Summer Children's Ministries
Good Earth Village On The Road
Good Earth Village is an ELCA Bible Camp located south of Rochester. You can find all kinds of information about the camp at www.GoodEarthVillage.org. GEV (Good Earth Village) in partnership with Bethel and St. John’s Lutheran churches will once again host a week long summer experience in Northfield. This year’s On the Road event will be on site at Bethel. Many of the activities will take place outside but there is plenty of space inside as well.
Dates: August 8-12
Participants: Children who have finished Kindergarten through Grade 4 in 2010
Format:
The week will begin with an opening worship and getting to know you events from 6:00-8:00 PM on Sunday night. Monday through Thursday the day’s activities will begin at 9:00 and end at 4:00. However, students may be dropped off and picked up as early as 8:00 am and as late as 5:00 pm.
Cost:
$65.00 per camper. A daily snack is included. The fee for families with more than one child is $55.00 per child. Campers will need to bring their own sack lunch each day. Scholarships for Bethel members are available by contacting our Director of Children’s Ministries. Non Bethel members should contact Good Earth Village.
Registration:
This ministry will be entirely run by GEV and their staff. All registration will be run through GEV and there is a limit to the number of students they can accept. Registration is first come, first served and is open to the entire Northfield community. This means that there is a chance that if you wait too long to register you may find that registration is closed. You can register online at www.GoodEarthVillage.org or you can mail in a registration form. Registration forms can be downloaded from the GEV website or picked up at the Bethel office.
Preschool Vacation Bible School - August 9-12
While our older kids are busy with GEV On the Road, we will be hosting, along with St. John's and St. Peter's Lutheran Churches and Emmaus Church, a VBS option for our younger children during the same week. This option will be open to children who have turned 3 by September 1 of 2009 through those who have completed kindergarten in 2010. This will give our kindergarten children the option of a full day event with GEV or a half day event with the younger children. You will need to choose one or the other. We are hosting Preschool VBS at St. John’s from 9:00-11:30 Monday through Thursday. Download the registration packet or pick one up in the Children’s Ministry Road Map at the information station in the narthex.