VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2024
Join Us Friday for Family Night 6:30 p.m.
please begin arriving at 6 p.m.
Friday Day 5 Preview
Day 5 Bible Story
Children will learn today the final "C" and examine consummation, when everything goes back to good, God wins against sin and Jesus Christ reigns for eternity.
There is a very exciting science experiment that shows transformation in action and they'll watch a creature feature where Pastor Tommy meets an animal that transforms!
There is a very exciting science experiment that shows transformation in action and they'll watch a creature feature where Pastor Tommy meets an animal that transforms!
Day 5 Snack
Children's Choice
(from previous days in the week)
*Please send an alternate snack with your child if there is an allergy.
(from previous days in the week)
*Please send an alternate snack with your child if there is an allergy.
Day 5 Mission
1) Bring in school supplies tomorrow! We are collecting for our final local missions project, Come and Get It Back to School collection. Here's some ideas:
3) Red/Blue/Green Mission Team Offering for our international mission helping children through Compassion International
UPDATE ON WEDNESDAY'S MISSION: Children collected more than 1,000 nonperishable food items for Hope Helps of Oviedo. The items were delivered Thursday. Great work on this local missions project.
- Box of crayons, pencils, markers, color pencils
- Glue Sticks
- Composition Notebook
- Loose Leaf Paper pack
- 3x5 index cards
- Blue or Black pens
3) Red/Blue/Green Mission Team Offering for our international mission helping children through Compassion International
UPDATE ON WEDNESDAY'S MISSION: Children collected more than 1,000 nonperishable food items for Hope Helps of Oviedo. The items were delivered Thursday. Great work on this local missions project.
Friday morning Bible Verse:
2nd -5th Grade:
But to all who did receive Him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12
K/1:
"But to all who . . . believed . . . he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 (abbreviated)
2nd -5th Grade:
But to all who did receive Him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12
K/1:
"But to all who . . . believed . . . he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 (abbreviated)
FRIDAY IS FAMILY NIGHT
Please start arriving at 6 p.m. for the program to start at 6:30 p.m.
I can't believe it is already Thursday! Thank you for such a wonderful week so far! Friday is our FINAL DAY of Vacation Bible School.
Questions? Please email vbs@crosslifechurch.com or stop by the Welcome Desk, we'd love to help!
Got a fun picture or video of the week? Share it with us at #CrossLifeVBS
Friday there is a table in the atrium for parents to participate in Baptism signups.
Here's some helpful Information for Thursday, June 13:
Registration Opens: 8:30 a.m.
Drop-off 8:55 a.m.
Pick-up 12 p.m. (K/1 grownups need a photo I.D. for pickup)
8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. There are free bibles for adults and kids in the atrium. We have areas around the Atrium to relax, take pictures and explore the Jungle!
FRIDAY THEMES
School Supply Collection
Team Color Day dress in Red, Blue, Green
What are these Mission Teams All About?
Classes are randomly divided into equal numbers and they have a friendly competition to determine which team – Green, Blue, or Red – earns the most points and then those teams serve in local and international missions! It is a creative way to get children involved in community activities supporting local and international missions. What it is not - spending money for families... Crazy Hair day is as easy as not brushing it or parting it crazy, Safari/Jungle tourist could be items around the house like a hat and sunglasses, leis, brown shirts and shorts. Nothing needs to be purchased. We also collect pantry items and school supplies in the same spirit. The way kids can get the most points for their Missions Teams? Attendance, bringing a bible, saying their memory verse, all of those are HUGE!!
These are the ways kids earn daily points:
• Offering Collection (coin deposits are behind the color group rows and 100% of donation goes to children sponsored through Compassion International)
• # of students in attendance (100 pts each)
• # of students who brought their Bible to class (100 pts each)
• # of students who say their Memory Verse (200 pts each)
• # of students who participate in the “Daily Specialâ€
• # of first time friends (500 pts each)
The Daily Specials are as follows:
Friday Wear Your Team Color (100 pts), Bring School Supplies for Come and Get It School Supply Pick Up (100 pts)
Please start arriving at 6 p.m. for the program to start at 6:30 p.m.
I can't believe it is already Thursday! Thank you for such a wonderful week so far! Friday is our FINAL DAY of Vacation Bible School.
Questions? Please email vbs@crosslifechurch.com or stop by the Welcome Desk, we'd love to help!
Got a fun picture or video of the week? Share it with us at #CrossLifeVBS
Friday there is a table in the atrium for parents to participate in Baptism signups.
Here's some helpful Information for Thursday, June 13:
Registration Opens: 8:30 a.m.
Drop-off 8:55 a.m.
Pick-up 12 p.m. (K/1 grownups need a photo I.D. for pickup)
8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. There are free bibles for adults and kids in the atrium. We have areas around the Atrium to relax, take pictures and explore the Jungle!
FRIDAY THEMES
School Supply Collection
Team Color Day dress in Red, Blue, Green
What are these Mission Teams All About?
Classes are randomly divided into equal numbers and they have a friendly competition to determine which team – Green, Blue, or Red – earns the most points and then those teams serve in local and international missions! It is a creative way to get children involved in community activities supporting local and international missions. What it is not - spending money for families... Crazy Hair day is as easy as not brushing it or parting it crazy, Safari/Jungle tourist could be items around the house like a hat and sunglasses, leis, brown shirts and shorts. Nothing needs to be purchased. We also collect pantry items and school supplies in the same spirit. The way kids can get the most points for their Missions Teams? Attendance, bringing a bible, saying their memory verse, all of those are HUGE!!
These are the ways kids earn daily points:
• Offering Collection (coin deposits are behind the color group rows and 100% of donation goes to children sponsored through Compassion International)
• # of students in attendance (100 pts each)
• # of students who brought their Bible to class (100 pts each)
• # of students who say their Memory Verse (200 pts each)
• # of students who participate in the “Daily Specialâ€
• # of first time friends (500 pts each)
The Daily Specials are as follows:
Friday Wear Your Team Color (100 pts), Bring School Supplies for Come and Get It School Supply Pick Up (100 pts)
Thursday Grownups Devotion
Today in VBS your kids are going to be learning about confusion. Confusion is not a word that has a positive perspective. I don’t know about you, but I do not like being confused. Unfortunately, I get confused quite often, especially when I’m driving. My wife can attest that I am one of the worst directionally minded people. Nothing aggravates me more than getting lost knowing I’m only 5 to 10 minutes away from home. And believe me it happens quite a bit.
One of your child’s memory verses is Genesis 11:9. “That is why it was called Babel because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.”
The context of this verse is that the Lord gave explicit instructions for his people to be fruitful and spread across the Earth according to Genesis 9:1. However, the people of Genesis did the opposite. They stayed together and try to create an experience of worshiping God on their own terms. This is a direct disobedience to the Lord. Because of their disobedience -- their lives not only got confusing but messy.
We have our own issues and problems that we go through daily. When we were following God, the path and direction that we should take becomes clear. But when we try to follow our own understanding and not the Lord's -- life can get messy and confusing. One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
When we trust in God, our path is made clear. When we don’t or when we try to do it by ourselves, we become more confused. The purpose of this devotion is to challenge you to look to the Lord for guidance. He loves you enough to send His only begotten son to die on a cross so that you aren’t separated from Him, and you have an eternal relationship with Him. When we trust in Him, we grow in our relationship. We won’t have confusion; we will have clarity.
Pastor Tommy
One of your child’s memory verses is Genesis 11:9. “That is why it was called Babel because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.”
The context of this verse is that the Lord gave explicit instructions for his people to be fruitful and spread across the Earth according to Genesis 9:1. However, the people of Genesis did the opposite. They stayed together and try to create an experience of worshiping God on their own terms. This is a direct disobedience to the Lord. Because of their disobedience -- their lives not only got confusing but messy.
We have our own issues and problems that we go through daily. When we were following God, the path and direction that we should take becomes clear. But when we try to follow our own understanding and not the Lord's -- life can get messy and confusing. One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
When we trust in God, our path is made clear. When we don’t or when we try to do it by ourselves, we become more confused. The purpose of this devotion is to challenge you to look to the Lord for guidance. He loves you enough to send His only begotten son to die on a cross so that you aren’t separated from Him, and you have an eternal relationship with Him. When we trust in Him, we grow in our relationship. We won’t have confusion; we will have clarity.
Pastor Tommy