{"id":1166,"date":"2014-07-10T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T18:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2014-07-10T13:18:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T18:18:25","slug":"kingsburg-covenant-puts-bibles-in-their-hands-with-vbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/07\/10\/kingsburg-covenant-puts-bibles-in-their-hands-with-vbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingsburg Covenant Puts Bibles in Their Hands with VBS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is the time of the year when children around the world gather in churches,\u00a0parks, and backyards to experience God in exciting, kid-friendly ways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1169 alignright\" alt=\"vbs kingsburg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-kingsburg-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-kingsburg-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-kingsburg-250x177.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-kingsburg.jpg 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, Covenant\u00a0World Mission created a packet of materials to be\u00a0used for Vacation Bible Schools (VBS)\u00a0at Covenant churches nationwide. With Bible in Their Hands, Jesus in Their Lives, leaders\u00a0are\u00a0provided with daily stories, activities, songs, and more to inform children about what is\u00a0happening in children\u2019s lives in Colombia. Kids get the chance to learn about life in another\u00a0country, and through pictures and videos they will get to know some of the children that would\u00a0be impacted by their giving.<\/p>\n<p>In Colombia, there are forty-six covenant churches, with 50 % of the church population\u00a0being children. Raising these youths to learn about and love God is vital, as they are the future\u00a0of the church. This is why we are partnering with the Covenant churches in Colombia to provide\u00a0materials to expand their Children\u2019s ministry.\u00a0Kingsburg Covenant Church in Kingsburg, CA held their VBS June 16-20, with a goal\u00a0in mind. Last year, they raised $520 to purchase 104 chickens through \u201cCovenant Cares\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1168 alignleft\" alt=\"vbs bible boss kingsburg cov\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-bible-boss-kingsburg-cov-300x209.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-bible-boss-kingsburg-cov-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-bible-boss-kingsburg-cov-250x174.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/vbs-bible-boss-kingsburg-cov.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, with the help of their \u201cSpecial Agent Bible Boss\u201d\u00a0they asked kids to bring in money\u00a0to provide Colombian children with children\u2019s Bibles of their own. The giving was consistent\u00a0throughout the week, until Friday, when the kids matched the donation total from the four other\u00a0days! With fewer children in attendance this year, the kids at VBS still brought in $800 which is\u00a0enough to purchase 100 Bibles for the children in Colombia! In the words of Lori Douglas, the\u00a0Director of Children\u2019s Ministries at KCC, \u201cGod is good!\u201d\u00a0To determine a mission goal for your VBS program and partner with the Covenant\u00a0churches in Colombia, download \u201cBibles in their Hands, Jesus in Their Lives\u201d Mission Moments\u00a0for VBS materials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/projects\/vbs-project\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1166&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is the time of the year when children around the world gather in churches,\u00a0parks, and backyards to experience God in exciting, kid-friendly ways. 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This is why we are partnering with the Covenant churches in Colombia to provide\u00a0materials to expand their Children\u2019s ministry.\u00a0Kingsburg Covenant Church in Kingsburg, CA held their VBS June 16-20, with a goal\u00a0in mind. Last year, they raised $520 to purchase 104 chickens through \u201cCovenant Cares\u201d. This year, with the help of their \u201cSpecial Agent Bible Boss\u201d\u00a0they asked kids to bring in money\u00a0to provide Colombian children with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kingsburg Covenant Puts Bibles in Their Hands with VBS! - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/07\/10\/kingsburg-covenant-puts-bibles-in-their-hands-with-vbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kingsburg Covenant Puts Bibles in Their Hands with VBS! - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Summer is the time of the year when children around the world gather in churches,\u00a0parks, and backyards to experience God in exciting, kid-friendly ways. 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