Our 2003 Vacation Bible School Program
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Riverside Presbyterian Church is bubbling with excitement as we dive into a Super Cool Undersea Bible Adventure (SCUBA).  On this adventure, kids won't find any boring reminders of tedious schoolwork.  Our SCUBA program will provide fun, memorable Bible-learning activities for kids of all ages.  Each day kids will sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, nibble tasty treats from Dive-In Diner, experience electrifying Bible adventures, and create bible point crafts they'll take home and play with all summer long.  SCUBA is an exciting way for kids to learn about Bible people who went deeper in their faith.  We'll be studying Elijah, Jonah, and stories about Jesus and his followers.  Plus, kids will take part in a hand on mission project that will reach a local charity.  Last year our charity was the Niagara SPCA and Habitat for Humanity.  This years mission projects will be the Niagara Falls Aquarium and we will collect pennies for Habitat for Humanity.  We'll conclude each day with a festive Sea Star Finale that gets everyone involved in celebrating what they've learned.  Family members and friends are encouraged to join us daily for this special time.  We hope SCUBA will help our community dive deeper in God's Love.  Another important part of our VBS program is volunteers.  While the children are a very important part of this program, volunteers are important to make this program work.  There are many different areas that a volunteer can help out.  We are looking for people to lead our SCUBA crews.  Scuba crew leaders are like older brothers and sisters in the scuba crew family.  They aren't responsible for teaching, and they don't have to prepare anything.  Scuba crew leaders can be teenagers, collage students, parents, or grandparents.  They need only to love the Lord and love to be with children.  They get to guide there group which consists of 3-5 children to each workshop during the day.  If you volunteer to be a crew leader you have your choice of working with the elementary age children, or working with our Pre-K Tide Pool station.  We also need volunteers to help with committees such as decorations, preparing food, setting up or cleaning up, publicity, photographer, etc.  Everything we do at VBS is important.  This is a week of so much fun.  It's like reliving our childhood all over again.  Just call Lisa Tripi with your questions.  Also, now is the time to pre-register your child for our SCUBA VBS.  Our SCUBA VBS program will begin Monday, August 18 and continues through Friday, August 22.  Our "divers" will meet here at Riverside each day from 9am until 12noon.  The cost of our VBS program is only $5.00 a child fro the week, or $15.00 for a family of 4 or more.  This is the help defer the cost of supplies during the week.  The VBS is for any child age 4 years old to 5th grade.  So come on out, see what its like (Please click here to view our wish list of needed supplies).