Voyage of Wonder 2011:

August 8-12 and Sunday August 14

Issue 1, July 26, 2011 St Paul & the Redeemer

This year, Saint Paul & the

Redeemer's (SPR) Voyage

of Wonder Vacation Bible

Camp will let our Sprit

SOAR as we SING, WON-

DER, SERVE and PLAY.

Campers wi l l SING

throughout the day and on

Sunday, WONDER about

God through parable in

Godly Play, SERVE God’s

world in SPR outreach pro-

grams and play games and

bounce in the moonbounce.

On Sunday the 14th, camp-

ers will participate in every

aspect of the 10:00 liturgy:

They will sing, present their

service projects, create the

altar hanging and celebrate

with play and a picnic after

the service.

Notices

Drop off kids with their group leader in the sanctuary at 9:00 AM.

Pick up and sign out kids with their group leader in the sanctuary at noon.

The program will culminate with the 10:00 liturgy on Sunday, August 14. Please plan to attend.

Dent Davidson: organist, jazz pianist, composer, and

associate for music and liturgy at SPR, will partner

again this year with children’s music teacher and direc-

tor of SPR’s Saint Nicholas Choir: Irene Claude. Sing-

ing with movement, drumming and games is used to

help children express their love for and joy in God.

Each day begins and ends with singing together.

Music Play

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Editor: Abraham Kohrman Photos: Ana Ovtcharova; Abraham Kohraman Text: Mary Hayes

Eat

Our campers are hungry. We see them arrive hungry to learn, to won-der, to help others, to play and to make new friends. With all that ac-tivity we need to feed them. Every morning we gather all campers and staff around tables and sit down to share food and drink.

Notices

If your child has food allergies let us know.

If your child has health problems let us know.

Dress: loose cool clothes for out-door play and moonbounce.

Wear sunscreen if necessary.

There will be tie-dyeing Wednes-day, wear clothes you don’t mind brightly colored.

Godly play is SPR’s Children’s formation

program. This Montessori approach encour-

ages children to use liturgical actions, reli-

gious language, silence, parable and sacred

stories to guide them into a deeper aware-

ness of God. Our Godly play teachers will

present a daily parable: The Good Shepherd,

The Good Samaritan, The Parable of the Mustard

Seed, The Parable of the Pearl, and The Good

Shepherd and World Communion. Each day the

Children will add a prayer related to the les-

son to the altar hanging that will soar above

the altar on Sunday the 14th.

This year our service projects all have close ties to SPR. Jack Sey-mour, SPR’s Deacon and executive director of the Cathedral Shelter of Chicago (CSC) will spend Monday with our campers as they learn about homelessness and create spe-cial gifts for the children and adults who are residents of CSC. We will also be making snack/lunch bags for individuals who use SPR’s food pantry and the Cathedral Shelter. Children will enrich our worship spaces with an altar display and a wall hanging for the chapel.

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