ExtraOrdinaryStory

ExtraOrdinaryStory - Day 1

Dear Families,

Our VBS week kicked off with enthusiasm, energy and many smiling faces. Children met their Tribe Leaders and Youth Helpers, heard the day’s story in the Drama center, visited the Marketplace and had active, outside time. It was wonderful to welcome returning and first-time participants!

Emails will be sent out each afternoon with logistical notes plus the daily theme recap. We hope this information prompts some driving-home or at-home discussions. Try reading the day’s story again before bedtime and talk about how the Big Idea and Memory relate to the story.

With gratitude for a great start!

Corrie Berg

Acting Director of Christian Education

www.nassauchurch.org

(609) 924-0103 ext. 108

corrie@nassauchurch.org

Day One Recap

Big Idea: We can be good neighbors to anyone who needs our help, whether near or far away.

Bible Story: Luke 10:25–37

Memory Verse: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” ( Luke 10:27)

Mission Focus

Each year our VBS program has a mission focus. This year, we will be gathering funds to support Appalachia Service Project.

A group of 60 youth and adults from our congregation will be traveling to Greenbrier Country, West Virginia in two weeks to work with this organization.

Your contributions help our senior high students fix leaky faucets and roofs, poorly insulated walls, or provide a solid floor under someone's feet. We will collect donations each morning at the Opening Celebration. Any amount is greatly appreciated!

Logistical Notes

Emergency Contact numbers:
During VBS (mornings) Church Office - 609-924-0103, or Lauren Yeh on the church emergency cell phone: 609-613-1077
During PresbyCamp (afternoons) Church Office – 609-924-0103, or Corrie Berg on her cell phone: 609-356-6026.

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Drop-off begins at 8:45AM each morning – we do not have the staff in place to watch your children before that time. If you are walking please use the sidewalks. If you are walking along Nassau Street from the South (Chamber Street or University Place) stay on the sidewalk PAST the entrance to the parking lot.

Pick-up: the parking lot will open each afternoon at 11:45AM to line up cars. Lauren Yeh (that’s me!) will be taking names and Linda Gilmore will be checking children out as they are loaded in your car.
Please stay with your car and be prepared to move up when there is space. We will only be loading the first two to three cars at a time in order to keep the children a safe distance from the vehicles. (Especially tomorrow afternoon when we are expecting a little rain.)
If the parking lot is full when drive up, please drive around the block - by the time you get back we'll have loaded up some cars and made room. We cannot block traffic on Nassau Street. Thank you for understanding!

If you are walking into the building to pick up your camper you will find him or her in the Assembly Room with their tribe (youngest in the front of the room, oldest in the back), please walk with your child back to the parking lot and check out with Carol Wehrheim or Ingrid Ladendorf (holding the clipboard) who will be standing on the sidewalk near the edge of the parking lot. Again, please use the sidewalks as you are walking to and from the church building.

We have 115 students, 23 teen volunteers, and 40 adult volunteers this year - and we successfully ran pick-up at noon for 85 students in about 18 minutes! Thank you for your assistance!

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