It's been ten years since the Wrangell Vacation Bible School Team set out for their first visit to Bethel, AK.
As part of the celebration we'd like to share some highlights from each year.
2024 (Good Shepherd)- One of our smallest teams to go and yet the most consistent number of children to attend. The kids loved the theme song "I Just Wanna be a Sheep."
2023 (Good Soil)- An abbreviated version of the standard VBS. The team got to go to Kasigluk, AK as well as Bethel. Making the tissue paper flowers was the best craft.
2022 (Jonah, Overboard)- Wrangell VBS team was join by volunteers from Anchorage and Kennewick, WA. The engineering of props was next level thanks to coordination of some of the men on the team.
2021 (God Makes Me Brave)- Alaska Camps sent over 3 staff member to join the Wrangell and Anchorage team to share the story of Joshua. The skits for Joshua were fun and interactive. The kids loved when they got to march around the walls of Jericho.
2020 (VBS Podcast)- We had been making plans to go when COVID hit. Instead we were able to use this time to create a podcast about how we make a DIY VBS every year.
2019 (Jesus, Water of Life)- Along with the usual trip to Bethel the team went to Trout Creek, MT. It was unanimous that doing the water crafts was the most entertaining place to be during VBS.
2018 (Prayer Warriors)- The team goes once again to Bethel, Craig, and Ketchikan. It was a hit to create a program in which the kids follow along a new believer who is learning to be prayer warrior with the story of David.
2017 (God Leads His People)- The team goes once again to Bethel, Craig, and Ketchikan this year. It is agreed that Old Testament News is a hit. This is confirmed by reports from parents that kids were going home trying to re-enact their own new stations featuring Bible Stories.
2016 (Lost and Found)- VBS team is in Bethel and Ketchikan. One of the rotations included a nightly Lost and Found Treasure hunt. The kids loved it!
2015 (Faithful God)- One of the largest VBS teams arrives in Bethel with the totes to prove it. The youth group got to re-use an idea from their drama group to create the women of the Bible Old Testament version. The kids were enthralled with the idea.
2014 (God's Creation)- The first year the team goes to VBS. They have little idea what would work and thus they chose to start at the beginning in Genesis. It is slow going with two kids the first night but slowly builds up to 12 by the end of the week. They learn valuable lesson and make enduring connections. The team makes plan to return.
The Wrangell VBS team wishes to thank all the volunteers who have helped with VBS during the last 10 years!
As part of the celebration we'd like to share some highlights from each year.
2024 (Good Shepherd)- One of our smallest teams to go and yet the most consistent number of children to attend. The kids loved the theme song "I Just Wanna be a Sheep."
2023 (Good Soil)- An abbreviated version of the standard VBS. The team got to go to Kasigluk, AK as well as Bethel. Making the tissue paper flowers was the best craft.
2022 (Jonah, Overboard)- Wrangell VBS team was join by volunteers from Anchorage and Kennewick, WA. The engineering of props was next level thanks to coordination of some of the men on the team.
2021 (God Makes Me Brave)- Alaska Camps sent over 3 staff member to join the Wrangell and Anchorage team to share the story of Joshua. The skits for Joshua were fun and interactive. The kids loved when they got to march around the walls of Jericho.
2020 (VBS Podcast)- We had been making plans to go when COVID hit. Instead we were able to use this time to create a podcast about how we make a DIY VBS every year.
2019 (Jesus, Water of Life)- Along with the usual trip to Bethel the team went to Trout Creek, MT. It was unanimous that doing the water crafts was the most entertaining place to be during VBS.
2018 (Prayer Warriors)- The team goes once again to Bethel, Craig, and Ketchikan. It was a hit to create a program in which the kids follow along a new believer who is learning to be prayer warrior with the story of David.
2017 (God Leads His People)- The team goes once again to Bethel, Craig, and Ketchikan this year. It is agreed that Old Testament News is a hit. This is confirmed by reports from parents that kids were going home trying to re-enact their own new stations featuring Bible Stories.
2016 (Lost and Found)- VBS team is in Bethel and Ketchikan. One of the rotations included a nightly Lost and Found Treasure hunt. The kids loved it!
2015 (Faithful God)- One of the largest VBS teams arrives in Bethel with the totes to prove it. The youth group got to re-use an idea from their drama group to create the women of the Bible Old Testament version. The kids were enthralled with the idea.
2014 (God's Creation)- The first year the team goes to VBS. They have little idea what would work and thus they chose to start at the beginning in Genesis. It is slow going with two kids the first night but slowly builds up to 12 by the end of the week. They learn valuable lesson and make enduring connections. The team makes plan to return.
The Wrangell VBS team wishes to thank all the volunteers who have helped with VBS during the last 10 years!
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