Yo Vols!

To all the Teachers and Volunteers,

SuperThanks for all your stupendous effort in serving God and making sure that VBS08 is a paddle-away success. Dr Lian, our guest speaker who dropped by to share at Missions yesterday,  commented that it is amazing that we can mobilize so many people to help out.. and if you think about it.. 180 volunteers .. and for some smaller churches.. it's the whole church!! Amazing! 

It is a great privilege for us in the committee to be able to serve with you all ... and oh fun too!! I know that we still have hiccups along the way but we are learning.. so would you please share with us all on your experiences, things that went well, things that kaputted, how we can improve next year's VBS, what you would like to see for the next VBS (2 weeks?? :o)), and more importantly your sharing about your contact, teaching and relationship with the kids. What have we learned about and from God in this serving?

Do drop us your comments and we would love to hear from you all!

Mahalo from our hearts,

VBS2008 Committees

Kids...Your Say!

Hey VBS Kids! How have you been enjoying the last 4 days? Had fun? What did you learn? Anything to share? We're pretty sad that we coming to the end of VBS08 but are very happy to get to know all of you!! So do drop us a comment and let us know what's your experience so far and how you would like to see the future VBS become!! 

Mahalo!

Outrigger Island: Day 4!

We are mid way through the VBS Outrigger Island week-long event. Day Four was just as exciting as our past three days! Today was actually Photo Day! All children, teachers and helpers were clad in our official white VBS T-shirt, each showing keen enthusiasm about having their pictures taken. A variety of poses were shot and these pictures are available here. Hint: keep scrolling and look harder! After the morning routine of singing the VBS songs, the children ran back to class, eager to learn about Jeremiah 36. The scripture tells us about the warning God gave to King Jehoiakim (via a scroll) about the destruction that were to come upon them if they did not repent of their sins. But instead of heeding God’s warning, King Jehoiakim burnt the scroll and wanted to arrest Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch. However, God shielded them from harm and Jeremiah managed to duplicate the scroll. In the end, disaster fell upon King Jehoiakim and his descendants as punishment. Through this story, the children learnt that they should always obey God and read the Bible because it is God’s Word and all of us should abide by His Commandments.

At Craft Cabana, the children made a scroll where colourful Hawaiian-like flower shapes were glued onto its surface, along with the memory verse for the day.A long string through the scroll with its ends tied together enabled it to be carried around as a tissue holder as well. Very convenient!

At Aloharium today, the children were served Beach Ball Treats which were in fact, charsiew buns; Sandy Beach Snacks for popcorn and for drinks, the Tropical Trail Mix.

Happy birthday Asha!

The children were extremely helpful in cleaning out any extra food that might be left, especially the charsiew buns. =D At Missions Lookout, the preteens learnt from Dr. Lian, a doctor who frequents Cambodia bi-annually for the past 15 years, about how they could play their part in sharing the gospel. They were shown pictures and were taught 3 important things when trying to share: You Go, You Baptise, You Teach.

This Saturday is the VBS Family Day Concert, so don’t forget to return the RSVP slips tomorrow. We look forward to having you over this Saturday!

Next up, a plethora of pictures!

Randoms

What up Marcus!