The week has finally come to a close. We ended tonight with our closing program. There were about 180 kids, parents and members present. Every class sang a song that they had worked on all week and we saw the live conclusion of Gospel Man and Bible Boy. In the end all of their enemies came and apologized and turned to Christ. These videos were just priceless. James and Davy are already planning new episodes for next year! I think they just like all the hype and recognition they get as super heroes! LOL!
We gave away two bicycles tonight - one to a boy with perfect attendance and one to a girl with perfect attendance. It was so neat to see how excited the winners were. I hope they enjoy their new bikes and always remember their week at New Life. Hopefully many seeds were planted this week. We're already starting to see some fruit from all that went into this week. We had several VBS visitors this morning and we picked up four kids on the bus so we're off to a start. Now comes the task of following up with the kids.
All in all, VBS was a lot of work but definitely worth it. It was awesome to see what can be accomplished when you set your mind to something and seek God's will. I'd like to give a big shout out to everyone who helped with VBS in any way. We counted that there were about 80 people who played a part in bringing this week to pass! You guys are awesome and we love you so much!
Now I'd like to be able to say that I'm going to rest, relax and recuperate but we head out tomorrow for a week of tent camping at Hillsboro Family Camp in Hillsboro, Ohio with a bunch from church. Oh well, it's probably for the best. If I ever stop I may not get started again! That's what happens when you get old.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
VBS Night 6....
Well, we survived the week. Unfortunately the rain came down hard tonight which affected our numbers but we managed and we still had a good time. We were blessed to have 5 days of good weather. Even with the rain we still had 100 kids and 42 adults so that's nothing to complain about. Over the course of the week we registered 200 different kids for VBS and 68 of them still had perfect attendance as of tonight.
Tonight Gospel Man and Bible Boy took on Stealing Steve. After a chase that was slowed down due to a little run in with Officer Thurman, Stealing Steve managed to capture our two heroes with a huge net. When we left them they were hopelessly tangled. We'll have to wait for the live ending on Sunday night to see how it all turns out.
For our special activity tonight Thurman made a daring cycle stunt jump over 5 cars, a fire engine, and a bus. We had been really talking this up all week so the kids were really excited. The excitement was building all night and the kids were in a frenzy. Thurman prepared himself for the jump by donning his Superman shirt, protective gloves, a bulletproof vest, and a helmet. The cars were lined up and the ramps were in place.....and Thurman wheeled into the auditorium on his tricycle, surveyed the placement of the ramps and cars and began his approach. Unfortunately his legs were too long for him to be able to pedal the trike and he just didn't build up enough speed to be able to clear all the cars and the jump ended with Thurman and his trike overturned in a heap on top of the cars. He had to be carried from the stage but soon recovered and we're happy to say that he'll live to jump another day!
We've just had such an awesome week. God really showed us this week what we can do if we put Him first and seek His will with an open mind and a willing heart. Just as scripture says, we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. We just have to believe it! A special thanks to all the people who made this week such a success. We are so blessed with such a wonderful group of people here at New Life. We thank God for each of you daily!
Tonight Gospel Man and Bible Boy took on Stealing Steve. After a chase that was slowed down due to a little run in with Officer Thurman, Stealing Steve managed to capture our two heroes with a huge net. When we left them they were hopelessly tangled. We'll have to wait for the live ending on Sunday night to see how it all turns out.
For our special activity tonight Thurman made a daring cycle stunt jump over 5 cars, a fire engine, and a bus. We had been really talking this up all week so the kids were really excited. The excitement was building all night and the kids were in a frenzy. Thurman prepared himself for the jump by donning his Superman shirt, protective gloves, a bulletproof vest, and a helmet. The cars were lined up and the ramps were in place.....and Thurman wheeled into the auditorium on his tricycle, surveyed the placement of the ramps and cars and began his approach. Unfortunately his legs were too long for him to be able to pedal the trike and he just didn't build up enough speed to be able to clear all the cars and the jump ended with Thurman and his trike overturned in a heap on top of the cars. He had to be carried from the stage but soon recovered and we're happy to say that he'll live to jump another day!
We've just had such an awesome week. God really showed us this week what we can do if we put Him first and seek His will with an open mind and a willing heart. Just as scripture says, we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. We just have to believe it! A special thanks to all the people who made this week such a success. We are so blessed with such a wonderful group of people here at New Life. We thank God for each of you daily!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
VBS Night 5....
We've made it through night 5. We're almost there. The end is in sight. We've had fun but VBS is still undeniably hard work. I'm definitely ready for a rest.
Rain threatened to ruin our night but the weather cleared up just in time for VBS to start. We shuffled classes around before VBS started because it looked as though the rain was going to hang around but we ended up being able to move back outside before the night was over. Have you ever tried serving refreshments to a group of 35 kids at a time in a church foyer? It's not much fun. We are in such need of additional classroom space. Hopefully we'll be starting on our building addition soon so this won't be a problem next year.
Gospel Man and Bible Boy managed to escape the girl thugs thanks to Bible Boy's quick thinking and a can of pepper spray but their mission was foiled by Bible Boy's lying tongue. I wish everyone could see these videos. They are absolutely hilarious. I can't believe Darren convinced grown men (Davy Hamilton & James Watkins) to make absolute fools of themselves. In today's episode they wore their costumes to the Dairy Queen!
We had water games tonight which is always a kid favorite. We had two huge inflatable water slides, a slip-n-slide, and about 400 water balloons which sounds like a lot of balloons but when you've got 126 kids it's really not. They just don't go very far. Everyone had a great time.
The best news of all is that we've already had one parent call and ask if we could start picking her kids up every Sunday for Sunday school and church so we're already beginning to see results from VBS. God is so good!
Rain threatened to ruin our night but the weather cleared up just in time for VBS to start. We shuffled classes around before VBS started because it looked as though the rain was going to hang around but we ended up being able to move back outside before the night was over. Have you ever tried serving refreshments to a group of 35 kids at a time in a church foyer? It's not much fun. We are in such need of additional classroom space. Hopefully we'll be starting on our building addition soon so this won't be a problem next year.
Gospel Man and Bible Boy managed to escape the girl thugs thanks to Bible Boy's quick thinking and a can of pepper spray but their mission was foiled by Bible Boy's lying tongue. I wish everyone could see these videos. They are absolutely hilarious. I can't believe Darren convinced grown men (Davy Hamilton & James Watkins) to make absolute fools of themselves. In today's episode they wore their costumes to the Dairy Queen!
We had water games tonight which is always a kid favorite. We had two huge inflatable water slides, a slip-n-slide, and about 400 water balloons which sounds like a lot of balloons but when you've got 126 kids it's really not. They just don't go very far. Everyone had a great time.
The best news of all is that we've already had one parent call and ask if we could start picking her kids up every Sunday for Sunday school and church so we're already beginning to see results from VBS. God is so good!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
VBS Night 4....
Night 4 of Vacation Bible School is behind us and with it we are over the hump. Tonight was our largest crowd of kids. We had 136 kids and 46 adults. Everything ran smoothly and we all had a lot of fun.
Over the course of the week we have registered 182 different kids and 76 have perfect attendance so far! Wow! We are just completely excited and blown away by what the Lord is doing here!
Our special activity for the evening was a visit from some local heroes. We had two City of Flemingsburg Police cruisers, a City of Flemingsburg fire engine, and an ambulance from the Fleming County Ambulance Service. Thanks, guys! The kids got to check out the vehicles and get stickers and all kinds of goodies. We gave all of them a police badge to take home. Noah especially liked the fire truck. As we were walking back to the church the fireman blew the horn on the fire truck. Noah jumped, looked at me, and said, "That scared my britches, Mom!" I couldn't help but crack up.
Gospel Man and Bible Boy were being beaten senseless by the Girl Thugs at the end of tonight's episode. I wonder if they'll be able to escape? We're waiting breathlessly for tomorrow's episode to find out!
Please continue to pray that the rain is held off for another couple of days!
Over the course of the week we have registered 182 different kids and 76 have perfect attendance so far! Wow! We are just completely excited and blown away by what the Lord is doing here!
Our special activity for the evening was a visit from some local heroes. We had two City of Flemingsburg Police cruisers, a City of Flemingsburg fire engine, and an ambulance from the Fleming County Ambulance Service. Thanks, guys! The kids got to check out the vehicles and get stickers and all kinds of goodies. We gave all of them a police badge to take home. Noah especially liked the fire truck. As we were walking back to the church the fireman blew the horn on the fire truck. Noah jumped, looked at me, and said, "That scared my britches, Mom!" I couldn't help but crack up.
Gospel Man and Bible Boy were being beaten senseless by the Girl Thugs at the end of tonight's episode. I wonder if they'll be able to escape? We're waiting breathlessly for tomorrow's episode to find out!
Please continue to pray that the rain is held off for another couple of days!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
VBS Night 3....
We're home from night 3 of VBS. Tonight ran really smooth. We got started on time and everything else just ran like clockwork. We had 128 kids and 49 adults so our numbers are holding pretty steady. It's just so exciting to look around and see so many kids who are rich soil ready to be planted and cultivated for Christ.
Tonight Bible Boy had to overcome some pride issues. He fell hard when it was discovered that the rare "diddlewhopper" he found was really only a pop tab. Poor Bible Boy! and poor Gospel Man. He was left to attend to a mission on his own which really wasn't working out for him too well when we left him tonight.
Our special event was a forty (yes, I said 40) foot long banana split. Now that's a lot of bananas and ice cream! Yummy!
Also, we got two calls today. One of the balloons we let go last night was found somewhere in New York state and one in Clarksburg, Pennsylvania. How cool is that!
Keep praying that God holds the rain off for us. We're excited to see what the rest of the week holds! Til' tomorrow.....
Tonight Bible Boy had to overcome some pride issues. He fell hard when it was discovered that the rare "diddlewhopper" he found was really only a pop tab. Poor Bible Boy! and poor Gospel Man. He was left to attend to a mission on his own which really wasn't working out for him too well when we left him tonight.
Our special event was a forty (yes, I said 40) foot long banana split. Now that's a lot of bananas and ice cream! Yummy!
Also, we got two calls today. One of the balloons we let go last night was found somewhere in New York state and one in Clarksburg, Pennsylvania. How cool is that!
Keep praying that God holds the rain off for us. We're excited to see what the rest of the week holds! Til' tomorrow.....
Monday, July 23, 2007
VBS Night 2....
The second night of VBS is now behind us. It was a little hairy but overall I think it went very well. We had 131 kids and 48 adults for a total of 179 people! We experienced the normal VBS glitches like getting started on time and trying to stay on schedule but it could have been much worse. Now that we know what we are doing things will go smoother (I hope) tomorrow night.
Gospel Man and Bible Boy took on the menacing Mirror Man tonight. It took some doing but they were able to turn him away from his vanity and put him back on the straight and narrow path. Our special activity for the night was a balloon send-off. Each person had a helium balloon with a tag which had their name and the church's address written on it and then we let them all go at the same time (at least that was the plan) just before VBS ended. It was a pretty cool sight. We're excited to see if any of the tags are returned and where they may come from.
Well, I've had a long, exhausting day so it's off to bed for me so I can get up and start over tomorrow!
Gospel Man and Bible Boy took on the menacing Mirror Man tonight. It took some doing but they were able to turn him away from his vanity and put him back on the straight and narrow path. Our special activity for the night was a balloon send-off. Each person had a helium balloon with a tag which had their name and the church's address written on it and then we let them all go at the same time (at least that was the plan) just before VBS ended. It was a pretty cool sight. We're excited to see if any of the tags are returned and where they may come from.
Well, I've had a long, exhausting day so it's off to bed for me so I can get up and start over tomorrow!
VBS Opening Night
VBS is finally underway. We worked all week last week advertising. We were out every night passing out fliers and making runs through the city on our "VBS Ice Cream Bus" passing out free popsicles and fliers. Gospel Man and Bible Boy even came along for the ride along with our VBS clown and lots of adults and kids who were so willing to come help. We've spent a fortune on advertising what with the newspaper ads, radio spots, and signs but it looks like it's all going to pay off.
We kicked off last night with a free carnival. We had 10 carnival games complete with all kinds of neat carnival prizes, a huge inflatable slide, popcorn, cotton candy, sno cones, funnel cakes and deep fried candy bars, a professional clown who tied balloon animals and hats and stuff all night long (Thanks, Daisy!) and a photo booth where the kids couild have their pictures taken with Gospel Man and Bible Boy!
When it was all said and done we had 122 registered kids from ages 2 through the 8th grade and 70 adult helpers and parents for a grand total of 192 people! We are absolutely thrilled! Now we've just got to figure out how to get our groups split up and decide where were going to put everyone! Pray that the Lord holds the rain off this week so we can utilize our outside grounds for much needed space!
We're looking forward to a fun week of learning, crafts, music, refreshments and the adventures of Gospel Man and Bible Boy as they take on the menacing Mirror Man, Stealing Steve, and the Girl Thugs!
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