today we kicked off our vacation bible school. i cannot remember if i have mentioned this before, but hendersonville first does vbs very big. crazy big, i've been overwhelmed by it when i first got to the church. this year is not any different, the difference is that our church has been chosen as a test and filming site for next years abingdon vbs curriculum.
the big theme is "surfing the scriptures" which i can totally get into for a vbs theme. beach and ocean stuff is a plenty to decorate and do crafts with. the music is fun, at least today it is.. after a few days of it i'll check back in with you.
our youth team is in charge of the 5th & 6th graders. it's a complicated age as generally the 6th graders find themselves too sophisticated to be doing this childish stuff. we are trying to mix it up with our own indoor volleyball set up, some different kind of seating, and using the youth area with pingpong/fuseball and playing some raggae music over the sound system. we tried to pick some craft & interactive learning stuff that is more challenging.
