Dear Cornerstone Family,
For the Pastoral Notes today, I’ve asked our Children’s Director, Meredith Suits, to report on our fast-approaching Vacation Bible School on May 27-30. —Nate
For many students in Franklin, including my own kindergartener and third grader, the countdown to the end of the school year has officially begun, and coinciding with this countdown is the children’s ministry team’s countdown to VBS 2025! We are only three weeks away from our kick-off night, and I have some important details to share and ways you can get involved in this big event in the life of our church.
This year’s VBS is a combined effort between Cornerstone and our friends just up the road at All Saints Presbyterian Church in Brentwood. We are thrilled to have All Saints kids and volunteers join us this year, and I know they are excited as well. We will also have several families from the community at large participating. I hope you will spend time praying this month not only for the logistics of VBS (and for great weather, since our VBS will be outside at Jim Warren Park!) but also for the hearts of all the children who will attend this VBS. Many will be from homes where their faith is nurtured by Christian parents, but several are coming from homes which don’t attend church regularly. We pray that VBS will be one way God would grow the faith of our covenant children and plant seeds of faith into hearts of children who don’t hear the good news of the gospel at home.
The theme this year is Masterpiece: Created for a Purpose. We will spend our evenings together talking about God as the master creator of our world and also of people, who are made in his image—masterpieces created anew in Christ (Ephesians 2:10). Laura Coughlin, Sebastian Bjernegård, and Nancy Guthrie will be our devotional speakers for the week. Pray for them as they prepare short devotionals for the children and lead us in the truth.
Thankfully, we have all the in-person volunteers we currently need for each evening of VBS. This is an answer to prayer; I’m so grateful for a congregation full of people willing to spend every evening one week during May to minister to our children. What a gift!
Even if you can’t join us in-person for VBS this year there are many other ways to help. You’ll see the QR codes below for our Amazon wish list and a sign-up genius for supplies and snacks. We have some fun crafts, snacks, and games planned for this year, and your contributions will help make this possible.
Thanks, everyone, for your support and your prayers as we prepare for this week of learning and fellowship.
Sincerely,
Meredith Suits
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