Day 1 and Day 2 Going strong with the pirates

So Day 1 at VBS was amazing.  We did not let any heat stop us from doing what God wanted us to do.  He even gave us shade for a bit :)  We had 30 kids come and experience what it meant to be a pirate and live for God.  Pretty awesome!  There were a lot of excited kids there and even one came dressed like a captain.  It was great to start to get to know the kids and really teach them about God and who He is.  God is real and there are so many ways we know that is true!

The service project SHEF church did was amazing too!  We helped Epiworth church out by pulling weeds from their plant beds in the parking lots.  It was messy and dirty, but we had fun doing it.  We even found some interesting bugs!

Day 2 was an amazing day as well.  One of our goals as a youth group is to have the attendance double from the beginning of the week.  Well we had 30 the first day and the 2nd we had 35 come and that is with 12 new people, which is awesome.  It was another great day of learning about God and seeing the Pirates go through a storm.  The kids really did connect with learning Jonah and the Whale and how he handled hard times/storms in his life.  We even had a kid want to pray at the closing program, which was really a blessing to all of us to see.  So God is working great things so keep praying for our group and the kids.

Then at our service project we had fun with mulch and clipping unwanted tree branches.  It was great to do so much and had fun doing it.

We are excited to see what God is doing so pray for strength and energy for today since this is the point most people start to drag...but right now I am going to get some coffee!

~ SHEF Church, Nick W.