What Preparation For Vacation Bible School Looks Like This Year


Our house has been overrun with sheep. We've got stuffed sheep, sheep games, bracelets with sheep, articulated sheep, sheep puzzles, sheep shirts, we even found sheep crafts! And why, you might be asking yourself, are we overrun with sheep? This year's Vacation Bible School in the teen room is Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd. It's all about resting in Jesus and letting Him have control of our lives.


Oh, but we're not calling it Vacation Bible School! Oh, no. VBS is for the littles. We're having Summer Celebration and it's going to be amazing! Each night we'll deep-dive into a verse in Psalm 23, breaking it down and looking at definitions and applications. I'm studying tons of books and commentaries to see how many nuggets we can glean to share with the teens, and it's been absolutely fascinating.


We'll also be mixing in games, prizes, crafts, activities, and snacks every night, mixing up the combinations so they never know what they'll get when they show up. It's been so much fun to collect ideas, shop for sheep, practice the crafts, learn new facts about sheep, and pray over every aspect of our Summer Celebration. It's all spread out in the dining room right now as I organize and schedule each evening's activities. Hey, look at me, I'm a shepherd!


Please pray with us for Summer Celebration. We have a lot of teens who can be there but don't come regularly. There are many who are hurting, in torn-apart families, struggling as the school year ends, and just need a place to go and feel loved. Please pray that they will all be there on Wednesday nights, that God will use Danny and I as teachers to share exactly what He wants us to teach, and that they will go home blessed by our lessons and activities. We just want to be a blessing and touch the lives of as many teens as we can over the next three months. And play with sheep. There's that, too.

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