VBS Monday - Get Found!

Fifteen new kids joined our rainforest adventure, and there were 86 of us present tonight, making for some larger classes! Our daily challenge was to Get Found! In the skit, Sean had to deal with this challenge after he wandered away from the outpost and got lost, even after the Professor had warned the group members not to go out alone. But the Professor came looking for Sean, and eventually found him, taking some personal risks along the way. We should find out what happens to them tomorrow night.

Splitting up into our classes, we learned Jesus' Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:3-7). Just as the shepherd loves each one of the sheep in his flock, and will leave the others to seek out the one who strays and gets lost, returning it to the flock, so, too, will God watch out for us and find us when we get lost. God sent Jesus to show us how much He loves us as we learned in our Bible verse:

For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son.
- John 3:16

The snack cart arrived just in time, with popcorn!

For recreation and game time, we had to stay inside the church because of the rain outside. But we still got to play sheep and when one of us got lost in the darkness, shepherd Tom left the big group and went looking for the lost one. When he brought the lost one back and we were all together again, we were all very happy. We'll remember this one!

In music we learned a new song, "I Have Hidden Your Word," and the hand motions make it easier to learn the words. We do a good job of singing, too!

In crafts, we made a wall hanging with tonight's Bible verse. It will remind us of God's love for us and for the whole world. Our wall hanging has an image of the world on it, and several of us compared this with the HUGE world missions map in the hallway. God must have a lot of love to be able to give it to the whole world.

We're looking forward to Tuesday night, and finding out what the challenge will be and how Sean and the rainforest group finds a way to get back together.