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Make St. Joe's your destination of adventure for the Summer!
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SBS PURPOSE
"Summer Bible School: a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there!" This has come to be the working philosophy of Summer Bible School (affectionately nicknamed: SBS) at St. Joseph Fullerton Parish in Maryland. This was the exhausted but happy cry of the adult volunteers at the completion of our very first SBS in the summer of 82. Since then, SBS at St. Joe’s has been "the" vacation spot for our children, teenagers, adults, religious, deacons and priests. It is "the place to be" for summer vacationers who want to experience God's love in a unique way. The relaxed atmosphere is electrically filled with joy and affirmation. And everyone who vacations with us is, in just one week, drained physically, and filled up spiritually with God’s childlike joy. Our SBS allows everyone in attendance to experience the excitement of God’s love for all of us. It is a place to yell-out in praise of the Lord and his love for his children of all ages. Our SBS is not a program that lasts all year long. It does not have to be an elaborate developmental structure with complex goals and objectives, expensive kits, texts, reviews, or evaluations. "It’s just a place to visit, not to live there." Our key word in summer Bible School is "summer". Summertime offers us the possibility of experiencing the simple things of our faith: that God doesn’t go on a vacation from us, that experiencing God is a lifelong process, and that learning about God can be enjoyable and fun. SBS at St. Joe’s offers a relaxed atmosphere of loving and learning with Jesus. It has a milieu for study, play, and prayer. It offers a unique faith experience found in storytelling, Bible study, arts & crafts, refreshment sharing, outside play, nature walks, Bible stories, praying together, liturgy & worship, "just plain fun gifts," a closing songfest, and music and songs and music and songs and music and songs (we place a lot of emphasis on this way of praising and thanking God). Children, teens and volunteers are offered a vacation at "God’s spot." It’s like the cherry on top of the winter-long sundae we call "Sunday School." SBS at St. Joe’s is always the last full week of June, Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 12 noon. It is for 4-year olds through 3rd grade (or beginning 4th grade in the Fall). The Fee is $25.00 plus 1 box of cookies per child (and the cookies are more important than the money!). The children and volunteers will receive a St. Joe SBS T-shirt and a great hat! A registration form and/or more information can be obtained by calling 410-256-1630 (ext 151).