VBS-Sigonella

The Chaplin’s office asked for volunteers to support their Vacation Bible School for military families.  We have spent six months trying to befriend the two base Chaplins; we would like to be able to support programs sponsored by the Base Chaplin’s Office.  This seemed like exactly what we were hoping for.  So we volunteered to help with everything available on his sheet.  We were given two slots, the Decoration Committee and the Games Team.  Both worked out great, we met some really great people and come to understand what VBS is all about. 

Most places we have lived from California, Kansas and Alabama there was VBS available to enroll our four kids but I never did that. I was on the learning curve again.  The decorating committee met before VBS started to design and produce the decorations for the Base Chapel, the Fellowship Hall and the upstairs classroom.  This committee was highly creative and dedicated workers to transform the base chapel into a “Fun Factory!”

 Monday’s theme: God Made You. (Psalm 139:14,Genesis 1:24-2:4)

Tuesday’s Theme: God is for you. (Romans 8:31, Joshua 1-2)

Wednesday’s Theme: God is always with you. (Joshua 1:9, Judges 6:11-7:25)

Thursday’s Theme: God will always love you. (Psalm 89:2, Luke 22:66-24:12)

Friday’s Theme: God made you for a reason. (Jeremiah 29:11,1 Samuel 25)

Approximately one hundred kids from 5-18 appeared on Monday to participate from 4:00-7:30pm in the Fun Factory extravaganza. Fifty volunteers were responsible to make this happen. I found myself checking my scriptures to reference the activities they had planned for the kids.  They ran a very efficient and effective VBS with all the activities tied to the daily themes from the Bible. The culminating event was to watch a movie of the week’s activities.  They really needed Griff to be on their staff to pull that one off; his videos are amazing. The kids were served dinner each evening just before their parents picked them up to go home.

No BYU shirts among this crowd!

I am thankful to participate with the Chaplin’s Office in this event. It was great to get to know many more people we share the base chapel with on Sundays. I loved the hard work of the volunteers to present the Bible and help kids understand that God loves each one of us.  Good things were happening all week at VBS Sigonella.