INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Well, we didn't actually have our little Independence Day get-together on the 4th, it was actually on the 5th after our first Sunday of the month singing service. We had quite a number show up this year and the vast collection of fireworks was quite a treat. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and from the pictures you'll see that the adults did, too! We really have a great congregation and so much to be thankful for, not the least of which are the freedoms we still have to enjoy in the USA.

This is how the boys reacted when they saw me get my camera out and just knew I was taking pictures for our Fellowship Blog, lolPam with her oldest son Evan and her youngest son John.Bev kindly posing for this shot.Kara and Bev horsing around.Sandy and her baby boy Chris.I just knew I'd find them in the building gabbing!Dot and Bev chillin' before the fun begins outside.Randy giving some pre-sparkler safety instructionsLighting those Sparklers!Kara sparkling.And her brother Graham and their mom Vickie can sparkle, too!Don is getting into the spirit!Looks like Roger is having a good time!It's finally dark and the show has begun.What a crowdOoooooo!Ahhhhhhhh!Ohhhhhhh!Wow!Randy H., Randy M. and Don checking on the supplies.The kids were enjoying the show!Some more than others, lol.Jake and Evan hamming it up.And the grand finale!

VBS FRIDAY NIGHT PICNIC

Another VBS has come and gone and we had a great time with what we think was a very successful week! The kids loved everything they saw and heard, all the crafts they made, and everyone had a great time at the picnic afterwards. Below are just a few of the many shots taken this evening. Besides looking at the picnickers, check out the view in a lot of these pictures, it is spectacular up here in western Pennsylvania.

VBS 2009 - AFTER THE GARDEN (GENESIS 3-11)

Our Vacation Bible School for 2009 is well underway with a theme this year of "After the Garden." The teachers really go all out decorating their rooms for the kids. Showing the rooms in their Biblical order, and not necessarily the order all the students saw them as they go to a different room each night, we have the Garden of Eden starting with Adam and Eve's sin and their expulsion from the garden.Next we have the story of Cain and Abel up to and including Cain's banishment.Moving to the next room, the students are learning all about the pre-flood world, dinosaurs and all!Our fourth room tells the students all about Noah's commission from God to build the ark, the flood, and then the promises and commands God gave to Noah and his family after they were back on dry land.And our final classroom deals with the Tower of Babel and God's creation of the different languages and His scattering of the people.
This is a group picture taken tonight of all the kids in attendance. We've averaged about 30 kids a night and 20 adults, which we think is just fantastic as only 19 of the children are from our own congregation, the rest are visitors.