Vacation Bible School

(ministry leaders: Bryan & Jenny Plumlee, Mike & Kari Priborsky, Thomas & Kimberly Owsley)

 

Mark your calendars for VBS 2010: “Spend A While On The Nile” June 20th - 24th

 

 

One of our most exciting and effective ministries is our Vacation Bible School! Over half of our members give their time for this wonderful outreach opportunity… and the results are immeasurable!

 

Every year near the end of June, Riverside’s building and grounds ‘morph’ into a Bible Times market place or village, and the children are placed (adorned in period dress) into one of 12 tribes or families… our members also dress in period costumes and ‘live out’ the scenes from the time when Bible characters walked the earth!

 

Past years have included such locations as Jerusalem… Bethlehem… Galilee by the Sea… Babylon… and Rome!

Each year our ‘back 40’ becomes a Bible times scene - complete with live animals, village shops and shopkeepers… ‘spontaneous’ dramatic presentations help the 150 or so children ‘live’ the stories of the Holy Land Adventure!

In June of ‘09, children were transported to ancient Rome, where they visited Paul in prison and met with the Underground Church… all the while avoiding those unfriendly guards who sought to persecute the “believers”. In the marketplace, shop owners led the children in making crafts related to Roman culture in the 1st Century AD...

If you have any questions or wish to be involved in our Vacation Bible School Ministry, please contact Bryan & Jenny, Mike & Kari, or Thomas & Kim.