Our children's minister left in March. By then, we were down to about 4 kids weekly, so instead of hiring a new children's minister, some of us sort of "absorbed" that job. SO, yay for VBS and my first time as a VBS director.
We actually had a fairly successful week! I learned several things that I WILL do and WON'T do next year, but some of the things we tried ended up being good ideas. And we had over 50 kids registered, which means we had 20 more than last year (which at the very least makes me happy because the people in the church who care about numbers and evaluate our positions won't be able to complain that I'm not doing my job).
We also included the preschool, which means we had to adapt/rewrite curriculum for both a 2 year old class and a 3 year old class. Most VBS curriculum (including the one we bought) only does elementary and preK. Here are some fun pictures from the week (mostly of X's week)!
The preK-1st class
The 3 year old class
The 2 year old class (minus one, who was still getting changed)
2 year olds with their teachers
Play time in Noah's Landing
Bible story time, learning from "Mary" about what it was like when Jesus was a kid. They are playing with wheat kernels in this photo.
Parachute!! Best invention ever.
