Vacation Bible School 2014: After the Escape!

by Jeff Knowles


June 16th - 20th turned out to be one of the wildest and best Vacation Bible Schools Waxahachie Bible Church has seen in a long time! 350 children came through our doors throughout the week! Each day, we showed the kids a new truth from the Bible on how they can trust God: by knowing that He is always with us, knowing that He will provide for us, knowing that He gives us strength, knowing that He saves us and knowing that He guides us.

Just like every activity the WBC Kidnation children’s ministry puts on, there was a purpose behind each snack, each craft, each activity and each song that pointed children towards having and strengthening a personal relationship with Christ. This year was no exception, and we also taught kids to know that God has made each one of them unique and has a special purpose for them.

For the first time ever, WBC VBS had EWE-Pet petting zoo out on Wednesday morning, which was a huge hit for the younger kids and even for the youth and adult volunteers! They brought out everything from piglets to ducks and even a tortoise and a yak! After asking a lot of kids, their favorites were by far the guinea pigs and the yak.

Thank you for all your help with VBS this year: from overflowing donations, amazing volunteers, to constant prayer support! It could not have happened without your help. God used over 75 volunteers this year to step up and help out. A huge thank you to over half of the Fuse student ministry for stepping up and out of their comfort zones to help out this year!

With all the terrific things that God did that week, it is important and necessary to state there was a sad note to add to this year’s Vacation Bible School. We had to start turning down kids because we did not have enough volunteers to help. My prayer for next year’s Vacation Bible School is that God would continue to move in the community and send even more kids, AND that Waxahachie Bible Church would step up in an even greater way in 2015. After all, you don’t always have to travel far for a mission trip - VBS is a mission that happens in your own backyard!