Sneak Peak at New Life VBS

Amazing. Totally amazing, once again this year, are the preparations for VBS going on at New Life Fellowship. This year, the VBS is set in Rome during the time of the underground church.
Somehow, Bob Imberi has manufactured many, many Roman columns out of some kind of PVC material, or corrugated metal painted white, or something. Scores of white, doric columns are everywhere.

What also impressed me was the huge, wall-sized replica of the Coliseum. It's truly amazing! I understand that Brian Schultz - with ACT and Storybook Land theater and who has a wealth of scene design experience - had a big part in making this.

There are also some very realistic catacombs veering off from the nursery entrance to the back part of the church. The VBS team has somehow made a cave out of black trash bags and gray fabric that, oddly enough, seems extremely realistic. I understand that a tape with cave sounds will be playing also. Some fake electric candles complete the catacomb ambience.

For Vacation Bible School in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this experience is going to remain in the minds of kids for a long time and it will seem as much like ancient Rome as we're going to get in Northeastern South Dakota.

It will be a great experience for both church kids and those who don't usually attend services.