Photos from Macedonia: August 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Saturday Fun through the Summer - June, July, August

During the summer our Saturday classes at the UMC in Strumica, Maccedonia have been filled with lots of fun projects!

Learning about Noah and the rainbow

Frosting cupcakes and adding candy rainbows

Making pretty paper rainbows, too

Helping each other

Making colorful plaster stones for the garden

Mixing the plaster

One day we made chocolate cupcakes!

Mixing the cupcakes

Filling balloons with flour to make funny little creatures!

Cute little creatures!

Painting plaster figures

Watercolors

Lovely beach scene

Nicely painted plaster figures

Making Jonah in the Big Fish!

Gluing the big fish to a clothespin

Look! There's Jonah inside the fish!

A picture of creation

A wheel showing the days of creation

A lesson about Adam and Eve

Eve and the snake - plus, a little book about adam and Eve

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Children's Meeting at Ponikva - July 19 - 21

A weekend meeting for Sunday school children with the theme "Jesus: the Best Friend" was held at the mountain resort Ponikva. About 50 children participated. They enjoyed Bible lessons, singing, arts and crafts, games and sports.

Coloring a picture of friends David and Jonathan

Fellowship at mealtime

Games

Singing at Karaoke Night

Volunteers from USA present VBS - June 24 - 28

A group of 8 United Methodist Women, representing 8 different churches in the CA-NV Conference arrived in Macedonia on June 21. On Sunday they worshipped with the congregation in Strumica, then met with the youth class, had coffee and sang a few songs with them. In the afternoon they visited some village churches and hiked to the beautiful Koleshino waterfall. VBS began on Monday in the village of Raklish. We took a few children from Strumica with us each day, for a total of 25 children who participated. The theme was "I Want to Follow Jesus" and each day featured a different Bible story: Mary and Martha, Jesus washing the feet of the Disciples, the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and Mary Magdalene meeting Jesus at the tomb. The children learned songs in English, played games, enjoyed arts and crafts and had refreshments.