On night two of VBS, the story of Elijah was the focus as we learned about how near we can be to God. In Innovation Science Lab, Mr. and Mrs. Gemmell taught the kids about how to talk to one another using paper clips, two cups, and string. In Moons and Tunes, they learned You and Me Together and Revolution.
Commander and Galileo ask us to listen carefully.
The orange group goofing off as they head into Cosmic Crafts
We are collecting an offering this week for Nothing But Nets to fight malaria.
Vacation Bible School 2010 blasted off on Monday July 12 with a new record for Kenwood–60 children in attendance. Monday’s focus was on understanding the creation story, and how awesome it is that God created the world. In Bible story time, the kids got to re-enact the creation story, pulling the different elements of creation out of a big box labeled “In the beginning…” They were also introduced to Commander and Galileo, our Assembly Time characters for the week.
60 children and teachers in the sanctuary for closing assembly.
Josh Burnap leads Rocket Rec
Thursday saw us back at all three of our worksites. We finished bathroom trim work at Jerita and Jimmy’s, had lunch then went to Mr. Earl’s where we installed new vents under the house and put new molding on his screen door (more power tools!). we finished up by fixing Mrs. Dorothy’s ceiling fan.
We returned to Hinton, took a dip in the lake and then prepared for dinner with our homeowners at the center. After dinner and sharing about the work on all 19 worksites, we had a closing worship service. At the service Kate shared our group’s quilt square symbolizing our week: “Many gifts, one spirit.”
After a final competitive card game and a night’s rest, we headed out at 9 am for the journey home.
Day three at Hinton found us working at Mrs. Jerita’s house, painting and installing some trim around her shower in her bathroom. Mrs. Jerita had a rooster and hen, a bunny, a plentiful garden, a hyper poodle and a grandchild, Autumn, as well as some other family members. It was hard to fit all ten of us in her bathroom, so we took turns learning how to use the power saw, and building relationships with her family. This site also saw our first minor injuries of the week in an irritated eye (Jack) and a mysterious arm itch (Kate)–which we dealt with and seem better on Thursday morning.
That afternoon we went to the Nantahala River Gorge and went white water rafting, which was a fun filled afternoon. We had pizza at a local pizza joint and came back to the Hinton Center where we had to finish our quilt square representing our week. The square will be our offering at worship tonight. One of the pictures today is Kate working on it.
