VBS...Those Were The Days...

The best part of my life in 2007 is during the end of the year where God gave me the most greatest opportunity which was to serve him in VBS. Since I was a young little boy, I attended VBS watching the teachers serve and until now some of the teachers I remember serving are still as active as ever with more new talents coming to serve Him. I remember from the first meeting, to the first musician practice, to the decoration day in which we helped build the soccer goals and to day 1. All the great memories. For people who are interested in serving God , don't hesitate to serve because what your planning to do is something thats wonderful. You have to request and not expect the people to read your mind that you want to serve (DONT WORRY ABOUT YOUR AGE OR ABILITIES).

Decoration.
This would be the part of serving thats the easiest as it seems and funnest in doing. I remember the decoration day which was a few days before the GAMEDAY where me, Weng Kit and my brother went to help out. They were assign to build a basketball and soccer goal post while I walked around to help out. It took them quite a while to do it as they have to measure and go and buy better material. Their original plan was to build it with some plastic pipes but then Kok Keong decided to use some wooden poles. So Pr Siew Teng drove us to a hardware store to buy it and we also got some soft drinks. I helped a teacher to paste some pictures and decorations as well as hang the poster really high up(scary). As well as tying the flags .In the end the soccer goals was made but the basketball one was made by just a simple poster stand and paper board. Despite the hard work the important thing was that the job was done. Other teachers like Teacher Sonia ,Teacher Terry and Aunty Annie came as well all to help do the decorations. Even Yee San came too. We had the funnest time. Other things I did was going around passing soft drinks to everyone . That was important too because dehydration could bring someone down!.

Meeting.
The meeting was the first launch of the preparation. It was when we all discussed about the preparation and assigned jobs. For those future people who want to serve. The meeting is the most important thing for your recruitment. It was really exciting as many people came all eager to serve God. All group leaders have to give a speech. I remember Weng Kit who was assigned as PA leader was so nervous he kept asking me about the full name of APD, PA and all those short forms. But in the end he did really well just like the others did. God was always the captain for the whole thing. I remember during the meeting we all agreed that the true leader was God himself. Everyone served including the new young ones like me(musician), Yee San(PA), Angela(performance) and others who were ready. We had a simple briefing than we separated into groups. Overall VBS was really fun.

Musicians .
I think this is the one I enjoyed the most. Its like serving God and doing what I loved at the same time. We did our practice possibly a month before Gameday. The first meeting was on a Sunday. Timothy, Yi Bing, Brian, Peter, Daniel ,Pr Siew Teng, Teng Teng, Faith,Phoebe and all the PA personel and other musicians came on that day. We practiced the theme song. The first practice I remember was disastrous. Not only that we were not sure with notes and chords we were also not sure about the role each musician played. The second one was better as Teng Teng leaded and we understood our role. In the end the jobs were certained Cliff =Bass, Ju Liang=Lead/Electric Guitar, Me= Rhythm/Acoustic Guitar, Teng Teng=Keyboard, Phoebe= Piano and Joel on drums. Many new talents served we had song leaders and back ups like Daniel,Yi BIng, Faith, Peter, Teacher Pei Ying among others and dancers like Yen Lynn, Ei Wei, Teacher Patricia,and some others. It went really well as the songs we did were fun and pack some great meanings. We were told we were the first church to use a live band! and that year we had a full band with well practiced song all for the purpose of educating the kids about God, the ABC and also giving them a fun holiday.

Gameday went really well in the end and let me tell you guys and girls that theres nothing better than serving God when your free during the holidays. You are more than welcomed to come and help serve in VBS wherever you feel comfortable in and trust me your memories would be there forever. Age, Skills and Personality doesn't matter it is all in your level of commitments and most importantly who your doing it for which is GOD.

GO BOYS GO GIRLS.