Imagination Station: Melissa Mathews and Roxie Tsakas Critter Café: Beth Feger Untamed Games: Kelly Coad Decorations: Daphne and Jay Corder Publicity and Camp VBS decorations: Amy Johnson and Monique Penner Technology: Shannon Knisely Youth volunteer coordinators: Maria and Alana Raper Camp VBS coordinator: Tammy Linn Camp VBS staff coordinator: Jaclyn Black Camp VBS storyteller: Kathryn Sedberry Photography: Jennifer Maham and Megan Little VBS bags and nametags: Jennifer Carsner CD Sales: Yokko Gaines and all children’s ministry staff Volunteer snacks: Yokko Gaines Check-in and attendance: Maureen Crawley and Darleen Kleinhenz Information desk: Jennifer Palm Plates: Melissa Plondke T-Shirt design, ordering and distribution: The Baskin Family
Prayer team: Deb Reiber, Elaine Peterson, Thais Kilday and ALL GOD’S PEOPLE! Register now and get more information about costs and options for younger kids at covenant.org/VBS. For additional information about VBS or to find out how you can get involved, contact Ashley Ellison at ahellison@yahoo.com or Evangeline Herring at evaherring@gmail.com.
BE THE LIGHT The theme of the Journey Youth Choir spring concert tour was “Be the Light.” Group member felt like they were, in fact, the light several times during the trip, but they especially felt that way when they sang for a group of mental and behavioral health unit patients at the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans (CHNOLA).
“We actually got there by mistake,” Journey Choir Director Stacy Curtis explained. “I thought I had called the hospital’s main number so when Keith Botello, the activities director, told me I was calling the mental health unit and that no one ever asks to sing for them, I knew we had to do it.
“We sang about a 30-minute program. I had my back to the audience but our choir members told me they could see smiling faces, and kids singing and moving to the music. One member said she could see a visible change in the posture of the people in the audience.”
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