Our missions focus for VBS at the Fairview Mennonite Church was Sharing God's Love through Relieving World Hunger. The Food Basket Quilt was used as a visual focus.
Each family collected coins in a Penny Power light bulb bank. These will be channeled through the Northern Michigan Relief Sale on July 31 and August 1.
Each child also took home a small wicker basket which they used to carry back to VBS a few items of non-perishable food for our local food bank.
During VBS the children also participated in a simulated refugee camp and learned how they can make a difference in our world. One little guy asked me to help him calculate how many families he could feed @ $.50 a day with his $2 and $5 bills.
Another little girl said, "I feel so guilty", speaking of all the food she has to eat. Our response is - we just need to be thankful and be willing to share.
The Sundays prior to and following VBS we displayed the Food Basket Quilt in the sanctuary as we shared in a "noisy offering" which the children collected in ten buckets and watched Penny Power Videos.
Thank you for loaning the Food Basket Traveling Quilt.
Submitted by: Sally L, Fairview, Michigan
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