Calvary Chapel Upland Childrens Ministry Blog

This year our VBS theme here at Calvary Chapel Upland was; "Set Sail". With the "Set Sail" theme wee learned about the life of Paul. We had a great time! Everyone enjoyed the worship, crafts, snacks, games, and the bible studies. It was such a blessing watching everyone grow in their walks with the Lord. The best thing that happend at VBS was that we had 35 kids give their hearts to Jesus Christ. Each day at VBS we learned about a diffrent event in Paul's life. The first day we heard about how Paul (who was called Saul at that time), was on the road to Damascus, then the Lord apperead to him in a bright light and Saul was converted that day, he gave his life to Christ on that road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-18). On the second we heard about Paul meeting a woman named Lydia. On that day Paul shared about Jesus Christ to Lydia, and on that day Lydia gave her heart to Jesus Christ(Acts 16:6-15). On the 3rd day of VBS we heard about how Paul and Silas were sent to prison. While they worshiped God and prayed to Him then, a great earthquake shoke the prison doors, loosened up their chains, opened up the prison doors, but they did not escape. Instead all the prisoners stayed in their prison doors, and becuase of that the prison guard gave his heart to Jesus Christ, and also his whole family got saved that day as well (Acts 16:16-40). On the 4th day we learned that even when Paul was on trial and wherever he went he preached the good news (Acts 21:1-3,7,15,27-22:30;23:11-26:32). Also on the 4th day we learned a easy way to share the good news with a friend, a neighbor, classmate, or family member; by sharing with them the wordless book. On the last day of VBS we learned about how Paul kept his faith in God even though he was in a storm and shipwrecked (Acts 27). It was God that did all the work at VBS, and I had such a honor and blessing being able to teach all of you kids. I love all you guys and gals and you are always in my prayers. Oh yea also each day we had a raffle for a box of Cap-n-crunch. Well thank you for reading this and God bless.

In Christ <><,
Jason Arellano (aka Captain Jason)

e-mail me at
j.arellano@ccupland.org