Firetruck FRIDAY!!!!!!!

Whaaaa-hoooooo! The firetruck came and the FRIDAY slide show is live! Check it out on the vbs web page!

Our theme for the final day of Vacation Bible School was “Choose to be thankful” and today’s Bible verse is from Psalm 118:24: “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” That’s one of my all-time favorite verses, and I was jumping for joy when I heard that song on the radio last Sunday because I KNEW it had to be the song for our firetruck day! YAY!

Be sure to come to church Sunday morning! William and Micah will make a repeat performance during Children’s Time and we will sing a few of our favorite vbs songs. Since I didn’t learn the song words or hand motions, I need you all there to help!

Keep your eye on the blog for information about how to order prints. I’m going to take my time organizing that, since I need to get back to my day job now (and my night job too). All proceeds from print sales will be donated to the Mission Fund of my church, specifically to benefit Habitat for Humanity. We’ll send out an email about it, but I’ll also post something about it here.

I hope to see you all soon! Space fills up fast for vbs at our church, so be sure to register early next year! See you at church!
Whaaaaaaa-hoooooooooo!

Your ride operator,
Abigail
(aka jules)

And now, a few words for my friends on the assembly team…

Special thanks to our Propman, Gabe, for being an amazing assistant photographer. I set my camera on “shutter priority,” gave it a reasonable shutter speed to capture the action in the Sanctuary, set the white balance, turned off the flash, and handed the camera to him. He did a really fabulous job while I was leading the assemblies. He captured the moments like a true pro, never once missing something important, and often capturing things I never expected. He also did a great job composing shots and focusing on things from interesting angles. Thanks Gabe!

Check out this Gabe shot. As part of one of our skits, we spilled popcorn all over the floor, and during the skit the “choose forgiveness” sign fell off the stage among the popcorn. Spilled popcorn: choose forgiveness. Isn’t that a great message? I just love pictures that tell a story.

Here’s one that Gabe took during the famed popcorn assembly. All the actors did a great job with their lines and on all the props too. It was a pleasure working with all of you! The adorable actress who played “Miriam” was my covenant partner this year. Love you, girl! You’re the BEST! Her sister played the part of the puppet we called, “Micah.” She delivered her lines like a pro, and all the kids loved the puppets! You guys ROCK!

My son, Bradley, also took pictures for me. He took this one of me arranging a clown shot. Nice way to document a moment, Brad!

Here’s my resulting clown shot. Robin made the clown. Nice job, Robin! The kids LOVED it!

Here’s another shot Bradley took. I love the composition, dude! And of course, he’d pick the camo Crocs to photograph, but I love how he thought to document a fashion trend for our time at this church.

Bradley played the part of Prince William (the frog and the prince), doing an excellent job! Brad, it is pure pleasure to be your mom! (Most of the time.)

Also, a huge thanks to Brenda for heading up the music. I always love the pictures of kids singing, but the best part is that they can learn all those fun songs in a week, and then perform some really difficult stuff for the parents during the closing program. Amazing! And of course, a very special thanks to Nancy for organizing our fabulous vbs. Without her, there would be no pictures to share! Love you, Nancy!

No firetruck party would be complete without a firetruck! Major thanks to the Metuchen Fire Department for coming out and ROCKING our big party! You guys are AWESOME!

Ok, really signing off now…jules

OOPS! One more thing: If you forgot the username and password for the VBS slide show site, no problem! If you’re a member of my church or a family who participated in VBS, send me an email or call the church office for information on how to get to the show.

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