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The Hesston Community is invited to a Community VBS Service today at 10:30 a.m. at Hesston High School. This is a great opportunity to worship with others from our community who attend other churches.  Also, it is a great way to support our kids who will be singing songs and reading Scripture from VBS week.  This service is all about the kids. Don't use this as an excuse to stay home, but join us at 10:30 a.m. For those who need extra assistance, there will be golf carts in the parking lot to help you get to the high school doors.   There is not regular Go Deeper Hour or a worship service at Hesston MB.

This Sunday, we will not have regular Go Deeper Hour or worship at Hesston MB.  Instead, please join us at Hesston High School at 10:30 a.m. for a Community Worship Service to celebrate Vacation Bible School.  This is a great opportunity to worship with others from our community who attend other churches.  Also, it is a great way to support our kids who will be singing songs and reading Scripture from VBS week.  This service is all about the kids. Don't use this as an excuse to stay home, but join us at 10:30 a.m. For those who need extra assistance, there will be golf carts in the parking lot to help you get to the high school doors.  

I am thankful to be part of a community of churches that works together to host Vacation Bible School for 4 year olds through 6th grade.  The week of June 2-6 from 6:15-8:30 p.m. children age 4 through 4th grade will be enjoying VBS at Whitestone Mennonite, Hesston Mennonite, Hesston United Methodist, and Kingdom Life Ministries.  5th and 6th grades will enjoy one day of VBS at Hesston MB Church from 1-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 7th.  If you have not registered yet, please do so by the end of the day today for planning purposes.  You can still attend VBS if you miss the deadline, but you will need to register at your child's church based on age.  Here is the registration link

It is VBS Week!  In many ways it is both exciting and exhausting.  We have some great leaders who are making this week great.  Thank you for your service to God and our 3rd/4th graders (We participate in a community VBS so five churches work together and divide up the age groups)! We chose the Go Fish Guys VBS called "Praise."  I highly recommend it.  It has excellent music, it is centered on the Bible, a focus on missions, and has been well received by our kids.  We did make a few changes in crafts and games, but it has been a good choice for us.  On a side note, tonight I get to rap as part of the weekly skit.  Pray for me!

Well, VBS is now officially over! Wow-what a week. We had an energetic group of about 5o 3rd/4 th graders for the week. They really got into our offering challenge and raised approximately $450 for Haiti Lifeline Ministries. They were very excited to come and visit Paul & Brutus tonight. All four groups cheered when Brutus announced he had accepted Christ. Way to go Jennifer Kroeker as director of VBS ! I am proud to be part of a community that works together to do VBS . Thanks for working together, Hesston . It is also great to see no home baseball games during VBS week. Thank you recreation department! Now, it's time to recover until January when the VBS process begins again!

Tonight was an exciting night at VBS . It is the night when Brutus starts to ask questions about Jesus. Our point was God's Love Saves Us. No matter what we have done-Jesus will forgive us. But we have to admit that we are sinners-every single one of us. None of us are perfect and therefore we are guilty and need to be saved. That is where Jesus comes in. He saves us from our sins. I wonder how Paul and Brutus' conversation will go. We will see tomorrow night. It is hard to believe that VBS is over tomorrow. I am praying for those who do not know Jesus personally. I hope they will make the choice to follow Him. Thank you Jesus that you paid the price and have done it all. We just have to accept that free gift.

My part of Day 3 of VBS has ended. I am sitting in my office eating ice cream (snack for the night) as I write. Tonight, Brutus fell asleep and allowed Paul to talk more freely with the 3rd/4 th graders. Our point was God's Love is Always With Us. The visual was the chain around our ankles that keeps Paul connected to Brutus. Brutus is starting to soften a little. I wonder if he considering becoming a Christian. We are over halfway through the week. I was really impressed with all of the kids tonight. They really listened very well. I hope they are learning a lot and I am praying that those who are Christians would choose to follow Christ.

Tonight at VBS , the 3rd and 4 th graders are starting to realize that being a Christian in Rome can get you into trouble. Paul shared his story of how God changed him on the road to Damascus. He tried to help Brutus understand that when we become Christians we have to change. Therefore, our point for tonight was God's Love Changes Us. Tonight, several brought money for our offering competition for Haiti Lifeline Ministry. We hope to show a video about this ministry either Wed. or Thurs. night.

Day 1 of Hesston's Community VBS has come to an end. Hesston MB is in charge of 3rd and 4 th graders this year. I have the privilege of being Paul under house arrest as part of our VBS Theme: Paul and the Underground Church. After sharing about Jesus with the family groups, they travel to an underground church as well as visit Extollo (music) and the marketplace (drama and crafts). Today's point was: God's Love is a Gift. Check back for tomorrow's point! It is amazing how many volunteers it takes to pull off VBS each year. Thanks to all of the volunteers that are making this year possible!

Right now, I am taking a break from my church's VBS . Our theme is "Paul and the Underground Church." Our church as been transformed into Rome with a marketplace, Paul under house arrest, and an underground church. I have the privilege of being Paul and I am chained to Brutus, my guard. I am sharing stories about what it is like to be a Jesus follower in Rome. I have explained that I am under house arrest because of telling others about Jesus. I have also shared with the children that believers can be physically hurt or put in prison because of their faith in Jesus. This VBS , reminds me of all of our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world that live like this every day. We take our faith for granted in so many ways. We are fortunate that we can pray, read the Bible and worship without fear or persecution. It reminds me to pray for missionaries throughout the world sharing God's love and His Word with others with the real possibility of being beat...

I have had a great week. I just wanted to highlight a few of the really great moments. Mitchell's excitement about Camp Invention and hearing all of his stories and what he is learning. Going to the Hesston Pool with Mackenzie and Megan. Hearing two missionaries share about what God is doing in and around them. The older kids sharing what they have learned at VBS . Bethany and I sitting in the living room and talking during VBS on Thursday night. Visiting with families about the parent/child dedication this Sunday. Finishing the books, Parenting is Heart Work and Family Driven Faith. Getting the opportunity to get to know several couples through visits.