Saddle Ridge Ranch week

Actually, this past week - Saddle Ridge Ranch, VBS 2010... fun, demanding, exciting, tiring, inspirational... and the adjectives could go on and on... but I'll use Rebekah's way of describing the week.

Sitting... is not something that happened too much during VBS, except when I was working on the newsletter each evening.

Waiting... it seems as though we waited so long for VBS to arrive. We've known the theme for a year... attended a VBS preview in Nashville in February... began recruiting teachers in March and then BAM! It's over!

Glad... for the 10 children who indicated a desire to know Jesus personally.

Needing... wisdom on what we need to do differently next summer.

Avoiding... or at least trying to avoid thinking about next year's theme... The Big Apple... I've never been a big fan of New York...

Enjoyed... the music... the motions... watching the kids catch on... even the very youngest were "roundin' up questions; drivin' home answers".

Preparing... follow-up packets for those who made a decision or have questions; also for those who are unchurched... trying something new this year.

Trying... to catch up on sleep and rest...

Ending... being thankful that all God did during the week and will continue to do in the time to come.

VBS FUNNIES...

• A 4 year old picks up a VBS flyer the week before we start and says to her mom, "Is this about UPS?"

• On Monday night, towards the end of the evening, one of the first graders asked his teacher, "Are you a real cowgirl?" "I was born in Texas, but I don't know if that makes me a cowgirl. Why do you ask?" He replied "You sure sound like one!" Then he also told me he was born in Houston, Texas. "Really?" I said. "You sure don't sound like a cowboy!" He laughed but I laughed more because he is Asian!

• As the 3 year old class entered the craft room, one of the boys looked out the window and said "It's getting really dark. I should go home and take a nap."

• One of our newest craft volunteers told me our VBS was too realistic. She woke up this morning with a chigger bite.

• One kindergarten cowgirl really liked her class. They could be rowdy because there are "NO MOMS in there."

Pictures are available on the KidZone Children's Ministry page on Facebook and soon to be on the church's website.

ROUNDIN' UP QUESTIONS; DRIVIN' HOME ANSWERS

Two-step... line-dancing... sign language and a lot more was done in a 24-hour preview of Saddle Ridge Ranch, Vacation Bible School 2010. Cheryl, Kendra and I headed for Lifeway in Nashville to see what this VBS preview was all about. Free t-shirts... decorating ideas... sharing Christ... application... enlistment... a lot was packed in... including a presentation of the VBS musical. You would have loved the little boy who had his VBS t-shirt on backwards and had moves like you wouldn't believe. We are hyped and excited... 4 months, 2 weeks and 1 day until we saddle up. Get out those cowboy hats, boots, plaid shirts, jeans and bandanas and join us June 13-17 at 6:15 p.m. And if you want to learn even more songs and more motions and have even more fun... come on out for music camp at 4 p.m. the week of VBS. Watch our website for how to register and other details.


While in Nashville, I had dinner with my sister and her husband and they brought my great-nephew with them... and he really is great... and cute, too. We went to Logan's because he wanted peanuts and he could put the shells on the floor. As we left, he filled his pants pocket with peanuts. :-)