Tuesday, July 1

Creation Education

We're going to rewind a couple of weeks back to our VBS week...

Operation Space: A Close Encounter with God's Word

...an excellent week and one of the most memorable each year for our family. Each year the curriculum is written around the truths of Creation Science and how God & His word relate to and fuel our lives today.

This year we focused on....SPACE (you guessed it) and the amazing way that God created our planet to be the perfect & only known place to display His glory in His own image - humans!

Our boys LOVED it and were so thrilled to start a new day & arrive at VBS each morning. We usually struggle during our busy weeks. So it was "somethin" that they didn't whine & throw fits when we had to get out the door in the am. Clearly the hand of God helping out in our daily lives and drawing our boys to love what they were learning about Him!


During the week, our good friend mentioned her son has been listening to a set of CD's called "The Jonathan Park Series." I wondered if they would be more appropriate for older kids, but we picked up a set at the VBS bookstore anyhow. Well...BOTH boys are HOOKED on them!

They ask to hear them in the van, no matter the length of the trip & as they go to bed at night. This 4-CD set is packed full of 12 episodes of adventure. While these made-for-radio dramas are classified as fiction, they are based on actual places & scientific discoveries. Brent and I have really enjoyed listening along and have learned a lot ourselves!

If you're looking for come good ear-candy for a road trip, we suggest Jonathan Park to keep the whole family in tune & learning more about defending our faith in God & His creation!

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3 comments:

The Butler Family said...

Thanks for the tip on the radio program. We'll have to try it. My kids love listening to The Pond (http://www.lifeatthepond.com/). In fact, we call our basement "the pond" because we always have it on when we're down there. :)

Amanda said...

Whatta know... I'm NOT the only loony lady from NWB in blogland! And here I was half afraid to confess that! Good to read ya! See you at church!

Anonymous said...

how old do you have to be to go to vbs? Looks like fun! I know our church does vbs but i've never gone. i'll have to look into that. do you remember when we went? i can remember they would serve watermelon for a treat and i hated it. that's wasn't a treat for me as a kid and it still isn't now. just give me a cookie - that's what i call a treat!!