictures we look goofy. It was crazy day!

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What you see:
Sing and Play: Putting cotton balls on our poster to represent our God Sightings. Take the time to look around and notice God in everything you do! Silly Flash visits us at Sing and Play every day. We are teaching her to TRUST GOD!
Snack: We worked as a team to make the snack for the day.
Preschool Games
Snack: We had rootbeer floats! We put the ice cream in and then added the rootbeer. The ice cream floated to the top just like an eagle soars in the sky! The preschoolers also say our prayer when they have snack!
Imagination Station: Decorating our tube-a-loons
Bible Adventures: We found some clues in our garden and went on a hunt for clues. We found: 30 coins that Judas left when he felt bad for betraying Jesus, a crown of thorns Jesus wore, Jesus' clothes, and Pontius Pilate's belongings. With his belongings we found a bowl of water because he "washed his hands of Jesus". We went back to our garden and prayed together. 
Chadder Movie and Missions: We talked about Scout the eagle and then prayed together with Chadder. 
Preschool Imagination Station: We decorated our tube-a-loons and then threw them!
Imagination Station: Throwing our tube-a-loons outside. Just some plastic, but they could fly!
Sotlight Drama: Watching the powerpoint that WE starred in of the Bible Story.
Finale: We talked about mean things that people do. All of the crew leaders brought up balloons that represented bad things that kids do to each other. 

She felt the weight of the balloons. But when she trusted God, the balloons fell away!

 

VBS Day 2

Sorry I am late posting. We had a great day 2! You can read about what we learned today on the coloring sheet your child brought home.


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What you see:
Sing and Play: Reviewing yesterday and learning the Bible Point for today. Collecting donations for our mosquito net collection. For every $6 collected, one mosquito net can be purchased to protect 2 kids in Africa!
Snack Service: One group made the snack for the day. Jello hearts and strawberry hearts!
Preschool Games: The "raised" Lazarus from under the parachute. 
Snack: We all ate together. 
Imagination Station: Decorating our hover balls: getting ready for our experiment. 
Bible Adventures: We learned about Jesus' friend Lazarus who was sick. We took care of him by putting blankets on him, but he died. We wrapped him in toilet paper and he went in the tomb. Jesus arrived and was very sad.  Suddenly a light came on and he came out. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. 
Preschool Imagination Station: Making our hoverballs!
Games
Spotlight Drama
Finale: We learned that even when there are dark clouds around, the sun is always there behind them. Just like God is always there, even when we are sad! We also sang our songs and reviewed the day!

VBS Day 1

We had a phenomenal first day of VBS today!

Your child came home with a coloring sheet with information containing our Bible Point, Bible Buddy, and Bible Story. Take some time to talk to your child about this at home. They have a lot to share!

Check out our slideshow from today! You can see all of the fun things we did. In the middle you can even see a video of our snack time prayer! You could do this prayer at home before you eat too!

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What you saw:
Sing and Play: singing and dancing and learning about the day
Snack: The preschoolers had snack service today. They made snack for everybody!
Spotlight Drama: Each day one group takes photos during games for our slideshow at the end of the day!
Games: Fun outside! The games focus on cooperation, not competition.
Imagination Station: Today we made our namebadge holders. They also hold our Bible Buddies!
Bible Adventures: We met out leaders and joined a Roman army! We saw a Roman officer's faith in action and discoverd Jesus' healing power!
Chadder Movie and Missions: We met Chadder and saw a movie about him. We started learning about our Operation Kid-to-Kid project. And got a Bible Buddy!
Snack: We all eat together. But first we pray!
Games: More games!
Finale: We reviewed the day, sang songs, played a game called "Will it launch?" and learned about our mosquito net donation collection. 1 net protects 2 kids for 4 years. Crazy!

Welcome to VBS 2012

Check out the VBS intro video here:

At Sky, kids discover that for God, ALL things are possible! Sky is filled with incredible experiences that allow kids to see, hear, touch, and even taste! Science-Fun Gizmos, team-building games, cool faith-filled songs, and tasty treats are just a few of the Sky activities that help faith flow into real life. Plus, we’ll help kids discover how to see evidence of God in everyday life – something we call God Sightings. Get ready to hear that phrase a lot. Ask your child about his/her God Sighting each day!

Your kids will also participate in a hands-on project, through a program called Operation Kid-to-Kid with Catholic Relief Services, that will let the kids in our community show God’s love to children in Africa. We will be collecting donations (even pennies are great!) Tuesday through Friday. For each $6 collected, we will be able to donate one mosquito net to children in Africa to protect them from Malaria. One mosquito net protects 2 children for 4 years! Your child can bring change, cash, or a check (made to Church of the Holy Spirit) if you would like to participate.

Click on this picture to learn more about mosquito nets:

Last Class and Jelly Bean Prayer

On Saturday we had our last Religious Education class of the year. 

On Saturday we drew pictures and wrote words that showed what we understand about "Father, Son, Holy Spirit". We did this activity at the beginning of the year and then did it again this Saturday. We compared and contrasted our papers to see what we learned throughout the year. 

The Jelly Bean Prayer
Since Saturday was the last class and we are currently celebrating the season of Easter, we each received a bag of jelly beans with a special prayer inside. We talked about the meaning of each line of the prayer as we tasted the differently colored jelly beans. 

The Jelly Bean Prayer

Lord, in my bag I see colorful jelly beans.

What could they mean?

Black is for the brokenness of my sin.

Red is for the blood; my salvation you’d win.

Purple is for faith; it’s a gift I received!

White is for cleansing of sin. I believe!

Green is for studying your Word so I’ll grow.

Orange is for the promise of heaven,
 where one day I’ll go.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and you will be saved.

Acts 16:31

First Communion Taste Test

A few weeks ago we had the chance to taste test the bread and wine at Religious Ed class.

We practiced lining up and taking communion like we were at church. We learned that since the gifts were not consecrated (blessed) they are still bread and wine and not yet Jesus' body and blood (but they will still taste the same). 

We practiced: 

-Holding our hands in front of us-left over right. 

-When the priest/minister says, "The body of Christ," we respond, "Amen." 

-Then we pick up the host with the other hand and put it in our mouths. We try not to chomp on it like gum, but we can chew it to make it easier to swallow. 

-Then we go to the next minister. When the minister says, "The blood of Christ," we respond, "Amen." 

-Then we take the cup in both of our hands and take a small sip. 

-Though some people do "dip" the host, we are encouraging taking a sip. It is actually more germ-y to dip than sip because people's fingers have more germs than their mouths! And even when people don't think they are, they often get their fingers in the cup. Though some churches do allow parishioners who desire to do so, dip. Proper practice is to sip the wine. 

-One of the most important things we learned: When you get back to your seat, it is a time to sit and pray. Thank God for the things in your life and ask for prayers for what you need.

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