The Good Shepherd at VBS

The Good Shepherd at VBS

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Children learned some everlasting truths at St. John’s Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School (VBS) on August 11, 12, and 13.

There were 30 children from four to 12 years old who participated in this VBS where the theme for this year was ‘The Good Shepherd’ and children discovered Jesus is the Good Shepherd through bible lessons, discussions, crafts, and activities.

This bible school explored the three concepts: The Lost Sheep- Forgiveness (The Prodigal Son) where children discovered that God is very happy when one lost soul/sinner repents and comes to Him because God loves us, accepts us and rejoices when we turn to him, The Passover-Jesus, Lamb of God to remind the children God is the perfect lamb who died for our sins, and The Good Shepherd/ Obedience which explained to the kids how it is wise to follow the loving rules God has given us and we should ask for God’s help to do this. We should pray in the Spirit and remember to thank God for our blessings, and ask him for help with our problems. He will always be our Good Shepherd; loving, protecting and guiding us.

This bible school was free and ran by many volunteers as it takes a lot of people to help children learn about God in a fun manner.

The people involved were Pastor Choi, Christian Education Coordinators- Becky Yurko and Pamela Bunclark co-chaired this bible school, Debbie Fedoruk and Colleen Albert, as well as, 15 to 20 youth and adults helped to host this bible school.

Co-Chair, Becky Yurko said they hold this Vacation Bible School to give children a better understanding and learn more about Jesus and what they do in their church. If they are interested in coming to church or Sunday school later, they are welcome to. This VBS is meant to show them the church is a fun and friendly environment to be in.