VBS at St. Philip
It’s not always high numbers that count. I truly believe the Lord works in ways they may not fit our human logic. Sometimes God may use 30 people to save 4 people. But, we don’t know what those 4 people may go on to do in life once saved. Now that I think about it, I may have heard this in sermon, but now I have seen it happen!
This week during VBS at St. Philip we had about 30 volunteers come and provide dinner, song and worship, bible stories, games and crafts. We had an average of about 22 children over four nights join us, mostly 10 – 12 year olds. Every one of them learned something about Jesus. On the last night we had four of the children give their hearts to Jesus. It was powerful to watch their arms go up in the air.
Each of the four was given their first bible. I watched one boy stroke his new book like it was the finest thing he had ever been given, and of course it is! He turned the pages carefully, looked up scripture, and then proudly read it out loud. It was amazing!
And as a bonus, thank you God, good fellowship and fun was had by all the volunteers too. The spirit is building at St. Philip!
Maren Vick
Pictures! Check out a bunch of pictures from last week’s VBS at St. Philip.
Dale
Maren & Stuart, We all start small and think BIG about the impact caring adults can have on at-risk children. Keep planting those seeds and feeding HIS sheep. The advantages of starting at younger ages, as is also accomplished at Camp Hope, are so enormous. YBIC, Dale
Jul 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Stuart Lance
Not only were the children well involved in VBS, but seeds were also planted with a group of adults who broke out into a small group to study the scripture that was being taught for the appointed night. We started with 3 adults and the last night we had a total of 8 in the study, I love the way our Lord does His math. Thank you again for all the work and prayer that went into this special outreach of St. Philip.
In Christ,
Stuart Lance
Jul 31st, 2008 at 6:29 pm