VBS - Vacation Bible School at Tigmandru Church of the Nazarene

Posted by Paula Creely August 15, 2022

VBS - Vacation Bible School at Tigmandru Church of the Nazarene

The VBS began with shopping for supplies. I praise God for the NMI Philadelphia District and Hershey Church of the Nazarene for giving $500 towards this 5 day camp.

Pastor Roxana Cini, who is my sister-in-law is the children pastors at Tigmandru Church of the Nazarene, Romania. God has given her a true gift with children. She not only loves the children in the village but she cares so much that they know about God and His love for them. Along side of her, we organized in detail the VBS.

We began on Wednesday morning at Tigmandru Church of the Nazarene and ended on Sunday morning after the service. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the program started at 10 am- 12 noon. We had four stations: Story lead by Pastor Magda ( Lead Pastor of the Tigmandru Church), Crafts lead by Pastor Roxana, Games lead by me and Food served by four lay ladies in the church. The food was amazing, each day Pastor Roxana and Pastor Magda made delicious soup that the kids love. It was hot meal which means, for some children this was the only hot meal they received that day.

We had 105 children during the week and around 60 on Sunday morning during the service.

Each morning we began with songs, prayer and scripture and 7 teens from youth group help each day being crew leaders for the groups of kids.

We focus teaching the kids about Jesus. His love for children, His sacrifice on the cross for us and how to continue to stay near Him each day.

Saturday all the children came back for a picnic, games and practice for Sunday morning service songs. They had a blast.

We had 105 children during the week and around 60 on Sunday morning during the service. On Sunday morning, the parents where invited to attend the service and see their children sing 3 songs, after we had balloon games and giant bubbles. I thank God for Child Sponsorship Funds for buying goodies to give each child at the end. It was a fun, exciting and spirit filled VBS.

The special thing about this years VBS was that it was in partnership with the Philadelphia District and for the first time the parents and the kids attended Sunday morning service. The following Sunday some of the same parents came back to church.