For those of you who fondly remember VBS as some nice ladies
putting up posters and streamers and listening to Bible stories while eating
graham crackers-which is how I remember VBS- you are probably wondering why VBS
would impede my blog-writing process.
I am in charge of decorations for our VBS. It is my 7th
year to be involved and 5th year as a co-decorating lead or
decorating lead. We started with Arctic Edge seven years ago and moved through Avalanche Ranch, Power Lab, Crocodile Dock, Joseph, From Prison to Palace to last year's Shake it up Cafe. Below are some pictures of the last five years’ VBS
decorations for perspective.
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| Shake-it-Up Cafe |
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| 5-foot pizza |
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| Joseph: Prison to Palace |
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| Egypt decor. |
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| more Egypt/Joseph |
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| Heading into the swamp |
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| Crocodile Dock |
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| swampy! |
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| Sparkleballs! |
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| Sonotube telescope |
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| PowerLab! |
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| I only have this picture of Avalanche Ranch! |
As you can see, we do a little more than what was done when
we were kids. I went through a period of time where I was opposed to the over-the-top style VBS.
“What is our true purpose?” I thought.
“To know Christ and make Christ known.”
“So isn’t it really just about the Bible stories and songs?”
“It is.”
“So why the 10-ft. ketchup bottles and giant telescopes?”
“Because if kids show up and have fun, they will listen and come back.”
“Good point.”
Okay, I don’t always have inner discussions with myself, but
I have them often enough to be effective and infrequent enough to stay sane!
Anyway, this is all to tell you that my family and I will be
deep in the midst of “Operation Overboard” decorations painting, creating and
building for the next three weeks and then enjoying our hard work the last week
of June. I will keep sprinkling in some of our adventures we have in our downtime, but be looking for pictures of this year's VBS coming soon.
Join us, too, the week of June 25-29. It is a lot of fun!
Join us, too, the week of June 25-29. It is a lot of fun!
2 comments:
the bottom picture so sweet.
It seems like yesterday that they were so small!
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