I am sitting on the couch while my kids are napping upstairs. It’s a little later than our normal naptime because we spent the first part of our day at Vacation Bible School! Our church doesn’t do a VBS, but my mom, a Children’s Pastor does a big preschool VBS and an elementary-aged Performing Arts Camp.
So, while Lydia is in Pandamania this year and Asa is in the nursery (poor little guy!), I am teaching four classes at the Performing Arts Camp. It’s a really cool idea: the kids arrive and have a devotion and learn one song from a kids’ musical. Then they travel to four different themed classes: drums, voice, dance, puppetry, prop-building, choreography, etc. (plus some games and outdoor classes thrown in for fun). These classes are all working on some aspect of the kids’ musical and on Friday night we will present the ENTIRE musical for the parents and families! It is a big big deal!
This year, I’m teaching a puppetry class, a stick ministry song, a creative movement/choreographed song and…a geocaching class. The geocaching class goes with the travel-gps-car theme of our musical. And is interwoven with a missions teaching. But oh my goodness. Geocaching with kids? I have been crawling around the woods, sweating and getting eaten alive by bugs today! And it’s just day one!
that would be only HALF of the bug bites I got today…
So, are your kids going to VBS? Or does your church do something like a Performing Arts Camp? Are you volunteering?
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My three-year-old daughter is going to Pandamania and loving it! All day we have been hearing her sing, “He’s wild, He’s wild. God is wild about you!” I’m sure you have seen similar demonstrations from Lydia.
By Beth on 06.13.11 3:31 pm | Permalink
I am co-leading PandaMania this summer – it’s my first time as “director!” I work full-time in youth ministry, so I’m thankful for the chance to plan it during “work” time, but my goodness, it is a lot of work! I am actually procrastinating at the moment from continuing with planning and preparations.
I am excited – this year for the first time we’re doing VBS not only at our own campus but also in the courtyard of an apartment complex several blocks away. We do a weekly after-school program there, and the kids are getting excited for something a little “deeper” and lengthier.
All that to say… hope the rest of this week is fun! The PAC sounds like a FANTASTIC idea!
By Kelly Sipan on 06.13.11 3:33 pm | Permalink
I want to hear more about your geocaching class? Did you write the curriculum?
By Erica on 06.13.11 3:54 pm | Permalink
Pandamania looks so cute! Let us know how it goes! I am teaching the lesson at our church’s VBS in July and can’t wait. We are doing the Shake It Up Cafe one…..but we are only using their theme and crafts; we are writting our own lessons for it.
By Megan on 06.13.11 5:34 pm | Permalink
I will definitely be writing a post about geo-caching after this week. I think I might be an expert after this week…
By ohamanda on 06.13.11 7:14 pm | Permalink
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