Today was a fantastic first day of our Great Jungle Journey at FBC Newellton! We were all excited to see so many old friends and new faces as we set off on this epic adventure from Genesis to Revelation.
Today, we stopped at our first port of call – our first C – Creation! We learned about all the Biblical and scientific proof that God created everything in six days only 6,000 years ago, NOT millions and millions of years ago like some people believe. Today’s verse was Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Your children met our animal pal for the day, Eden the parrot, who is beautiful and green like God’s lush creation.
In Missions, the children learned about Nadya who was impacted by the war in her country, Ukraine. For her safety, Nadya had to leave her home and everything she owned. We urge the children to pray for children like Nadya whose lives were impacted by violence and war and for the churches who offer food, lodging, and the hope of the gospel to the families impacted by war. Throughout this week, we will take up an offering to benefit the Children’s Hunger Fund that provides meals to families like Nadya’s. Just one quarter provides one meal! Today, the boys raised $7.60 and the girls raised $25.51! That’s already 132 meals for hungry children around the world!
Reminders to parents: we will have dress up days on Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday is Backwards Day. Everyone should come dressed in backwards, upside down, or confusing attire as we learn about the confusion that happened at the Tower of Babel. Friday is Jungle Journey day. Everyone should come dressed ready to hop aboard a jungle cruise!
Each child was also sent home with a packet of Bible verses. During VBS week, the children are encouraged to hide God’s Word in their hearts by memorizing any verse of the Bible (not just the ones we sent home – ANY). They’ll be rewarded with a treat at the end of the week if they say any verses to the ladies at the Verse Table. The student in each class that says the most verse will get to “pie” the VBS worker of their choice on Friday.
VBS Family Night is FRIDAY at 6:00 PM and we hope everyone will come out to see what these children have been learning and working on this week! If your children want to practice the motions for the songs they are learning at home, today’s songs were“Jungle Jam” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY0yI8ZPibQ&ab_channel=AnswersVBS) and “The Manatee Song” (https://youtu.be/lF9jFvq7jXo?si=ats0U_6tqc_tym2c)
Finally, and most importantly, we want to thank everyone who donated brown paper, glass jars, bottled water, and their time and effort to make this VBS a truly GREAT Jungle Journey and share God’s Word with this wonderful group of kids. We also want to thank all the parents who trusted us with their sweet children this week!
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