Week 5 - Union Grove Baptist Church, FBC Liberty, El Salvador Assembly of God, Meadow Grove & The Bucketiers

Rosamond

Union Grove Baptist Church from North Carolina was in the house this week, and it was a blast! The team came prepared to love the kids at Rosamond well and they served with flexibility and compassion. All week long Union Grove had to battle issues with their bus, but they always found a way to overcome those transportation obstacles and maintain a positive attitude. No matter the heat, the team was carrying, holding and interacting with the kids. They found new kids to bring to Bible club all week long! At Bible story, the kids got to sing a song that went along with the story, which really helped the kids remember what they had learned. Crafts were always fun and interactive, and the team brought a tent so that the kids could make crafts in the shade, which proved really helpful! All of the kids loved making pom-pom caterpillar magnets and coloring a pop-up coloring sheet about Jesus' resurrection. Games was poppin' all week long! From parachutes to relay races, everyone stayed actively involved the whole time. Songs was a lot of fun too, as the kids played musical games, limbo and freeze dance! We are beyond thankful that Union Grove helped provide lunches for the kids on July 4th, and provided love and fun for them all week long! We absolutely cannot wait to have Union Grove back!
- Brianna & Antone

Guernsey
A HUGE thank you to FBC Liberty for showing up to love on the Guernsey kids this week. I was super excited to have this team return to G-Street, as most of them have been there before, and reconnect with a lot of the kids. The team showed the kids pictures from the previous years, and it was sweet to see the kids remember the team members. Bible story was super interactive all week long. Our older boys were actually excited to go to learn about Jesus and were constantly asking questions. One of the Bible stories explained that we are lost without God, then to describe that the kids had to follow directions to put a flashlight together. The kids eventually got the flashlights to work and realized that the directions were necessary. In crafts, Liberty helped the kids make crowns with Bible verses on them and then the kids got to wear them the rest of the day! The kids loved the crowns so much that some of them came back to club wearing them the next day. Thank you so much, FBC Liberty, for loving so well. We can’t wait to have you back in town!
- Katie P.

Whittier

We are beyond thankful to have had Ridgedale Baptist Church from Chattanooga, TN in for week 5! They taught the kids all about people in the Bible that God used to fulfill His purposes like Jonah, Noah & Daniel - oh my! Every craft, game, and song went along with the stories. Ridgedale taught about Daniel and the lion's den and then helped our kids make the cutest “stress balls” ever by filling yellow balloons with rice and drawing a lion face on it. We cannot express our gratitude for Ridgedale Baptist making the sacrifice to give up this 4th of July holiday to come and serve our kids and community. This not only kept Whitvegas babies from missing out on a week of Bible clubs, but allowed them to keep the consistency of Bible club, celebrate the 4th with us, get special lunches, and most importantly see more of Jesus. What a blessed week it was! Thank you for serving our community here in Memphis once again, Ridgedale! We had a blast!
- Claire & Kristin

National

We were absolutely blessed to have El Salvador Assembly of God serving at National this week! Lots of fun was had and loads of love were given! The kids enjoyed helping act out the Bible story each day. It helped them truly learn and understand the stories! Games was so much fun as the kids played kickball, ultimate frisbee, and really exciting relay games. Songs was a big hit, too! The kids loved dancing to the cha-cha slide, playing freeze dance, and singing songs as loudly as they could. No matter how many kids we had or how hot it was, the team was excited to go out, serve, and love the community. On Friday we talked about what all the Lord has done this week. It was so sweet to reflect on how the Lord worked in not only the kids' lives but also each team members life. Thank you, El Salvador Assembly of God, for choosing to say yes to Jesus and for serving his people in Memphis so well. We can't wait to serve alongside each of you again! 
- Morgan & Kara

Johnson

Week 5 at Johnson was so sweet. We had two former staffers, Alice and Bucket, and their teams, Meadow Grove and the Bucketiers in the house. There were some really sweet moments as Bucket and Alice got to reunite with a few Bible club kids that they had while they were on staff. The teams had tons of energy and loved the Bible club kids so well all week long. We hit the summer high on Friday with 44 kids! We met many new faces this week and they had so much fun learning about Jesus all week long. The kids' favorite story was the conversion of Saul to Paul. At songs, the kids learned Bible verses and had screaming contests to see who could yell the verses the loudest. Games was a blast all week, too. The team brought stuff for relay races, obstacle courses, and even played connect four with the kids. Crafts provided some really sweet time for conversations with the kiddos while making journals, salvation bracelets, frisbees and more! Throughout the week, Octavious was asking questions about salvation. On the way home Wednesday, he prayed and asked Jesus to save him. The team was so excited to celebrate this moment with him. We want to thank Meadow Grove and the Bucketiers for loving Johnson so well. WE ARE, WE ARE JOHNSON!
-Jordan, Andrea & Marcus

Pope

P-O-P-E! That is where we want to be! FBC Arcadia brought us an amazing week 5 at Pope. We had a high of 43 kids on Monday, and the kids had so much fun all week long! Our kids loved sack racing and running obstacle courses in games. They also loved being in crafts where they got to plant seeds and be little Queens and Kings with the crowns they made! On Friday, our kids were super excited because they got to take backpacks home. In songs, they got to learn several new songs and sing old ones like Baby Shark! In Bible story, the kids learned about bad and good kings and queens, and that we should all be good kings and queens. The kids also got a Bible so they can continue learning about God on their own time! Thank you so much, FBC Arcadia, for a great week and for loving our kids so well.
- Abbey, Tanisha & Carla