University Baptist Church

Scraps the Raccoon, pictured above, took our 2011 VBS children on a culinary adventure where they learned to "shake up" their lives and become followers of Jesus.  This was a fantastic opportunity for UBC children and those in our surrounding communities to follow five different recipes the Bible gives us:

♦   Be Ready for God -- Story:Israelites Celebrate Passover
♦   Give Happily to God -- Story:Festival Celebrations for the Israelites
♦   Believe Fully in Jesus -- Story: Jesus Celebrates the Festival of Booths
♦   Remember Jesus Often -- Story: Jesus Celebrates Passover
♦   Celebrate God Forever -- Story: Festival of Weeks and Pentecost

Children ages 4 through grade 6 gathered from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon and rotated through:

∞  Shake It Up Cafe - where they praised God, learn a little "foodology"
     and discovered the secret ingredient for each day
∞  Kitchen a la King -- Bible activities
∞  Tangy and Tart Arts -- crafts
∞  Spork Sports -- recreation
∞  Takeout Treatery -- snacks
∞  Wok & Roll Hits -- music

This year we partnered for the first time with Riverdale Presbyterian Church located in University Park, with cross-promotional advertising of our two VBS programs.  Their program was June 27 - July 1.  Children were encouraged to Bring-A-Friend each day, and they also participated in bringing food for our Food Pantry.