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Coming in Summer 2008:   | Dates: August 4 - August 8, 2008 Time: 6:00 pm - 8:45 pm 2008 VBS Coordinators: Dennis & Julie Whalen and Lorrie Kuny |
Summer is just around the corner and here at Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church we’re planning an exciting Vacation Bible School adventure for your kids! Are you looking for a safe, friendly, and fun environment for your kids? Then sign up today for Rainforest Adventure VBS! This fun-filled vacation Bible school is for children who have completed at least one year of preschool through 6th grade. The adventure begins Monday, August 4th and continues through Friday, August 8th. Sessions run from 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM each day. Set in the canopy of a vibrant and exciting rainforest environment, this lively VBS program will engage your kids as they discover that everyone can do their part to care for God’s creation. Through kid-friendly Bible stories that emphasize stewardship, combined with a jungle of hands-on, fun-filled activities, at Rainforest Adventure kids will learn that it is fun and faithful to share the good news of Jesus’ love with everyone! At Rainforest Adventure kids will hear stories about Jesus, make cool crafts, learn catchy rainforest tunes, play zany games, eat yummy snacks, and make lots of new friends! And if you kids would like a CD of the music we use at VBS, just bring a CD labeled with your name and we’ll make a copy for you to enjoy. Registration is going on now. And this year, we are pleased to announce multiple ways to register. You can REGISTER ONLINE by going to http://toolkit.thevbsplace.org/RehobothLutheran. Or you can fill out the registration form or call the church office at (724) 869-2806. Invite your friends! Invite your neighbors! For more information, see our 2008 VBS Coordinators: Lorrie Kuny and Dennis and Julie Whalen   
Would you like to be a part of this exciting ministry? If so, please let us know. We’re looking for helpers with games, crafts, snacks, storytelling, leaders, registration, decorating, etc. We especially need helpers for the kitchen and group leaders. VBS is also collecting the following items that will be needed during Vacation Bible School: solid white or light-colored sheets or fabric (preferably cotton or mostly cotton that can be dyed green), or green solid sheets or fabric (to be used for decorating – these won’t be returned – they can be stained or even have holes), artificial plants or trees or even real live plants (these will be returned) to give our church that rainforest “feel”, any stuffed animals that would appear in the rainforest (frogs, toucans, monkeys, butterflies, bats, iguanas, etc.), and large pieces of cardboard for scene backdrops.
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Vacation Bible School 2007
Dive into THE GREAT BIBLE REEF! Dates: Monday July 23, 2007 - Friday July 27th, 2007 Times: 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM each evening Kids experienced Bible stories through an interactive combination of music, art, science, games, worship, and drama in an underwater adventure. We dove deep into God's Word and took the plunge into a fun, faith-filled week that had kids flipping their fins about God's love. Summer arrived at Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church and we had an exciting VBS adventure with your kids! This fun-filled vacation Bible school was for everyone between preschool age and 6th grade. The adventure began Monday, July 23rd and continued through Friday, July 27th. Sessions ran from 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM each day. Set in an exciting and fun underwater environment, this lively VBS program engaged your kids in discovering how we can live each and every day as God’s disciples. Through kid-friendly Bible stories that emphasize discipleship, combined with fathoms of hands-on, fun-filled activities, at Great Bible Reef kids learned that it is fun and faithful to share the good news of Jesus’ love with everyone!
At Great Bible Reef kids heard stories about Jesus, made cool crafts, learned catchy reef tunes, played zany games, ate yummy snacks, and made lots of new friends!
For more information from our Lutheran Publisher (Augsburg Fortress) on this year's theme, click here. Our 2007 VBS Coordinators were: Sam and Heather Goncz and Dennis and Julie Whalen. 
We're always looking for help and volunteers. If you missed out this year and want to help out next year, we are always in need of the following help: group leaders, game coordinators, kitchen help for snacks, story time, crafts, registration, publicity, decorating, etc. If you'd like to help out in any way, please contact one of our VBS coordinators.
VBS Summary 2007
Rehoboth had another phenomenal Vacation Bible School this past July 23rd – 27th. Our theme was the Great Bible Reef and we had 89 kids registered this year, which is the highest number thus far! VBS continues to be such a great youth outreach ministry for Rehoboth. 24 (27%) of the children attending came from within our own congregation while 45 (51%) came as friends, relations, or members of the community. We were also happy to see 20 children (22%) from Bright Beginnings attend this year’s VBS. This really was the best VBS ever with Shelly, Bugbert, Agnes, Vin, Dr. Bugenstein, and Captain Whalen teaching us all about God’s Word and how to be disciples. Each night had a specific theme and these colorful characters introduced it to the children with flair (ask Pastor about how he did this with his bright yellow hair!). God's people care; God's people help; God's people trust; God's people believe; and, God's people listen. This showed the children that one can be God's disciple not just by spreading the good news through words, but also through actions towards others as well. Our VBS mission project this year was collecting money to provide and train the needy in fish farming through the ELCA’s Global Barnyard program. Every $20 collected will stock and build a fish farm for a needy family (mostly in Africa). Fish farming will provide needed nutrition as well as generate income for families. By the end of the week, we collected $700 which is enough to purchase 35 fish farms. We also collected school supplies to help out our local school children in need of these supplies. Each year our outreach into the community grows. Children that attend VBS are excited to come back each year. These children are dropped off by their moms, dads, grandmothers and grandfathers. Several of these families have asked questions about our pastor, our church, and our denomination. Many have even worshipped with us weeks after VBS. Our success is due to the hand of the Holy Spirit and the help offered by over 50 volunteers. 11 of our volunteers came from outside this congregation. To the cooks, ship’s captains, helpers, storytellers, coordinators, decorating crew, crafters, games liaisons, mad scientists, and everyone that provided financial, physical, or prayerful assistance…THANK YOU!
Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church 2800 Conway Wallrose Road Baden, PA 15005 724.869.2806 church-office@rehobothlutheran.com
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