VBS

The ladies presented a two day lesson about being created special and the creation of the world.   They were able to look into a paper mirror of  themselves to see who they were and know they were all each very special in the eyes of God.  They were suppose to make a puppet which was to look like them and then sang a song called "God is So Good".   At the end of the first day they learned about Philip and the Ethiopian in preparation of a skit the following day.

On the second day the numbers increased as some of the older children, the teen agers came out to learn about all they heard from the others the day before.  They continued the story of the Good  Samaritan and got to color a picture of what they learned.  Glenda and Sondra led four of the boys into doing a skit about the Good Samaritan.  The boys were so excited to get to wear costumes and act the skit out.  Once the Good Samaritan came through and took the hurt person out, he literally picked up his friend and carried him out the side door.  Everyone was in awe of how well the four young men did with their skit.  They took this very seriously and did a great job.  They gathered into a circle to do an activity where we exampled out what Jesus would do.  Jesus gives, Jesus is happy, Jesus shares the love of his Father through the Word,  Jesus praised His Father and Jesus is caring.  The children had an interesting time doing this activity.  They formed a big circle and if one of them was Jesus is happy they had to look at their neighbor with a smile and this continued around the entire circle until it got back to the beginning.  This was lots of fun with lots of laughter from all.

Well the ladies brought globes which had to be blown up.  Thank you God for those teen age boys who showed up on the second day.  We put them to work blowing up fifty of these balls called the globe.  Pastor Pedro, Meida, Mike and the ladies were all busy blowing these balls up while the children colored their pictures.  The children wanted to complete their pictures so this allowed plenty of time to get this task completed.  All in all this was a beautiful day with the children in God's house.  The ladies shared how well behaved and respectful the children were through out the two days of VBS. 

Once a lawyer stood up to test Jesus with this question, "Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How does it read?" He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength and with all your mind; also your neighbor as yourself." Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."

But wishing to justify himself he said to Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered, "A certain man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell in with robbers who after stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead. Now it happened that a certain priest was going by the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
"In the same way a Levite, when he came to the place, looked at the man and passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, travelling along, came near to where the man was, and when he saw him he was filled with pity. He came to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. Then he set him on his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two pieces of money and gave them to the inn-keeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will pay you when I return.'
"Which of these three do you think proved neighbor to the man who fell in with robbers?" He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Then go and do likewise."

Luke 10:25-37