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Join us for Vacation Bible School’s Monumental! We will go off-road for a Monumental adventure through the colorful canyons and sunbaked trails of the southwest. By exploring God’s awesomeness, kids form a rock-solid faith for the road ahead. We’ll have songs, Bible adventures, games, movies, snacks and sciency-fun gizmos.
Children in Preschool (3 years old by June 1st and fully toilet trained) through 5th grade in fall 2022 are invited to join us June 13th - 17th from 9am to 11.45am each day. Kids will travel through field-tested rotations that reinforce relevant Bible Points and immerse kids in new adventures. Cost for the week is $45 and children of volunteers are $35. Register online using the kink below.
Come and join the fun! We need lots of volunteers to make VBS a success, including adults! Parent volunteers lead stations and crews. 6th through 8th graders (limited positions available) can volunteer if they will have a parent on site all week. Use the link below for online volunteer registration.
Volunteers Needed!
VBS Volunteer descriptions
Crew leader (18 or older)– No teaching required. Supervise a small group of children (K through 4th graders or a group of 5th graders), leading them from station to station and guiding small group discussions.
Crew assistant – Assist the crew leader.
Decorations coordinator (week before VBS) – We will buy all decorations. Coordinate volunteers during VBS prep sessions (6/6 and 6/8 6.30-8.30pm and 6/12 after 10.30am mass) to decorate areas of the church that will be used for VBS.
KidVid Cinema leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. Kids watch short films about real kids living out their faith in really cool ways, then you guide small group discussions.
Bible Adventures leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. You coordinate the teen assistants who will help act out the daily Bible passage then you guide small group discussions.
Bible Adventures Assistant – Act out the daily Bible passage (script provided).
Games Leader (18 or older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day.
Games are generally outside unless it’s raining. Help coordinate the teen assistants organize the games.
Games assistant – Help the crews of kids play the high-energy games like Splash Marks the Spot and River Raft Rock n’ Roll!
Imagination Station Leader (18 and older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station four times each day. Start each day with a talk-starter question, demonstrate the sciency-fun gizmos, then guide the crews to make their own.
Imagination Station Assistant – Assist the leader and distribute materials to crews.
Music and Skits Leader – All materials will be provided to lead this station twice a day. Help coordinate the teens in a morning skit, use the provided DVD to play songs with actions, and guide small group discussions.
Music and Skits Assistant – Act out a daily skit and sing along with and do the actions to the songs that are played on the provided DVD every day. You will have some free time each day between the first and last Sing and Play sessions, and after you have prepared for the following day!
Preschool Leader (18 and older) – All materials will be provided to lead this station. Lead the pre-schoolers in games and crafts. The children will also participate in Sing and Play led by our Music and Skits leaders, snack and KidVid Cinema led by that station leader.
Preschool Assistant – Assist the preschool leader by taking charge of a small group of preschoolers.
Nursery Leader – Supervise our youngest (toilet-trained) children who come with their parent volunteers each day. Feel free to join the preschoolers during Music and Skits!
Nursery Assistant – (only needed if there are enough children)
Snack Leader (18 or older) – We will buy the pre-packaged snacks for each day. You distribute them each day with pitchers of water and clean up afterwards. Preschool children eat first, followed by the rest of the kids. You will be done before the end of VBS each day.
Snack Assistant – Assist the snack leader. You will be done before the end of VBS each day.
Where needed most – We will place you, according to our volunteer needs.
Come and join the fun! We need lots of volunteers to make VBS a success, including adults! Parent volunteers lead stations and crews. 6th through 8th graders (limited positions available) can volunteer if they will have a parent on site all week.
Donations
If you would like to donate an item or two for VBS, please see the donation board in the Faith Formation gathering space. We are able to keep our costs down because of the many items that are donated each year. Donations are needed by May 27th, please. There is a basket under the donation board for items.
If you have questions, please contact Nichola Schoenfelder at nichola@sjtw.net or 651-278-9673.