FORT STEWART, Ga. - Now that the school year is over, youth from Fort Stewart are exploring various activities that Vacation Bible School has to offer during the summer. With VBS's summer theme of "Amazing Wonders," youth from pre-k to sixth grade started a five-day program at the Main Post Chapel, June 4.
"Vacation Bible School is an annual [program] that many churches across many denominations do," Mike Iliff said, Director of Religious Education. "The purpose of it is to give kids an intensive, everyday study of the Bible in a fun kind of environment."
Iliff shared that during Vacation Bible Schools, the program includes music, children participate in arts and crafts, recreation such as duck-duck-goose, and bible study.
"Our [VBS at Fort Stewart] is for kindergartners to four-year-olds through sixth grade," he said. "We have somewhere around 160 kids [this year]. We have about 40 volunteers. It definitely takes a lot of volunteers to make this happen."
During the five-day program, youth will rotate from one class to another. Each class presents a different approach of bible study. From singing along to playing group games, the youth are able to interact with other children and instructors while learning about stories from the bible.
"The theme idea is like an airplane and it flies around the world," shared Iliff. "[They] see the different things that God created, showing his creative power."
For dad Spc. Timothy Admire, HHC, USAG, Vacation Bible School is an opportunity for his two boys to learn about biblical messages while having fun.
"[VBS] gives my [sons] a good environment," Spc. Admire said. "It also allows me to spend time with them in a good atmosphere. My oldest [James] is seven, and the younger one is Christian; [he's four-years-old]."
Specialist Admire shares that VBS teaches children the fundamentals of the bible at an early age.
"Being around a lot of kids is a challenge for [them]," he said. "They're around other kids here . . . It teaches good Family values -- sign language is one of them. It allows them to just have fun, relax and be themselves."
Specialist Admire said that if parents missed the opportunity of signing their child up for VBS this year that they should definitively sign their youth up for next year's adventure.
"If you didn't get a chance to be here this year, definitely think about it next year," he said. "It's about the same time frame for next year."
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