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Hours of Operation
The
Child Care Center
is designed for children between the ages of
2 to 5.
We are
open
Monday - Friday from
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
For more information about our facility,
please call us at
(941) 484-4415.
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God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love
with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-5 |
Community Outreach
Besides all the fun stuff, our youth are very involved in our
Community Outreach
events.
They work as counselors during our Vacation Bible School, assist
with
our annual Easter
Egg Hunt, All Saints Day Festival and represent various Bible
characters in our Christmas
Eve Living Nativity.
The youth have helped to serve food to the homeless at the
Salvation Army Soup
Kitchen.
For several years, the Youth Group has sponsored a “Souper Bowl
of
Caring” on Super
Bowl Sunday. Cans of soup are collected and given to the
South
County Food Pantry.
The youth have donated between 500 to 1200 cans
of food per
year!
Since 1994, our youth have annually packed approximately 116
lunches for the
members
of the Bethune Cookman Choir who perform at VNUMC. Our youth
also ring bells during
the holiday season for the Salvation Army.
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Mission
Trips
Several of our youth have taken part in a mission
trip to the Homeless and Orphan
Outreach Center, Inc. (HOOI) in the Dominican Republic each year
since 1999.
Their
duties have included making repairs to the buildings, paving a
parking lot,
plumbing,
and playing with the children who desperately need some one on
one
attention. It has
become a tradition during our Vacation Bible School to take up
a
collection of school
supplies that are sent along with our youth to the orphanage.
In
2003, we started adding children’s Bible story booklets written
in Spanish.
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What
is God Like?
God is like Coke-cola. He is the real thing.
God is like Band-Aid. He heals your wounds.
God is like General Electric. He lights your path.
God is like Tide detergent. He gets the stains out.
God is like Dial Soap. He gives round the clock protection.
God is like Hallmark Cards. He cared enough to send the best.
God is like Scotch Tap. You
can’t see Him, but you know He’s there.
~ Author Unknown ~
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Mission
Project
We are sponsoring a 6-year old boy, David, from Honduras. The
youth bring
$1.00 or
more each week and that money is sent to David so that he can
attend
school. The youth
are very dedicated to this mission project. We chose David
from
Compassion International
at the “Acquire the Fire” Youth Conference. We
communicate with
each other through
written letters.
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SPREAD
THE WORD...
GOD LOVES YOU! |
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