God's Word is for everyone.
Bible Story:
The community of believers share.
(Acts 2:42 - 47)
Bible Buddy:
Lacy the Deck Spider
A map shows all the places we can go to share God's Word.
God's Word is for everyone.
"Your faithfulness extends to every generation, as enduring as the earth you created."
The Final Day
It is a complex set of mixed feelings when writing today's blog - after a week of successful and fulfilling evening activities, the week has come to a close. The enjoyment of spending time together each night and getting to know the children of Devonsire has been most rewarding for us all. More personally, the privilege of photographing the events and building this blog has been a deeply touching one. To capture these children as they open their minds and their hearts to God has been no less than moving.
With all the personal rewards aside, this was also a particularly successful week for our church.
The proof is in the numbers:
41 Families attended Devonshire VBS, with over 50 children and we saw many new faces.
55 Volunteers worked each evening to host the kids. Before Friday's events, a volunteer dinner was provided.
$1250.47 was raised this week - supporting Devonshire's work for the children of Africa.
With soothing music in the background, each family was given a blanket to tie together.
50 Blankets were made and coupled with coloring books containing personal messages for the little recipients.
Once they were complete, each family quietly prayed over the blanket for the child who would be receiving this gift and then each VBS camper wrote a note to that child in the coloring book.
1 Superb VBS Director, Nicole Foltz,
organized people, food, activities and charity.
organized people, food, activities and charity.
2 5-gallon buckets of ice cream, 13 toppings and...
...tables full of people - all enjoying the final moments of an extraordinary week.
Finally, I would like to say thank you to those of you who have visited this blog and looked for the posts each day. Many of you have approached me to share your thoughts on the pictures and narrative and each comment was greatly appreciated. Originally this was a blog built only for the purpose of communicating the profound nature of Vacation Bible School.
It seems Devonshire Diaries has earned a more permanent place within the Devonshire family, however. Please continue to visit us here as I continue to cover poignant events and random realizations...
For all of you, may God bless your day and your initiatives toward a Jesus-like Life.
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