2023 Vacation Bible School

We had a blast welcoming 200 kids each day to Hero Hotline VBS June 12th-16th! For the third year in a row, we hosted Preschoolers and Kindergarteners in the morning and Elementary-aged kids in the evening. As the children rotated between worship, crafts, games, snacks, and Bible stories, they learned that Heroes are called to follow Jesus, help others, work together, listen to God, and show grace. Throughout the week, our young people had fun memorizing Romans 14:19:

As always, we are super grateful for our amazing volunteers. More than 100 adult and teen heroes dedicated countless hours to building, decorating, and leading groups and stations during VBS. We are so proud of our Youth in 6th grade and up who guided younger children and were phenomenal with them.

Every kid who came through our church doors truly felt the love of God thanks to the efforts of so many awesome people!

This year the Family Ministry team was thrilled to partner with Pastor Kate Smith to collect school supplies and raise money for school uniforms for the children of Tijuana Christian Mission in Tijuana, Mexico. Our VBS families contributed over 200 items and $1200 for the young heroes at TCM! Pastor Kate led her 28th mission team to Tijuana the day after VBS ended. This team included some of our Youth who had just volunteered all week at VBS! They were able to deliver our donations in person and complete several projects for TCM during their visit.

Flower Buds

Did you know our congregation is involved with a flower ministry? Flower Buds of Cincinnati strives to spread joy through the use of repurposed flowers to share with Hospice patients, children and family ministry groups, nursing homes and those who usually would not receive flowers. Accepting flower donations weekly from area merchants and floral markets that would otherwise be thrown away, to recycle them into beautiful floral bouquets and deliver to those in need of cheer and kindness during a difficult time. This fun, ecumenical group of volunteers can be found working out of our kitchen and refectory every other Monday morning. Would you like to join us? Volunteers do everything from pickup of flowers, washing vases, preparing flowers, arranging, and delivery. For more information on how you can participate in this flower ministry, please send an email to Karen Martin at karenkarchermatin@ yahoo.com. Donated vases are always needed.

www.flowerbudscincinnati.org