{"id":135,"date":"2014-08-26T03:51:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=135"},"modified":"2014-08-26T03:51:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T03:51:07","slug":"our-weird-vacation-bible-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Our “Weird” Vacation Bible School"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s Vacation Bible School was simply \u201cweird\u201d. \u00a0Our theme was Weird Animals VBS<\/strong> – where we learned that Jesus\u2019 love is one-of-a-kind. \u00a0We met some of the weird animals that God created and learned that even though we\u2019re left-out or different, even when there are things going on around us that we don\u2019t understand, even though we do wrong and when we\u2019re afraid\u2014Jesus loves us!<\/p>\n

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The VBS crew at the Point Defiance Zoo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jesus’ love is so great, so powerful, so boundless and everlasting that we can rest assured that no matter what happens and whatever comes our way – Jesus\u2019 love will always be there for us.<\/p>\n

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Playing learning games at the WIN Center during our “weird” Vacation Bible School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For 5 days we gathered together with our zoo crews<\/strong> to visit different stations. \u00a0We had fun experiencing the One-of-a-kind Bible Adventures<\/strong>, learning about cool experiments in Imagination Station<\/strong>, having fun playing Untamed Games<\/strong>, dancing and singing in Sing-and-Play Stampede<\/strong> and creating fun food at the Critter Caf\u00e9. \u00a0We did all these while reinforcing each Bible Truth for the day, \u00a0embedding in our hearts the greatness of God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n

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Parents and Volunteers worked so hard at this event – but they had a blast and were so blessed to give the kids a grand time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We couldn\u2019t have
\ndone all these without the great commitment of our Youth volunteers who trained and dedicated themselves to the task at hand \u2013 making sure to put aside their phones and social media apps to put the children first! \u00a0Our very-able kitchen staff made sure we were all well fed and had the energy for each day\u2019s activities including our fun field trips to the Blueberry Farm, \u00a0Norpoint Spray Park and, of course, the ZOO to meet more of God\u2019s great creations.<\/p>\n

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Our Youth Ministry provided immeasurable help at the VBS, as usual – it wouldn;t have been a success without them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many, many thanks to all those who supported us by donating in cash and in kind and by giving of their time to drive us to our field trips and keeping us safe and secure all week.<\/p>\n

A big \u201cThank you\u201d to all who took part and got involved. Know that YOU Made a Difference!<\/p>\n\n

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This year\u2019s Vacation Bible School was simply \u201cweird\u201d. \u00a0Our theme was Weird Animals VBS – where we learned that Jesus\u2019 love is one-of-a-kind. \u00a0We met some of the weird animals that God created and learned that even though we\u2019re left-out or different, even when there are things going on around us that we don\u2019t understand, even though we do wrong and when we\u2019re afraid\u2014Jesus loves us! Jesus’ love is so great, so powerful, so boundless and everlasting that we can rest assured that no matter what happens and whatever comes our way – Jesus\u2019 love will always be there for us. For 5 days weRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-winadmin","4":"post-135","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}