Crocodile Dock was a ton of fun!

Crocodile Dock (our Vacation Bible School for 2009) was a great week. By the numbers:

• 140 kids registered
• 120 average daily attendance
• 60+ shoeboxes packed for Operation Christmas Child
• 40+ volunteers

We are so amazed and awed by all that has happened this week. Many, many thanks to all who generously gave their time, talents, items, and other support to make this happen!

Crocodile Dock starts TOMORROW!

Preparations for "Crocodile Dock" (our 2009 VBS) are almost done - welcome to the swamp!



There's a swamp shack in the sanctuary...

...a bait shop in the Sunday School wing...

...and critters all over the place!





And in less than 16 hours, there will be over 80 kids from preschool to grade 6 (and a mighty host of volunteers) all over the place - it should be lots of fun! Online registrations are closed now, but everyone is still welcome - register when you show up, even if you can't make it for Monday morning. See you in the bayou!

Reminder: Vacation Bible School Registration

Vacation Bible School at Bethlehem this summer - August 17 - 21, 2009! Register now at http://www.groupvbs.com/webtoybox/myvbs/bethlehemoutlook and keep an eye on our blog for more details!

Summer 2009 Proclaimer available

From the "better late than never" file: the Summer 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly newsletter, is now available for download.

June 2009 Proclaimer available

The June 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.

Landscaping work

There is still work to be done at our new church. We are now concentrating on landscaping. Every Tuesday evening at 6:30 beginning on April 28, we have met to spread mulch and rake and level in preparation for seeding grass. It has been cold and windy but we have accomplished a lot. A special thank you to all the volunteers including LCBI students on Take Out Tuesday!

Our best turn out was Tuesday, the 19th. We needed many volunteers to rake and level for seeding grass. It was too windy to plant grass so we hope for better weather this Tuesday (May 26th) as we would like to get some grass seeded as soon as possible.

Volunteers Lorne, Margo, John, Jorgen, Len, Janet, Pr. Roger, Pr. Daryl, Elaine, Darlene, Bryan.

Darlene made coffee for all of us.

Pr. Roger shows off the first nations hammerhead he found!

We have a big area to rake!

We have also planted three evergreens. We ordered more so will soon have a "Tree Planting Day!"

We worked mainly on the area by the paved patio. Our mulch pile is getting smaller!


Despite the large area raked, it is only a small part of what needs to be done. If you are looking for something to do, come out and help us this Tuesday evening!

May 2009 Proclaimer available

The May 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.

(Note: due to technical difficulties, the size of this file is larger than other issues - we've tried to keep the file size around 1 to 2 MB, but this issue is currently 4.8 MB. We will continue to try to reduce the size of this file, and will update this if successful. Sorry for any inconvenience.)