St. Mark Vacation Bible School
July 14-18, 2008


"Friendship Trek "

Hey Kids! Join the search this summer at St. Mark's Vacation Bible School! This year's theme is: "Friendship Trek ", where the kids will enjoy learning about Jesus using an archeologist's theme!

The theme Bible verse is “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are My friends." John 15:13-14

This five-session program meets every day from 9:00am-12noon, Monday through Friday, July 14-18.

Highlights from 2007

Grab your gear and join Friendship Trek, an amazing hike through the Bible to meet Jesus, our Forever Friend. Kids find fun, faith, and friends at Friendship Trek. They experience Jesus' friendship, enjoy meeting old and new friends, and learn to care for one another.

For those wanting a head start, please download the following game pages centered on the Friendship Trek theme:

Tic-Tac-Toe
Word Search
Word Fun

NOW is the time to sign your kids up for our exciting Vacation Bible School where the Children will know and experience God’s love in Christ as they experience Friendship Trek in every Bible story, craft, skit, activity, game, and snack.

God has blessed St. Mark through the contribution from the Hejnal family to offset the VBS registration cost. Therefore, St. Mark is offering VBS again this year at no cost (Free) to the children, including all activities, snacks, crafts and a CD containing the VBS music! Our thanks to the Hejnal's and praise be to God for providing this opportunity again this year!

Register by calling Glenn at the church office at (408) 736-6605 or by mailing a copy of the online Registration Form to St. Mark. To print the form, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader (Download Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The Friendship Trek daily topics are:

Friends Reach Out!
Friends Love!
Friends Give!
Friends Care!
Friends Share!

Each hands-on, interactive lesson in the 5-day program challenges kids to discover how God's promises keep them on course.

HEY TEENS & ADULTS! Wouldn't you just LOVE to be part of this adventure too? We're looking for folks to help in several areas: teaching, game leading, snacks, decorating, etc. Please contact Glenn by phone (408) 736-6605 or email to indicate where you would be willing to help. Volunteer Registration Form

Ice Cream Social

Join everyone on Friday evening from 5:30 to 8:30pm as we celebrate the completion of VBS week. This is an opportunity for friends and family to the kids crafts, their decorated classrooms and to understand what VBS is about!

There will be ice cream for everyone with all the fixin's to enjoy! In addition, there will be two bounce houses for the kids, young and old, to where off any remaining energy from the week. We hope that you will come out for this fantastic celebration.

Sunday Children's Service

On Sunday morning, July 20th at 10am, the children will be leading the worship service using the same "Friendship Trek" theme! Come join the kids as they summarize their week's studies from the Bible. It's a great opportunity for the children to share what they learned about God during the week.

 

General Information

What is VBS:

Vacation Bible School is a Christian program to teach the word of God to children from Pre-School through 6th grade, with 7th and 8th graders serving as helpers. The program is presented through Bible study, crafts, singing and playing.

Where is it held:

St. Mark's VBS is held at their Parish Hall located at:

125 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94085

Map/Directions to St. Mark

When is it:

VBS will be held from July 14th to 18th from 9:00AM to 12 Noon

How do I sign-up:
To sign-up your children for St. Mark's VBS program, contact St. Mark at (408) 736-6605. If someone is not there to take your information or to answer questions, please leave your name and a way of contacting you.   Or you can download the provided Registration Form and send it to St. Mark.


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