The Deep Sea Dispatch - Thursday Edition

"This is how God showed his love among us:  
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him" 

~1 John 4:9

How does God feel about us?  GOD LOVE US!  But what does God's love look like?  Can we even begin to imagine how big God's love for us stretches?  Probably not in our wildest dreams, but Pastor Rod and Pastor Rich talked to us about how we can love one another while we are here, on earth.  And this week, during VBS, we can also love our neighbors by continuing to raise our donations for our missions project for  Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.  Love means being unselfish and taking care of others.  Throughout the morning, we talked about God's gift of love, His son Jesus, sent just for us to save us from sin.  Wow--that's some kind of love!

As always, music was a popular time during VBS today.  The band was taking requests again, which the children enjoyed--proven by the screams, giggles and loud belly laughing coming from the sanctuary during all the classes!  One of the classes had a great time putting the band to the test by requesting some popular animated movie theme songs and stumped Mr. Alex so much he had to look up some lyrics--that doesn't happen very often, so a big "high-five" to the kiddo that was able to pull that off!

If you haven't made plans for Sunday, we want to remind you that your families are invited to worship with us at our south campus location for VBS Celebration Sunday:

Sunday, July 31

Worship begins at 10:00am at Timothy's South Campus--Children please arrive at 9:30

301 SW Wyatt Road, Blue Springs

Children are encouraged to wear their VBS shirts so when Miss Kaylee gives them the signal during worship, they can help her sing some of the songs we've learned this week in music!  We will also have a slideshow highlighting some of our favorite moments from the week.  We hope you will be able to join us. We still have CDs available at the yellow submarine in the lobby, so if you'd like to purchase one to practice songs at home just stop by before or after VBS!

Tomorrow is Friday!  

Don't forget to bring your sharpie markers to participate in the annual tradition of signing each others' VBS t-shirts!  

Snack today was an annual favorite with a spin on our deep sea theme - Crispy Catch! Everyone enjoyed a delicious crispy treat (ocean sand) and got to spread blue frosting (water) on top and sprinkle fish on the frosting as an extra treat!  As you can imagine the children loved them, but also...a few adults during their break.  Thumbs up, snack team!

God's love for us was made perfect in His son, Jesus.  So it's only right that our craft for today be a cross.  Miss Viv's team helped everyone make a simple cross that could be individually decorated with shells and gems to represent the deep sea theme.  They all turned out so beautifully!

Storytelling literally shared a story today as part of their time with the children.  Kind of ironic, don't you think?  But really great, because they read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.  If you haven't read this book, you should--great stuff about the work of selfless love in our hearts.  Which...seamlessly relates to God's unending love for us, as shown in 1 John 4:9.  These kids are really impressive at applying their Scripture lessons, aren't they?

Oh my...our spiffy whale...you should have seen that guy!  Oh, wait, we have a picture here somewhere...  Yes, here it is:

He cleaned up pretty well with all your help and a little help from our teacher, Cory, and preschooler, Nora, don't you think?  Hillcrest Transitional Housing will be grateful, too! Our whale is already a little sad knowing tomorrow is the last day of VBS.  So, he doesn't want to be picky.  He's asked that everyone just bring anything they'd like from this week's list and fill him back up.  If you need to remember what's on the list, please check on the missions page using the link.

Earlier this week, we set a goal of raising $1,ooo for Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Kansas City and we are SO close--just over $125 shy of the total.  In fact, if every person who registered for VBS brought in just $0.40 tomorrow, we would be able to meet the goal!  Today the girls brought in $146.25 and the boys, not liking second place the last two days, brought in a crazy $205.23.  But the grand total win still slightly belongs to our girls:

Girls - $438.62

Boys - $433.77

Thank you for your generosity this week.  The goal is within sight and we're so excited!

 

It is easy to see during VBS that Lutheran Missouri Synod churches are dedicated to children's ministry, but did you also know that our schools are a crucial part of our commitment based on a rich heritage of educational foundation?  In fact, historically one of the criteria for joining and retaining membership in the synod was that churches establish Christian education for their children (Marrs, 2012).  

Education is an important part of our ministry at Timothy Lutheran, as well.  We provide Christ-centered education through our fully-accredited Early Childhood Center and K-8 Elementary Programs.  

Our early childhood center offers full-time child care for infants through preschool age children, as well as part-time preschool programs.  Please visit our website for more information.  

One of our Kindergarten classes introducing Elementary school to our PreK classes at the ECC

Our K-8 Elementary School offers academic excellence combined with a Christ-centered environment preparing students for successful futures.  In addition to our full-time traditional program, we also offer a homeschool program two days a week in which students can join our traditional students for special enrichment classes such as language, physical education and music.  For more information about our elementary programs, please visit our website.  

If you have any additional questions about our Timothy Lutheran schools, call us or make an appointment to visit our facilities.  We look forward to partnering with your family for your children's Christian education. 

Marrs, L.  (2012, September 14) Our History:  We Teach.  Retrieved from https://blogs.lcms.org/2012/our-history-we-teach. 

 

We can't believe tomorrow is our last day of Vacation Bible School with all of you!  But, we have so many great things planned and we cannot wait to see your smiling faces in the morning!  I wonder where we'll journey next?

 God's blessings on your family time tonight!  See you bright and early for our last morning together!