CHARITY Cupcakes for a sweet cause — Page 4
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Health Center of Viera breaks ground — Page 30
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Children participating in Slam-A-Jama Vacation Bible School at the Church at Viera include, left, Ellie Nipper, Briegan Novak, Kayla Nipper, Emily Gustke, Aiden George, Caden Sichler and Cole Bordin.
their own flare into the elementary students. annual vacation Bible school And that vision inspired program attended by 353 volunteers Perry Nyquist More than 150 adult children in elementary and Beth Meggs to make a volunteers — and 50 teens pretend roller coast do a loop — helped the Church at Viera school and 120 in a separate dr ho ad frontsession cover_Layout 1 10/22/12 9:54 AM Pagein 1 the main lobby, complete for preschool. become a theme park with “We chose from national with a car full of riders a message during Summer themes. There are different hanging upside down. Slam-A-Jama held June 3 curricula out there. We take “Everybody put their to 14. that concept and create heads together and came up Taking the initial with great ideas,’’ he said. inspiration from the national our own vision with it,’’ George Stevens, director Among key volunteers is theme Colossal Coaster of Children’s Ministry for Linda Foster, director for World, the volunteers put By George White
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programs for 85 older kids gathered upstairs. “We separate them a little bit because, for a while, they didn’t think VBS was cool. We try to make it a little different and they are not with the little kids anymore. We grow every year. I think that’s a good indication,” she said. The theme fits in with current stresses on kids both in and out of the home and
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