Baobab Blast was the theme of Vacation Bible School 2011 for children entering kindergarten through Grade 4.  Children had a wonderful time participating in Bible stories, games, activities, and songs.  Because of storms on Tuesday night, there was a power outage on Wednesday, June 22, affecting our church and over 400,000 other locations in northern Illinois, forcing the cancellation of Vacation Bible School that day.  The Wednesday and Thursday themes and verses were therefore combined on Thursday.

Bible Study, Bible Verse and Theme for each day:

On Monday the children made adorable orange lion t-shirts by painting the mane and then decorating them. They all enjoyed wearing their t-shirts on Friday!  On Tuesday the children made their own drums and decorated them with a jungle theme. On Thursday and Friday they painted masks and decorated them with a variety of materials.  Each was very colorful and very unique.  In the gym each day the children played fun and exciting games that followed the day's theme in addition to enjoying teamwork and working together.  On Tuesday each group spelled out the word LOVE using their bodies.  The children played tag games, danced, ran relays, played with the parachute, and much more!

Youth entering grades 5 through 8 participated in Service Squad the same week.