With all this sunny weather, thoughts are turning to summer vacation.
This is a time for the kids to relax and enjoy some “down time” at home. But as many people know, after kids are home for two days, parents will surely hear “I’m bored”.
Well, Drayton Vacation Bible School (VBS) is available once again to help. Local churches have combined their efforts to organize Sky VBS – “Where everything is possible with God.”
VBS will run July 9 to 13 at the Drayton Reformed Church (74 Wellington St.), and is offered to children who have completed JK to those who have completed grade 5.
Mornings will begin at 9am with singing and announcements, and then children (in groups of 10) will travel to four different activities before returning to the sanctuary for more singing and skits.
Each day the children will be offered a snack at the Skydive Diner, learn a new Bible story at Wild Blue Bible Adventures, have fun with their friends at All-Star Games and make a craft they can keep at the Imagination Station.
Along the way, they’ll meet fun characters like Orville the flying pig, Apollo the caterpillar and Pat the bat. Each day they will learn a Bible point, such as, “No matter what people do … trust God” – and this point will be reinforced with a Bible story, Bible verse and crafts and games.
VBS is offered free – thanks to the generosity of the local churches – and organizers say it is an example of how the community of Drayton can work together for the benefit of local children and, in fact, children around the world.
Each year, Drayton VBS partners with a local charity to raise funds/items and awareness for those in need. This year’s theme of “Sky” gets kids thinking about clouds, kites, balloons, airplanes and flying insects.
One flying insect everyone knows about is the pesky mosquito. In Africa (and around the world), mosquitoes can infect children with malaria, a disease which kills more than 2,000 children every day.
Sky VBS will partner with World Vision to buy mosquito nets for children in Mali, Africa. Every $6 buys one mosquito net, which can protect two or more sleeping children from dangerous mosquito bites. Each specially-treated net can last up to four years. Children at VBS can bring their small change and help kids around the world.
On July 13 at 11am, the community is invited to come to the church for the VBS closing program. This is a time for the children to show parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends what they have learned during the week of VBS.
To register children, visit www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/drayton, or pick up a registration form at the Drayton library or at one of the local churches.
For those unable to attend VBS but wanting to donate items for the kitchen, or money for mosquito nets, drop items off at the Reformed Church or email Teresa Rumph for other arrangements (atrumph@hotmail.com).
