Vacation Bible School

Join the Rocky Railway this summer and learn how we can trust Jesus to pull us through when life feels like a valley or a mountaintop.  We will also learn about saints that relate back to the Bible point for each day. 

Ages: 3 years (potty trained) through entering 5th grade in the fall of 2020.
Dates: June 15-19, 2020
Times: 9:30 AM-12:30 PM (AM session) or 5:30 PM -8:30 PM (PM Session).  The PM session also offers the opportunity to purchase an evening meal each day.

Registration

April 1, 2020 -Open to volunteers & their children
May 1, 2020 -Open to Christ the Redeemer registered parishioners
May 2, 2020 -Open to the public

Preschool:  Includes children age 3 (must be potty trained), age 4 & entering Kindergarten in fall 2020

Elementary:  Includes children entering 1st grade though entering 5th grade in fall 2020

For details, contact Linda Watso at linda.watso@ctrcc.com or 281-469-5533.

Registration for volunteers & their children begins Wednesday, April 1st, 2020!

 

How Can I Help?

Adults interested in volunteering behind the scenes before VBS begins, please contact Linda Watso at linda.watso@ctrcc.com or 281-469-5533.

Adult volunteers are needed to facilitate group songs, games, snacks, Bible study, skits, decorating, and support for planning and organizing. Training for all new adult volunteers is mandatory.  Children of adult volunteers will not be charged the $30 fee, only a $10 T-shirt fee per child attending.

Teens entering 8th grade or higher can serve as crew leaders for the children but must attend required formation training.

Training

If you will be 18 or older before VBS begins & have never gove through Safe Environment training, or need to renew your training, you must complete the training online.  Click here for more information & to register for Safe Environment online training.

All adult volunteers new to the program must attend a volunteer meeting.  Please plan to attend one of the two training listed:

• TBA
• TBA

The Ark will be open during all meetings and Noah's Place, in the narthex, will be open during the week of VBS for childcare.  For more information please contact VBS Director, Linda Watso at linda.watso.ctrcc.com or 281-469-5533.

All teen volunteers must attend one of the music/singing practices, one of the mandatory teen meetings (held immediately following the music/singing practices), and attend one decorating time slot (which are in two-hour increments).  If you are a first-time teen volunteer, your parents(s) must attend the meeting with you. 

Teen volunteers will be taught the songs and movements for the first hour, and then will be joined by adults for program training.  Parents of new teen volunteers need only attend for the second hour of the training.
Training Dates:

• TBA
• TBA

Volunteer Registration

Be sure to complete registration forms for your child/children to guarantee placement. Registration for volunteers & their children begins Wednesday, April 1st, 2020.  All volunteers 18 or older must be Safe Environment trained  no later than June 8th.

Please note that no children under the age of 3 will be allowed in the classrooms.  Noah's Place, the CtR Nursery, will be provided for those volunteers who have children under 3 years old.