Day 5 of VBS taught us that God's love is forever.
"[Love] always protects, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
- 1 Corinthians 13:7-8
Our symbol for Day 5 is the gemstone. Diamonds and other gemstones are considered precious treasures. There's even a saying that "diamonds are forever." But gems and other earthly treasures do NOT last forever. More precious than gold, more lasting than diamonds, the greatest treasure of all is God’s love! When you see a gemstone, you can remember that God's love is forever!
Our skit tonight had the Captain and his friends finding the family treasure. Love was what unlocked the chest and revealed the treasure.
It turned out to be Great-Grandpappy Graham Cracker Cooky's bible.
It turned out to be Great-Grandpappy Graham Cracker Cooky's bible.
The Bible can help us to know God's love.
The Bible story was from Mark 14:27-16:20, Luke 22:47-24:53, and John 21:15-17. Mary Magdalene went to Jesus' tomb and found it empty except for an angel who said that Jesus had risen. She ran to tell Peter the news, and he decided to go see for himself. We learned that Jesus is alive.
In crafts we decorated treasure chests and got a fish necklace to put inside.
Our snack was jell-o cubes in the color of jewels.
Recreation had us solving clues on a treasure hunt to find gold puzzle pieces.
When we put the pieces together, they formed a heart with an empty space in the middle in the shape of a cross.
Our leaders provided the last piece to show us that Jesus fits in our hearts.
Our challenge from Day 4 was to complete sixteen flood buckets. We met that challenge and then some with seventeen total buckets for the week. Our buckets will help families to recover from storms.
The fun part of meeting this challenge was that Captain Cooky and Krumbs did a hula dance for us.
It has been a great week of learning about God's amazing love.
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