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Down to the wire.

Decorating week has gone very well.

+ We need help on Sunday, at 12 Noon, to decorate Bryce Hall. 

+ Last chance Safe Environment class is Monday at 8 AM in the youth room. 

+ Students can still register, in person, on Monday morning.

VBS Update

+ Decorating Week starts Monday, June 13th, 10 AM.  Lunch is provided, we finish each day at 2 pm.  Baby sitting is available. BUT -- I need to know which days baby sitting is needed so let me know at bwaldrop@cox.net .

+ Safe Environment Training is Monday, June 13th, 10 AM, for all those who have not taken it yet. Meet in the youth room.

+ I need some helpers with registration after each of the masses this weekend, except for the 10 AM mass.  Call me at 200-8155 if you can help with that.

Thanks!

Meeting for adult volunteers

There will be a meeting for adult volunteers on Wednesday, June 8th, at 1130 Am.  Lunch will be provided. This will last about an hour.

Updated Adult volunteer needs

We've had good response to recruiting efforts, but we are still short adult Tribe Leaders.  These leaders have responsibility for 10-12 kids, and take them around to the activities of the day. There is a packet of info for the tribe leaders to help them with their job.

Here's what we need.

I've just finished going through the volunteers who have signed up. Here's a list of those assigned at this tgime -- http://epiphanyvbs.blogspot.com/p/2011-vbs-staff.html .  We have the following vacancies/needs for volunteers:

ADULT VOLUNTEERS
 Decorators (during decorating week, June 13-17 and June 19 after the 1230 PM mass.

SHOPKEEPERS
The shopkeepers each have a craft they do with the students, and also help reinforce the lessons for the day in their craft programs.  We have found volunters for the Bead, Wool, and Farmer shopkeepers, but we still need. . .

Carpentry Shopkeeper
Rock Quarry Shopkeeper
Dye Shop Shopkeeper

TRIBE LEADERS
We need 7 adults (which include college age) to serve as Tribe Leaders to lead elementary age tribes, and 2 adults to lead pre-school/kindergarden tribes. You will be responsible for taking a group of about 12 students, organized into your tribe, through the activities of the day, and conducting their two daily meetings, at the beginning and the end. Everything is scripted for you. Tribe Leaders are also primary presenters of the Catholic Content of the program.

KITCHEN HELP
We need more kitchen help, plus we need people to bring bread dough each day for the kitchen helpers to cook as flatbreads. AND we need kitchen help during decorating week to set out the lunches for the students.

TEEN VOLUNTEERS
Here's what we need for teen volunteers.

Decorators:  We need more decorators.

Assistant Tribe Leaders: We need 2 assistant tribe leaders for the elementary age tribes, and 3 assistant tribe leaders for the preschool/kindergarden tribes.

Fun and Games Assistants:  We need 2 assistants for the elementary age fun and games, and 2 assistants for the preschool/kindergarden fun and games.

NEW date and time for Safe Environment Class

The Safe Environment Class will be presented two more times before VBS starts:
Tuesday, June 7, 630 PM (note the time change), in the Youth Room.
Monday, June 13, 10 AM, in the Youth Room.

Let me know if these two dates are impossible for you and you want to volunteer for VBS.

Thanks!

Safe Environment Classes

Any volunteers who have not participated in the Safe Environment training must do so before VBS starts.  Safe Environment training will be offered on:

• Wednesday, May 25, at 630 PM, in the Youth Room, and 
• Tuesday, June 7th, in the Youth room, 7 PM.

Contact Tracey at extention 120 for more information.

Minimum age

Children enrolling in Epiphany VBS must be at least three years old AS OF September 1, 2010.

Registration is open!

Registration is now open -- for students, adult volunteers, and teen helpers.  This year, all registration will be online.  Go to https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/hl/epiphanyokc  and click on the appropriate link to either register a student or to register as a volunteer (adults and teen helpers use the same registration link.  Questions, comments, problems? Email Bob at music@epiphanyokc.com .  Thanks! 

Please register SOONER rather than later. Thanks!

Intro video to Nazareth: Where Jesus was a kid!

Top five reasons to volunteer at Epiphany VBS!

Be like Bob!!

Jackie Trepagnier Comment

Yo Ho, Captain Bob! Thank you for heading up this week's High Seas Adventure and thanks to the Crew Leaders of the Grateful Great Whites. We have some wonderful, grateful, happy and fun members of our group. Some of them are new to us and some are familiar faces, but all are delightful to be with and we are learning from and with them every day. I look forward to the next two days of our great Adventure!


Jackie Trepagnier, Group Leader of the Grateful Great Whites

Debbie Greiner comment

Debbie Greiner, who is helping with the elementary group's Bible Voyage, sent this comment. . .

Ahoy!


Every adventure needs a captain and we are so blessed to have Captain Bob to lead us, arghh! This High Seas Adventure has brought together the most amazing crew. Everywhere you look it is "all hands on deck". Teen crew leaders have jumped into the adventure and are guiding their crews in more ways than one. They are not just gettting them from room to room but leading discussions and leading the way with their enthusiastic, "Let's Go!" Group leaders have become the tour guides, monitoring the groups as they travel through the day. Every ship needs a galley and ours has a busy crew making sure that snacks are there for the hungry sailors. Every station has a First Mate and Ship Mates to help with the activty, whatever that may be.

Basically, everywhere you look, the High Seas are a storm of activity You hear prayer, see smiles, hear children, oops, I mean sailors talking about God, about Peter and Paul and more, singing songs of joy and praise, filling the High Seas with a wave of joy and blessings. All of these ship mates are working together learning how God's Word works in our lives!

Thanks to everyone that is involved in making this High Seas Adventure great, through their work and prayer!! It is a blessing to be involved with this part of our Faith Community!

Look out world because this voyage of God's Word is picking up speed and making waves!

Let's Go!
Ship Mate Debbie

What a week!

Decorating week has been quite the experience.  Every day -- 35 to 40 young people and adult volunteers -- painting, hanging, taping, designing, inventing.  Epiphany has of course never thrown away a single VBS decoration from previous years, and since we've had other water themes, we had lots of stuff to sort through and pick from.  OK, the Princess and Castle walls not so much, but the pirate and island tiki fit just fine with the present theme.  Well, once we eliminated the skull and crossbones motifs from the pirate ships anyway. 

The "Supply Savenger Hunt" was a great success, and volunteers stepped up to do the final shopping today. 

So I think it has come to pass that we are about ready for Monday morning.

Volunteers -- we'll see you at 830 AM sharp in Bryce Hall.

Students and parents -- we'll see you at 9 AM in Bryce Hall.

Everyone enters at the Family Life Gymnasium entrance on the west side of the church.

Worker Comments. . .

Janelle Martinez: So far we have helped decorate the rooms. It was fun because we got to do it ourselves. It all came from our ideas instead of someone telling us how to do it. I am really excited for VBS to start and can not wait for the week ahead.

Oscar Martinez: decorating was awesome,  it was cool working with other people.

Derrick Nguyen: I've helped decorate some of the rooms and do a little bit of craft work. Meeting all of the volunteers that you're working with is an enlightening experience because it makes it a joyous time. Also, having the knowledge of making a difference also makes me happy. :)

Kevin Nguyen: My life has been changed, not for the worst, but for the best. I have helped to decorate Bryce Hall with beautiful decorations. Meeting the other volunteers while working has made this a much better experience. Especially working with Armando and Derrick.

Armando: Working this past week has been like a near death experience, but not.  I mean that in working this week has caused me to experience an epiphany (no pun intended), in that now I have been showed that working with others can be extremely fun as well as being beneficial to people who are in need of my devout service.  I have enjoyed all I have done this week, it has given me a great feeling of satsifaction and joy.

Change in date for safe environment training.

The safe environment training for VBS volunteers will be given Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11, at 12 Noon, instead of Wednesday and Thursday.