Samara
Spring has come. School is out for a week. Parents have a serious problem – what to do with the kids? Unfortunately the local government is unable to provide a high-quality alternative for parents. Therefore St. George Lutheran in Samara decided to respond to this need, and for the first time advertised in a newspaper that the church would host a children's day camp from March 25 to 28.
Although they had high hopes for attracting new people, they were surprised (in a good way!) at just how positive the response was. The program was interesting and productive. The morning started with songs, and then children listened to a Bible story. Later the kids worked up an appetite by playing games outside. By the end of the week the children waited to pray before beginning to eat their lunch.
After lunch there were field trips and workshops in preparation of the Easter program. The watchword of the day camp was taken from Psalm 121.8: “The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.” The Biblical themes were dedicated, of course, to Holy Week and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Tatyana Kuznetsova, Evgeniya Birintsev, Elena Kurmyshova and Olga Temirbulatova showed the children the world of the Bible; Lukas Hoernig and Anya Agapov ran around together with the kids; Tamara Mikhailova fed everyone with her treats and Tamara Kolesnikova fought to keep everything clean. With such a good team it is possible to think about how to make the next day camp even better.
Spring has come. School is out for a week. Parents have a serious problem – what to do with the kids? Unfortunately the local government is unable to provide a high-quality alternative for parents. Therefore St. George Lutheran in Samara decided to respond to this need, and for the first time advertised in a newspaper that the church would host a children's day camp from March 25 to 28.
Although they had high hopes for attracting new people, they were surprised (in a good way!) at just how positive the response was. The program was interesting and productive. The morning started with songs, and then children listened to a Bible story. Later the kids worked up an appetite by playing games outside. By the end of the week the children waited to pray before beginning to eat their lunch.
After lunch there were field trips and workshops in preparation of the Easter program. The watchword of the day camp was taken from Psalm 121.8: “The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.” The Biblical themes were dedicated, of course, to Holy Week and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Tatyana Kuznetsova, Evgeniya Birintsev, Elena Kurmyshova and Olga Temirbulatova showed the children the world of the Bible; Lukas Hoernig and Anya Agapov ran around together with the kids; Tamara Mikhailova fed everyone with her treats and Tamara Kolesnikova fought to keep everything clean. With such a good team it is possible to think about how to make the next day camp even better.
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