East Wenatchee Vacation Bible School -- Summer 2009
July 13 - 18, 2009
6:00-8:00 PM
Valley View Church in East Wenatchee WA
“Exploring the Sanctuary 2009” was the theme of VBS for Valley View SDA Church. A type and anti-type message of what the people of God were looking forward to in the first coming of our savior Jesus Christ was the heart of the lessons taught. To make it as real to the children as possible, a small scale sanctuary, with furniture and accessories like those found in the Biblical Tabernacle, were recreated. The children were encouraged to explore and touch as part of the learning process. Lessons, snacks, crafts, and outdoor games filled the evenings Monday through Thursday. The snacks followed the theme, introducing “a taste” of the Sanctuary with manna, unleavened bread, bitter and sweet foods, etc. with an explanation of why these foods were significant.
On Thursday a pet chicken held the attention of the children. The chicken represented the poor people’s sacrifice. The child who owned the chicken shared with the other children how she might have felt if her chicken had to be sacrificed because of her sin or her family’s sin. All were relieved that we no longer need to do this. It gave a new meaning to the importance of obedience and Jesus dying for our sins.
Friday evening we invited the parents to come join us and Pastor Anderson talked about what we had been learning during the week. Sabbath morning there was a special all-children Sabbath School where we talked specifically about how the sanctuary message is significant to us as Seventh-day Adventists today. The most surprising thing about this VBS was how interested the children were to learn about the details of the sanctuary. They asked many questions and whole heartedly engaged in the exploration of the Sanctuary.
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| The Holy place of the sanctuary that was built in the corner of the fellowship hall  |
The children looking at a miniature of the sanctuary
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