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Children swing through Vacation Bible School
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After watching a video about Joseph and his coat of many colors, attendees of the Canfield Presbyterian Church vacation bible school acted out the story.
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Volunteers from the Canfield Presbyterian Church painted posters and backgrounds to be displayed during the Baobab Blast Vacation Bible School.
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Attendees of the Canfield Presbyterian Church vacation bible school worked on a craft to take home.
By ABBY SLANKER
The Canfield Presbyterian Church held its annual Vacation Bible School, with the theme Baobab Blast, June 21-25 for children age 4 through fourth grade.
Marian Bauer, director of Christian education, explained that the Baobab is an African tree which animals gather around and form a community. Accordingly, the focus of the Bible school was community.
The children were introduced to a different jungle animal each day, and also a word of the day that went along with the animal and an appropriate Bible verse.
For example, on one day, the elephant was the jungle animal, the word “follow” was the word of the day and it was explained that this animal and this word could be applied to Jesus, being the lead elephant, and his disciples, being the followers. Much the same way elephants follow each other in the jungle.
The Bible school also included Bible story telling, crafts, games, music and snacks. Members of the church’s youth group and adult members of the church volunteered at the Bible school throughout the week. Volunteers also painted jungle backgrounds and posters for the children.
The children were put into age groups and each group was given a name, with the Giraffes being the youngest group, the Zebras being the second oldest group and the Elephants being the oldest group.
The children also attended opening and closing sessions, which were presided over by Rev. Larry Bowald, and included puppets depicting jungle animals such as giraffes, zebras and elephants.