Every year for a week, Christian churches nationwide, hold the popular summer program, vacation Bible school.
Behold as a religious based educational program, church staff use this time to familiarize children with Bible lessons and teach them about the love of God.
Reaching out to kids all over the community, especially to those who don’t normally attend church, VBS allow children to connect with one another over the summer break, as they spend time playing games, eating snacks, creating crafts, performing skits, learning the “Lord’s Prayer,” singing songs, team building and more.
Hosting vacation Bible school on last week, First Assembly of God, The Church of the Nazarene and The Zion Lutheran Church, shared in these same activities, as
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John, Jesus is the way, the truth and the light and also the living water; vacation Bible school students took joy in learning about the Son of God and allowing the water, which only Jesus Christ can give, fill them with happiness.
“I believe vacation Bible school is needed because, my concern is with the public school system,” Pastor Leonard said.
“The kids need to understand discipline, and with an underlying problem with drugs and the way kids behave today, at vacation Bible school we teach them truth, morality and self discipline.
Naturally, one of the other things we do here, is teach them about eternity, because the Bible teaches without Jesus, there’s no eternity.”
With so much to teach and do with a large group of students from the community coming out to see attend the several churches for VBS, photographer and group volunteer Penny Short said, she thought the program was very successful.
“It was a joy watching all the kids singing and playing,” Short said. “They really got a kick out of the pie in the face portion of VBS.”
Hoping to include your child(ren) on next year or possibly have them attend one sponsored by another church before the summer is over, Short shared that,“Vacation Bible school is a great way to give kids something to do in the summertime. It’s fun,it’s playful and it’s a great learning
The same director is in charge of birth through 4th grade. This particular age group looks at three questions. 1) God loves me. 2) God made me. 3) Jesus wants to be my friend forever. All of the lessons and activities are geared to helping the students recognize and understand these three basic truths. These are from the curriculum, but the church feels these are foundational truths that are important for the early childhood children to know. They also help the children look for ways they can apply these truths in their own lives. For example, this month they are focusing on “Jesus wants to be my friend forever,” and the lesson looked specifically at how everyone needs Jesus and how Jesus can help us when we need
One thing that I find interesting and one that I enjoy is Montreat. Montreat during the year serves as a presbyterian college just outside of Asheville North Carolina.During the summer it serves as a Presbyterian Youth Conference. It is held over the course of 6 weeks. Broken up into three sets of two, each with different planning teams and small group leaders. There are many things to do at Montreat, not just take a break and connect with God a little more. You could hike up Mt. Lookout, go rock hopping, or sit in an eno and eat some ice cream from the Huckleberry. However you choose to spend your free time you always seem to make new friends.
Every Wednesday I attend Generation 180, which is my church youth group at Highland Christ Community.
MOUNT VERNON, Ky. — Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) has partnered with a group of youth from 10 different LDS congregations in the Lexington area for the first time to serve in Rockcastle County. The youth conference consists of kids ages 14-18 doing various projects around CAP such as commodity distribution at Grateful Bread Food Pantry, preparing disaster relief bags on Williams St., sorting/steaming clothing donation for Grateful Threadz, and constructing ramps/benches at the housing barn in Mount Vernon. Once a year there is a conference like this to strengthen the kid’s faith in Christ, allowing the kids to build important friendships, and serve the larger community.
When these children come to school, they will follow a good leader. They will thrive in a loving environment. For some of these children, we are the only God that they will ever see. By this I mean, we must show the love of God in everything we do, he must be ever present in our daily lives. Some of the children may have never experienced a Christian environment, and they need it more than ever, and it’s our job to provide it for them.
Praise and testimony opened day two of the Conference. Even the outside dampness of the rain could not interfere with the warmth and praise in the beautiful sanctuary. Bible study, taught by Rev. Annette Hoskins-Satterfield, Pastor of Pierce Chapel AME Zion Church, was powerful, practical, and soul stirring teaching. In her message, “Stewardship,” she dealt fiercely with the four principles of stewardship: we do not own it, responsibility, accountability and reward. She reminded us that we are seeking to hear God say, “Well done!” As she closed, she shared that stewardship is a place of leadership, not grunt
The Church hosts a multitude of activities to promote interconnectivity in the community. Aside from Sunday sermons, the church also holds weekly Wednesday bible study groups, church hoedowns, and a monthly potluck breakfast for the church's most
Some people would question why there is not many kids involved in the church or not making the change. So, that’s why Augustinian Volunteers are there to be involved in the way that’s best for not only themselves but everyone else too. They will now preach the gospel. They will pass their knowledge on God down to the ones that don’t have much of it. Doesn’t only change the people you are helping but it changes your life too. You end up learning more and going down the right path that God has created for you. It is about that feeling you get when you accomplish something. That something is making an impact on thousands of people the Augustinians get each year. Acting as an Augustin wanted, serving the people of God, living and eating together and just searching for God together.
Vacation Bible School is a program that the First Baptist Church of Carrizo Springs offers to young students within the community. The soul purpose of this program is to help students find The Lord through reading his word. Vacation Bible School wants to help students find hope with Christianity. This program is also a great way for students to create memories, and learn lessons that they will carry throughout the rest of their lives.
This emphasizes the importance of proper teacher education, objectivity, and transparency. In order to effectively teach this class, instructors must have a general knowledge of the religions highlighted in the course. This could be achieved by partnering with the Wake Forest Divinity School. This relationship would allow high school teachers to learn about teaching religion objectively while also giving them background knowledge and a mentor to contact if questions should arise. In order to alleviate parental concerns, educators should be transparent about course material. Also, teachers should be informed of the laws that delineate the appropriate way to teach religion in public high schools. Overall, when approached academically, it is the duty of educators to inform students about topics that affect the community, such as
I was ecstatic to be able to be involved with this program. I volunteered to help with the program for 4 years and it was the best experiences I had with children. I did multiple things for the children: I was a chaperone for one of the groups, I made there lunches for them one year, and also made the activities for the children to enjoy.
Besides my experience in the National Honor Society, I also serve as a classroom leader in my church’s children’s ministry. My purpose as a classroom leader is to inspire and motivate young kindergarteners and first graders in pursuing a deeper spiritual relationship with God. I am there for the kids and their love for Christ; I wake up early each Sunday to make sure their spiritual needs are a priority. Working with little kids truly humbles me as a person, and it motivates me to put other’s needs before my own
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates” (Deuteronomy 6:6-9). Christian education is not all about what takes place in the formal classroom at school. As Christian educators, we are in a partnership with moms and dads to help shape and disciple their children. It is the discipleship of children that propels believing teachers to devote their life to this vital ministry of Christian education.
As Christian educators, we are called to promote and support learning in those areas. True teaching is a sharing of realities, likening the teaching process and weaving connections between their teachings and understandings themselves and the world around them. If we do not make connections for the students to the world around them, many times these precious gifts graced upon them will be overlooked or passed by because the young minds may not be able to recognize them. Some areas of observation might be seen as open doors to see or perceive and understand something of God and His motion as reflected through the created world and the Bible. Other areas might be seen as open doors to respond, apply, express and practice in ways that are consistent with biblical values. When these areas are discovered and embraced, many times they can address the major developmental needs in the spiritual, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional realms of the student’s life. Identifying these areas is helping the students begin their walk with the Lord and their own calling.
Part of church culture for decades, attending regular church services and Sunday School allows you to deepen your faith and involve yourself in the church community. While some people believe that Sunday School is only for children, the Friendship Baptist Church, located in Warner Robins, Georgia, think otherwise and explain why Sunday School is also important for adults below.