Dirt! Dirt is Precious. Calvary Episcopal Church VBS. July Bible memory verse: Let the Lord lead you and trust him to help.

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1 July 2010 Dirt! An earth friendly publication alvary Episcopal hurch VBS Bible memory verse: Let the Lord lead you and trust him to help. Dirt is Precious Inside this issue: The Parable of the Sower 2 Bartemaeus, the Blind 2 Matthew 25 Minitries 2 Lyrics for In the Begin- 3 Water Park 4 Throughout the life of our planet the soil has provided what is needed to survive. Through watching segments of the movie Dirt! and hearing the stories of our faith that discuss dirt the children had a chance to look more deeply into the importance of dirt in the past, our lives and the life of our planet as we move forward in time. We face a major change in the life of our planet. It will not be possible to continue to consume as we have. There is a need to learn to nurture our resources and become sustainable. The song In the Beginning The Donut Man: Rob. Evans Look on page 3 for the lyrics. Photos 5 Reduce, Recycle, Reuse - a song to help us remember to think about items as we use them. Thursday reation - a odly Play story Special points of interest: are for the dirt. Have fun with dirt. Dirt is a part of our faith. In the beginning there was.nothing. Then on the first day, od gave us the gift of light. So now there is not just darkness, but there is light and dark. When od saw the light od said, It is good, and that was the end of the first day. On the second day, od gave us the gift of water. od gave us the gift of all the water that is water. This is the water that all the rest of the water comes from. od put the firmament between the waters above and the waters below, to separate them. When od saw the water, od said, It is good, and that was the end of the second day. On the third day, od gave us the gift of the dry land. od divided the water and the dry land, and gave us the gift of the green and growing things. od said, It is good and that was the end of the third day

2 P a ge 2 a lvary Episcopal hurch V BS V olume 1, I s s u e 1 Friday: The Parable of the Sower a odly Play story The sower also sews seeds in the good earth. There was once someone who did such amazing things and said such wonderful things that people followed him. As they followed him, they heard him speaking about a kingdom. When they asked him, What is the kingdom of heaven like? he replied. The kingdom of heaven is like a sower, someone who scatters seeds. Some fall among the stones, some fall among the thorns. The sower also sowed seeds in the good earth. When the seeds pushed their little roots down into the good earth, they grew and grew. When they were ripe for harvest, they were cut off and gathered up. The harvest was thirty, sixty and one hundred bushels. The Blind Man, Baritmaeus by Barbara Lindsay Faith can heal. A blind man was sitting by the road. He heard people coming. There was much excitement as people said the rabbi with them could heal. The blind man asked the rabbi for help. The people around him ask whose sin was the blind man paying for. Jesus said the man was blind so that od s work could be shown. Jesus spit on dirt he picked up, made mud and rubbed it on the man s eyes. Jesus told him to go to the pool of Siloam and wash. The man was confused and excited. He trusted Jesus and washed as he was told. Outreach to Matthew 25 Ministries aring for our dirt is important as is caring for those in need. The children decorated brown paper lunch bags and filled them with personal care products to be donated to Matthew 25 Min- istries. Personal care items were brought in by the children. The dental care items were donated by Dr. harles Judge, DDS and his staff.

3 a lvary Episcopal hurch V BS V olume 1, I s s u e 1 P a ge 3 Song - In the Beginning. D In the beginning od made the heavens and the earth.and it was good. (3 times) On the first day One He made the darkness and light On the 2 nd day Two He made the sky and water. One the 3 rd day Three He made the land, the food and the trees. On the 4 th day Four He made the sun and moon and stars! horus In the beginning. On the 5 th day, Five He made the fish and the birds, On the 6 th day Six od made the animals, and on that day od made Man. A7 D On the 7 th day od rested. (snore) horus In the beginning Mmm, it was good. Mmm, it was good. Mmm, It was great! More songs on the following pages. Meals bring children and workers together Sharing meals together helped to create a sense of community for the children and those helping with VBS. Dinner was served Thursday and Friday with a snack served on Saturday. Thursday Jason Leo and Bob Hauck made a pizza run. Watermelon was served long with pizza. Friday Bruce Ault grilled chicken which was served with grapes. Barbara Falgner-Syphax and Maureen Siereveld prepared Dirt Pudding, chocolate pudding with gummy worms nestled in the pudding. Friday morning Barbara Lind- say, Jeannie Leo and Helene Ault gathered to make home made bread from a recipe provided by Miriam Hill. The bread with honey was served as the snack on Saturday.. Many of the items served were chosen from a list of foods served in Jesus time, excluding the pizza but on never knows...

4 P a ge 4 a lvary Episcopal hurch V BS D irt! Let the Lord Lead You Whose the Walking on the Water? A song sung during VBS 09 and used this year as traveling music. Who s that walking on the water? D Who s that walking on the sea? Who s that walking on the water? D JESUS! He cares for me!

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