Far Hills Community Church Vacation Bible School

Last week, I spent my evenings at Far Hills Community Church volunteering for the second year as the Vacation Bible School Photographer. This year, the theme was Armor of God and the format was switched to evenings to allow more parents to participate.


There were about 140 kids and the weather was perfect. Everyone had a fantastic time going from craft sessions, recreation (recess) activities and group activities with theatre and music. It was a blast watching the kids jump up, dance and sing to the music as they learned about the Armor of God as John Truthfinder threw down his Belt of Lies, Sword of Hatred and armor of Sin.

Classes were split between Preschoolers, Kindergarten to 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade to 5th Grade.

To close up the week, the parents came in to the Worship Center and the students received their last lesson, received their "Knighting" in service to God and celebrated with music and singing, closing with Stephen Fee's Broadcast.

During the week, the kids had a competition, boys versus girls, to see who could raise enough money for an orphanage in India that was visited earlier this year by a Far Hills Missionary team. It was inspirational to see the kids raising money for children they had never met to help them with food and shelter. In the end, the boys were announced the winners but it was a win for everyone!

Claudia Spradlin and the team of volunteers did a fantastic job and it was a blessing to be able to participate and see the joy and happiness of the children each day!