Jumping Kingdom

This was a big hit this year. Matt was so nice to buy this for the kids and he set it up each evening and took it down after the last group had a turn.

More Bible School Pics

We are so thankful for those that prepared meals each night making our days a little easier this week. Dorthy Umberger, Patty Clarke, Betty Kratz, and Janice Miller prepared a nice spread each evening.


This is Randy and Noelle Sherman posing as King and Queen with Kevin Sherman helping Noelle.

Lashandra Martzel enjoyed this puppet theater

Kidz of the King

I have been so busy with my group of Preschoolers that I haven't been over with the main group to see all the fun they are having. I hope to do that before Sunday and have some pictures of that side too but you can glance at the ones we have with the little guys for now.

VBS Pictures

Sr. Shuey has done a great job in the Kitchen of the castle. They had play food to "cook" and a checkerboard rug and a few other things to use in between their story and verse.
Karen and Cathy have had a great week with their group in the castle. We had stick horses and a horse dress up suit and a large horse to sit on. These kids used their swords and shields and rode off into battle.
We couldn't have done this without these precious ladies in the nursery. Brenda Habecker is such a natural with the babies. She has Nathan here and he is asleep. Sr. Arnold and Grace Shifflet and my mother have come every night to watch 3-4 babies. It gives us mothers a break and allows us to do something we really enjoy. Teaching!
This is the throne room and Susanna Shuey has been in charge of this room. They had a puppet theater and castles and blocks to play with. I noticed Susanna sitting in the "Queen" chair reading a story to the kids and they were either sitting on the pillows or on her lap. I didn't have my camera that night.

Sheri Sherman (my sister-in-law) and I have both been telling the Bible stories each night. We have 4 rooms and we each show up at 2 of them every night. We tell a story and then go over the verse. You can't see the poster too well in this picture but the one against the wall on the left is a picture of a christian boy and we have to "put on" his armor each night. This has helped the children to remember the 6 different parts of armor. When I think of all the work that has gone into this VBS I feel exhausted but just seeing the children this week and how much they have enjoyed themselves AND the high percentage of children that have already said Ephesians 6:11!!!!!!!!! Makes it all worth while. I feel this age group is so important. I want to teach them at a young age to live for Jesus. We have had maybe 5-10 children that have been to church for the first time this week. Some of those didn't even know what the Bible was or who Jesus was. I hope they not only learned but are able to go share what they have learned with others. Tomorrow will be a bitter sweet night in that it is the last night for this age group. We sit in with the older group on Sunday morning for the ending program. A HUGE thank you to all that have helped this week. Cindy has been my right and left hand it seems this year. I don't even need to tell her what I need. She just seems to know. She has been behind the scenes helping to keep things going smoothly. A BIG thank you to you Cindy!

More pictures of VBS. I really don't know how to turn that picture of Nathan on the spring horse. This first picture is Vicki Bubb in the courtyard with her group of children. She does a wonderful job with the kids. The next picture is Josiah England and Makayla Arnold putting on a puppet show.

Fun with balloons

Kathy was so skilled at twisting these balloons into swords for the kids. We made 40 of them!
Debbie is hard at work stenciling in Armor of God on each of the kid's shields. All of the helpers this year are simply amazing! They come with great attitudes and are ready to jump right in and help. I am so thankful for all of the help this year. Especially in the Nursery where the ladies are keeping the ones to small for Bible School. I'll try to sneak up there tomorrow night and get a picture of them.

Kidz of the King

These are a few pictures of Bible School.