Note to Volunteers

This is the note that goes to all volunteers. I use a highlighter to indicate the day and the assignment they signed-up for. Re-reading this now it looks really ...shall we say specific to put it nicely. Volunteers can't read your thoughts. If everyone has the same information and expectations things go so much more smoothly.


Art Camp 2010
Thank you for volunteering to help at Art Camp, our subject based vacation bible school. It is so special to have this unique experience to show Christ’s love to children while teaching them about a subject they are interested in. We could not do art camp with out volunteers to keep get camp personal and material costs affordable.


You signed up for:
Monday, June 14 (5:45-8:45pm)
Tuesday, June 15 (5:45-8:45pm)
Wednesday, June 16 (5:45-8:45pm)
Thursday, June 17 (5:45-8:45pm)
Friday, June 18 (5:45-8:45pm)
Saturday, June 19 (Art Show 9 11am)

You signed up to:
Volunteer
Bring a snack
Set-up the art show
Bible lesson teacher



Volunteers:
*Please arrive at 5:45pm. You may leave at 8:45pm.
*Pray for each student during the day. (Names: TsaiLing, Paige, Luke, Jason, Charis, Erin, Paige, Tyler, Valincia, Micah, Jeremiah, Gage, Carol, Angelina, Yerin, Aaron, Silas, Sabrina, Alexandra, Bridget, Trey, Laura, and Jenna)
*Your duties include: taking young children to the restroom, helping clean, serve snack, keeping groups on schedule, directing students to stay on task by using positive reinforcement, redirection and proximity control, and showing Christ’s love and patience to each child.
*You do not need to be an artist to help the students. Encourage each student to do their best. Please reframe from drawing on any student’s work. (If a small child asks you to guide their hand, you may.)
*There is always something to do! Look on the scheduled list or ask Katie, Tim or Nicole. This is a time for the children; make it about them!

Snack:
*Please have snack arrive before 5:45pm the day you are assigned.
*Enough for 30 kids (23 kids currently signed up)
*Please provide something with some nutritional value and easy to serve.
*Please provide 1 item and juice or two items then water will be served.
*Please portion items to make them easy to serve- snack size baggies, pre-cut bars, etc.
*You do not need to provide napkins or cups.
Suggestions: cheese slices & crackers, trail mix & juice, dried fruit, celery with peanut butter and M&Ms on it, Popsicles & oranges (1 mandarin per child or ½ an orange per child.), homemade rice crispy bars or brownies (cut to correct sizes) & grapes.

Art Show set-up:
Bless YOU!!! As I am writing this, I have no one signed up to help. Tim and Katie do so much work to set up the art show each year. Thank you for helping. We will be setting up Friday night after camp. Please show up between 8 and 8:30pm on Friday. Stay as late as you can or until it is done.
Bible Lesson Teacher:
*Please arrive at 5:45pm so you can meet all the kids and set up your area.
*You will be teaching two lessons approximately 20-30 minutes long- group 1 at 6:45 will be children 3 to 5; group 2 at 7:45 will be ages 6 and up.
*Students will be completing their snack and be done using the restroom. Do your best to have all students sitting and ready for the lesson before you begin.
*You will be teaching the back of the large room by the white board.

Monday, June 14th: 1.) Mary at Jesus’s feet. Martha jealous
Tuesday, June 15th: 2.) told Lazarus dying…waited
Wednesday, June 16th 3.) Martha tells Jessus he should have come sooner
Thursday, June 17th 4.) Lazarus raised

Lesson Order:
Introduce yourself
Pray
Show children bible
“This is God’s word.”
“Our story is in the New Testament.”
“The New Testament tells about Jesus’s life.”


Sing the books of the new testament



“This story is in John.”
“John is the book in the bible that tells Jesis is God’s son.”
“Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are called Synoptic Gospels because they include many of the same stories, often in the same sequence, and sometimes the exact same wording.”


Tell them the story of Lazarus
(bible closed on lap)
Read them the story of Lazarus directly from your bible


Repeat your part of the story
Ask open ended questions about your story
Why do you think Jesus waite?
How do you think Mary felt when Jesus arrived?
How do you know Martha and Jesus were friends?
Activity of your choosing related to the lesson
Practice memory versus with children- John 11:25. Write scripture on the white board. Erase one word at a time and draw a picture in its place.

Finish with practicing John 11:25. Write the scripture on the white board. Erase one word at a time and draw a picture in its place.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies. John 11:25