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2023 VBS – June 12-16
Join us for Vacation Bible School’s Stellar! We will launch kids on a cosmic quest where they’ll have a blast shining Jesus’ light to the world. Stellar rockets kids on an out-of-this-world adventure that’s light years of faith-building fun. We’ll have songs, Bible adventures, games, movies, snacks and sciency-fun gizmos.
Children in Preschool (3 years old by June 1st and fully toilet trained) through 5th grade in fall 2023 are invited to join us June 12th - 16th from 9am to 11.45am each day. Kids will travel through field-tested rotations that reinforce relevant Bible Points and immerse kids in new adventures. Cost for the week is $45 and children of volunteers are $35. Registration will open on March 1st and close on May 26th.
We need lots of volunteers 6th grade and older to make the week run smoothly. Volunteer descriptions can be found on the church website. New this year is the VBS Teen Program for 6th-12th graders: after volunteering at the morning program, stay for lunch and highly-fun games like Water Wars, Nerf games and much more!
We are able to keep the cost of VBS low due to donations. Please look for the donation board in the Faith Formation gathering space in the next few weeks.
Volunteer Positions Needed
- Crew leader (18 or older)– No teaching required. Supervise a small group of children (K through 4th graders or a group of 5th graders), leading them from station to station and guiding small group discussions.
- Crew assistant – Assist the crew leader.
- KidVid Cinema leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. Kids watch short films about real kids living out their faith in really cool ways, then you guide small group discussions.
- Bible Adventures leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. You coordinate the teen assistants who will help act out the daily Bible passage then you guide small group discussions.
- Bible Adventures Assistant – Act out the daily Bible passage (script provided).
- Games Leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. Games are generally outside unless it’s raining. Help coordinate the teen assistants organize the games.
- Games assistant – Help the crews of kids play the high-energy games like Pool Noodle Feudal and Jet Fuel Fill-Up!
- Imagination Station Assistant – Assist the leader with demonstrating the sciency-fun gizmos, distribute materials to crews and help the crews to make their own.
- Music and Skits Leader – All materials will be provided to lead this station twice a day. Help coordinate the teens in a morning skit, use the provided DVD to play songs with actions, and guide small group discussions.
- Music and Skits Assistant – Act out a daily skit and sing along with and do the actions to the songs that are played on the provided DVD every day. You will have some free time each day between the first and last Sing and Play sessions, and after you have prepared for the following day!
- Preschool Leader (18 and older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station. Lead the pre-schoolers in games and crafts. The children will also participate in Sing and Play led by our Music and Skits leaders, snack and KidVid Cinema led by that station leader.
- Preschool Assistant – Assist the preschool leader by taking charge of a small group of preschoolers.
- Nursery Leader – Supervise our youngest (toilet-trained) children who come with their parent volunteers each day. Feel free to join the preschoolers during Music and Skits!
- Nursery Assistant – (only needed if there are enough children)
- Snack Leader (18 or older) – We will buy the pre-packaged snacks for each day. You distribute them each day with pitchers of water and clean up afterwards. Preschool children eat first, followed by the rest of the kids. You will be done before the end of VBS each day.
- Snack Assistant – Assist the snack leader. You will be done before the end of VBS each day.
- Where needed most – We will place you, according to our volunteer needs.
If you have questions, please contact Nichola Schoenfelder at nichola@sjtw.net or 651-278-9673.
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2022 VBS recap
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Monumental Vacation Bible School is over and we all had a great week! We learned that God loves you no matter what; God is with you everywhere; God is in charge; God is stronger than anything; and God is surprising. Thank you to the 127 children and 52 volunteers that attended. We couldn’t have VBS without our awesome volunteers who showed up every day with smiling faces and lots of energy! Next year’s VBS theme is Stellar: Shine Jesus’ Light. We hope you can join us!
