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A BIG part of VBX is working together to accomplish a mission that spreads God’s loves to others. This year wewill be collecting a monetary offering to help kids in New Orleans get the school supplies they need.
To help us accomplish our mission, Hope Christian Church in New Orleans has agreed to be the hands and feet of our project. This new church plant will work with our school, John DibertElementary,to identify students who can’t afford school supplies for the coming school year. In August, the volunteers from Hope Christian will buy and deliver school supplies to these kids.
Begin praying now!
- Pray for Eric Fillinger, who will lead this projectat Hope Christian Church
- Pray for the members of Hope Christian Church as they rally behind this project
- Pray for Principal Keith Barlett as he works everyday to help teachers and kids succeed
- Pray for the teachers at John Dibert school as they prepare for a new school year
- Pray for the kids at John Dibert that they work hard in school and have everything they need to succeed
Summer ishere and so are opportunities to begin planning how you can help with our VBX Mission! Here are some clever ways students have raised a little extra money in the past to give as an offering to God.
- Have a garage sale
- Open a lemonade stand
- Do extra chores for family members or neighbors
- Mow lawns
- Make and sell homemade crafts
- Come up with your own clever idea using your special gifts and abilities
May 26th, 2009
Our kids have special projects for Feed 500!
The preschool age kids are collecting hot cocoa mix. We need 500 boxes and today we started with 31 boxes of hot cocoa mix! We have a way to go but I know we can do it!
The elementary kids have a boys vs. girls competition. The boys are bringing in peanut butter and the girls are bringing in grape jelly! The count so far is Peanut Butter 50, Jelly 44! So the boys are in the lead! Good job boys! But both teams are shooting for the goal of 500 jars! So everyone, keep collecting.
We’ve got lots of great idea on the kids Feed 500 page and a special message for yuor family to view.
We will be collecting these items during the next 2 Sundays, November 30th and December 7th!
You can alsovisit the main Feed 500 page for a full shopping list at www.wschurch.org/feed500
November 23rd, 2008
This morning we learned about the word GIVE! The hand helps us remember a few things about Give. First, give means that God wants us to help other people. This could mean lending a hand and doing something kind, or giving them something that they need. Second, God wants us to give of our money. It’s important to begin having children give a monetary offering at a young age. It helps reinforce the idea that all things belong to God.
One of the ways that our preschool department practices this concept all year long is by financially supporting a child in Africa. Our child’s name is Shadrack. He is 5 years old. We first learned about Shadrack last year during a different kind of Christmas. Our children instantly conencted with his story, and have continued to support him so that he can attend school and have his basic needs provided for. Click here to find out more about Shadrack! We were very excited when Shadrack was able to get a new pair of shoes!
This morning we learned about the widows who were hungry and needed food (Acts 6:1-7). One of our activities was working together tomakea delicious snack mix that we could all share.
Making a Snack Mix together!
We alsoencouraged our kids to bring in food items for the pantry, and many did!
Kids GIVE too!
Parents, it’s not to late! Put this story into action by bringing in a food item next week!Click here for a list of food items needed.Or think of another need you and your child can help meet. Suggestions: Bake cookies and take them to a neighbor or relative who could use a visitor. Send a card to someone who is sick. Tap into your child’s creativity- sometimes they can think of someone with a need that you might not think of!
Key Question: Are you ready to Gather, Group, Give and Go?
Answer: COUNT ME IN!
Our Memory Verse: “Go into all the world and tell the good news.” Mark 16:15
October 12th, 2008
Last night’s finale was so much fun, and a great wrap up to the week!
Thanks to the NOW team for leading worship. You did a great job all week!
Jammin to "Happy and you Know it!"
Mr. Goff and Mr. Johnson, thanks for showing us all those cool experiments! They were great…..and kudos on NOT blowing up the building! Our video with pics from the week was really great (Thanks Mr. Goff!) We’ll be posting a lot more pics this week on our blog, so be sure to check back!
But probably the best thing that happened last night was the amazing way God used us to help someone else! Last night we took up a final offering to help Peter! And when we added it with the offering from earlier in the week, we had more than $5,000!!!!! (On a side note, the goal we set was $4,000 but themissions organization was hoping we would reach $5,000)
We filled 3 Beakers worth of balloons!!!!
Of course the night concluded with a tasty treat (thanks Mr. Sanders for the blue icee treats) and a lot of slime!
Can you see the evidence of the tasty treats devoured!
I’m sure there are pics from the sticky event. We’ll be sure to post those soon too! Thanks to Mr. Johnson, Mr. Engle, Miss Jessica and Lindsay for putting yourselves on the chopping block!
Miss Jessica got slimed!
July 26th, 2008
