Theme Song and VBS Update

Well, we officially had our last VBS directors meeting last night.  When I told them that they we would not meet anymore I got some crazy looks.  But...we have next week and then the next week is decorating week!!

I can't believe it is almost time!  I will personally not know what to do when VBS is over.  I have poured uncountable hours into VBS this year!  We have seen Satan try to discourage us and get us side tracked.  But we have seen God at work in mighty ways as well.

For the first year in a long time, it's two weeks before VBS and we're not having to beg for leaders.  By all means, we could still use a few crew leaders!!  But compared to previous years, God has provided early and it makes our jobs so much less stressful when He chooses to bless us that way!! 

We have had the privilege of sending out over 2000 flyers in Madison County Schools.  You will find our publicity on Madison City School website for community events.  You will see our outreach event on June 2 listed on several community calendars online as well as each of the newsstations as well!  We will have an ad in the Huntsville Times this weekend so be sure to look for it!  And our Bryan Martin and Casey Sanders made the new Madison Living Magazine.  While we were getting pictures and videos a photographer was there from that magazine to get some pictures of the balloon and we see that there's a pic of our two famous leaders in there as well!  Too bad, they didn't just go ahead and put our VBS info alongside that picture.  All of that publicity on top of what our church members are doing.  Remember, if you've not picked up flyers, please do so this week.  Hang them up in businesses where you shop!  Put them on windshields everytime you go to the store!!  I can't predict what our publicity efforst will do but I'm praying that God will direct those flyers into hands that need to know how great His love is for them!  Please join me in praying for blessing over our VBS!

We still need all the help we can get for our outreach event.  If you're able to help, please let us know!!  Or...just show up around 10 am on Saturday June 2 and we will give you a job!   It's going to be a fun event to be apart of!

And Will Neely, you are awesome.  You have created a masterpiece theme song!!  I am attempting to download it here for everyone to enjoy as well as some pictures.  The pictures include our famous VBS characters...Bubbles, Flurpy, Rue, Pepper and Izzy!  There is also some clip art that I have used in our teacher's books and that will be used on crew leader sheets at times!  And then the famous balloon flight pictures where we got some video for VBS week!  Enjoy!!  (I really hope this links works.  If it doesn't work after I post it, when my sweet technology savy husband gets home tonight I'll obtain his help in reposting this song!!)

We have been busy leaders the last two weeks.  As many of you have seen, we had a huge VBS push for volunteers of all sorts.   We hope you signed up.  If you didn't have time to sign up, then now's the time.  Please contact one of our directors and we will get you plugged in.  We still need some crew leaders!!  And we still need people to help us with our outreach event on June 2.  So, please, look at your calendar and let us know if you can help in anyway.

It seems that we didn't express ourselves well regarding our desire to put out fliers for VBS.   I think we may have made the whole process be overwhelming.  But in reality, it's very easy!!  And not only that, we've even made it easier than we first mentioned!! We have made a flier that is two fold, one side advertises VBS and the other side advertises our kickoff event.  We will have these available each Sunday.  We are asking each of you to take 5 each week!  Please consider where life takes you during the week that you might be able to leave these.  Maybe leave one in a doctors office.  Maybe place one on the car parked next to you at the grocery store.  Maybe hand one to the mom who behind you in car line.  The possibilities are really endless.  Then I want you to post on your facebook where you left your fliers each week or email me personally and let me know where.  Between now and VBS, I know we can leave fliers all around the county!!  

Vacation Bible School is the largest outreach event of the year.  In 2010, 2.7 million children were enrolled in VBS with 83,000 children coming to know Jesus as their Savior as a result of Vacation Bible School.  We have a job to do...go into all the world and preach the gospel!  I can't think of a better group of individuals to target than children.  Even Jesus, wanted to touch and love the children!  There are many children in this world that will tell you, it is the result of someone inviting them to church as a child that their entire family now knows and loves Jesus.  Let's allow God to work through Southside this year and soar with the entire county to new heights in God's love!!  What a blessing this can be for many people as we not only teach God's truths but also help our children apply these truths to our lives!!

It's going to be an awesome adventure!  Will you join with us and agree to take at least 5 flyers every week between now and VBS? Then don't forget to let us know via facebook or email where you left your fliers!