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CIRMC Weekly Update January 12, 2017
Friday Jan 13, 2017
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In this weekly update our Regional Mission Council encourages members to spend more time as individuals, families and Congregations in prayer. please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 5, 2017
Friday Jan 06, 2017
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In this weekly update our the Cayman Islands Regional Mission Council welcomes within the bounds of Council the Rev. Euthman Wray. Rev Wray comes to Council under the Settlement Policy as the Minister for the Robert Young Savannah Charge. please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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Vacation Bible School - A Brief History by Rev Otto Menko
Monday Nov 30, -1
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When preparing for their annual plan, most Congregations include an old-time favorite, Vacation Bible School. For many of us, it is almost impossible to imagine summer without this staple of the church year. The acronym VBS conjures a rich mixture of fond memories in our minds; days filled with Bible stories, singing songs, making various crafts, playing games, and having a lot of fun. Interestingly, it is as much anticipated and enjoyed by volunteering grown-ups serving in various capacities as by participating children. VBS offers a very special opportunity to congregations to engage the children of the church and community in a more intense, more focused, more impactful way. Besides being exposed to the message of the Bible day after day in various activities, they also learn to ‘connect’ to the church environment and its people, forming positive impressions in their hearts and minds. Through our daily interactions with them they begin to see the church as a big family with an open heart, with love that welcomes, embraces, appreciates, and eager to journey through life with them. VBS in progress at the John Gray Memorial UC July 12,2021 The real benefit of VBS and indeed, the key to our ‘success’ as Church lies not in what we are able to ‘drill’ into them about God in a short week (or during the weekly Church/Sunday School and other activities), but in the quality of relationships, we can develop. No amount of religious teaching or fancy programs can match the power of being exposed to persons who are living examples of faith, who through their attitude, behavior and actions display genuine and au please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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