Vacation Bible School at Emmanuel Lutheran Church -- Adell, Wisconsin

The Story of Boaz and Ruth
Vacation Bible School 2011
Monday-Friday, August 15-19, 2011
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Basement, Chapel, and Memorial Hall

A woman, married to a man from another country, gives birth to two sons who also marry women from that same country as the older woman. Tragically, all the men die. The mother, Naomi, is left with two daughter-in-laws, Orpah and Ruth, who begin to travel back to their deceased husbands' homeland to escape the drought that befell the land. Naomi encourages the two women to returh to their homeland, where life would be more familiar to them; Orpah returns, but Ruth stays with Naomi.

Ruth is a dramatic story of love, devotion, and redemption set in the black context of the days of the judges. It is the story of a Moabite woman who forsakes her pagan heritage in order to cling to the people of Israel and to the God of Israel. She is faithful in a time of national faithlessness, and receives a new husband (Boaz) after her first husband dies, a son (Obed), and a privileged position in the lineage of David and Christ (she is the great-grandmother of David). The book teaches that participation in the kingdom of God is not determined by birth, but by faith.

Stories of the week:

Monday, August 15: Ruth 1:1-22 -- Ruth returns with Naomi
Tuesday, August 16: Ruth 2:1-23 -- Ruth meets Boaz
Wednesday, August 17: Ruth 3:1-18 -- Ruth's Redemption Assured
Thursday, August 18: Ruth 4:1-12 -- Boaz Redeems Ruth
Friday, August 19: Ruth 4:13-22 & Matthew 1:1-17 -- Descendents of Boaz and Ruth, including David and Jesus

Join Pastor Seifferlein and his VBS crew as they engage in Bible stories, music, and fun crafts and activities. Enroll your children now, by clicking the "Enrollment" button under the "Vacation Bible School" button on the left side of this webpage. For more information, or to ask questions, call Pastor at 920-994-9005 or 920-918-7200.

Music for the VBS Choir

Here's an opportunity for our VBS parents to give their children a "head-start" for VBS this year. Below are the links to the music that we will be singing this year in VBS. Some of these songs we would like to sing in church the following Sunday. You are welcome to download these songs and either play them on your MP3 players, or burn a CD of them and play them on your CD players, boom boxes, walkmen, or whatever you have.

Any questions ... contact Kantor Boettcher, your music director and webmaster.

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/01_ForAllTheSaints(HymnOfWeek).wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/02_Antiphon-VBS 2011.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/03_1stArticle.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/04_1stArticle-MeaningPart1.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/05_1stArticle-MeaningPart2.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/06_1stArticle-MeaningPart3.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/07_1stArticle-MeaningPart4.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/08_SettingOne-ThisIsTheFeast.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/09_SettingOne-Sanctus.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/10_AMightyFortressIsOurGod.wma

http://emmanueladell.org/Music/VBSMusic/11_TheChurch'sOneFoundation.wma