History Camp | August 9 - 12 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am | $10 | grades 3 - 5 (completed) 

BRAND NEW summer camp for kids!  Ollie Skurdahl, one of our gifted 4th-5th grade teachers has built some amazing props, sets, and structures for his class on Sunday mornings.  He has also done a dozen or so History Camps involving various time periods and historical figures.  This year Wayzata Free will be offering The Amazing Life of Abraham Lincoln: Biblical Applications from Lincoln’s Life.  This camp includes hands-on projects, reenactment of key moments in Lincoln’s life, awesome biblical applications, and a fun field trip on the last day.  This camp is open to a limited number of kids, so sign up soon!

Register at http://www.wayzatafree.org/#/web-resources/online-registration

Preschool Vacation Bible School 

July 11-15 | 9:00 - 11:00 am | $20 | children who completed 2's-5's classes

Preschoolers join on a Big Apple Adventure as we explore God's word and have fun doing it.  We're sure to have a blast, as we sing, create, learn, play and who could forget snack ;)  Don't forget to mark your calendar for our family lunch event on Friday after VBS.  Be sure to register by June 20 to ensure your t-shirt order.  Register online at www.wayzatafree.org/#/web-resources/online-registration  Registration closes July 5.  If you have questions, contact Lindsey Dahlin @ lindsey.dahlin@wayzatafree.org.

Vacation Bible Camp June 13-17

9:00am-1:00pm Cost $30

This isn’t your grandmother’s VBS. Join us for our second year of Vacation Bible Camp, where we will JUMP into the middle of Paul’s journeys and watch the story of his radical faith unfold! From the moment his faith was sparked by the light on the road to Damascus to shipwrecks, jailbreaks, and courtroom drama—you’ll have a front row seat to Paul’s story of faith!

Some of the activities include: scavenger hunts, a giant slip n’ slide, archery, tie-dye, awesome music, lunch with friends, camp crafts, quiz show and more! Mix this in with an awesome staff of adults and youth from Wayzata Free and you have an amazing week you won’t want to miss out on!

You can register at www.wayzatafree.org/#/web-resources/online-registration. Credit card payment is required. You can access the “online registration” by visiting the “web resources” page. If you have any questions, contact Sara Galligan at sara.galligan@wayzatafree.org.

March storms hopefully bring April showers

Due to the weather conditions Adventure Club, Adventure Land, youth electives and choir are cancelled for tonight, March 23. Please stay safe!

Whip out those calendars, it's time to save some dates!

Here are a couple things you may want to note that are just around the corner…

• MOCHA, a support group for mothers of children with hindered abilities, meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm in C103. This week the speaker will be sharing about the nutritional link to asthma, attention deficit disorder, autism and 90% of the health problems kids face today and the vital role proteins, real fats and carbohydrates play in giving your kids the foundation for lifelong health.

• Sunday, May 1, kids who are in 1^st-8^th grade will have the opportunity to sing with the worship team in a special performance. If your child is interested and you would like more information about practices, please reply to this email.

• Mark your calendars!!! VBC (elementary VBS) will be June 13-17 from 9am to 1pm. It’s open to kids who have completed K-5^th grade. Online registration will open in April. More details to come!

• BRAND NEW summer camp for kids! If you’ve never heard me talk about History Camp, I hope I can convey my excitement through email! It’s one of the best camps I’ve ever been involved in and this will be the first year we do it here at Wayzata Free! My good friend, Ollie Skurdahl…you may have heard of him…he’s been teaching the 4^th-5^th grade Grapple class and has built some amazing props, sets, and structures on Sunday Mornings…anyway, he LOVES history and is a very gifted teacher! He has done a dozen or so History Camps involving various time periods and historical figures. This year will be The Amazing Life of Abraham Lincoln: Biblical Applications from Lincoln’s Life. This camp includes hands-on projects, reenactment of key moments in Lincoln’s life, awesome biblical applications, and a fun field trip on the last day. Save the dates! It will run Monday, August 9 through Thursday, August 12, only costs $10 and is open to 3^rd-5^th grade. More details to come!

More information about online registration and costs will be coming in April! Email me at sara.galligan@wayzatafree.org with questions!

legacy bible ceremony

This winter, families of 2nd graders have the opportunity to take part in a very special Wayzata Free tradition! The Legacy Bible Project is designed to preserve for future generations a rich and unique gift of faith, wisdom, and personal stories. Instead of our church gifting Bibles directly to the kids, we've created a project where we gift the Bibles to the parents first. Parents will take the Bible and record their faith journey, including thoughts, hopes, dreams and insights and then present this Bible as a beautiful and durable gift that will be read, reread and cherished for years to come!

Many of our families are moved in a special way through this project and the ceremony. Check out one parent's experience...

The Legacy Bible Project presented us with a purposeful way to pass the baton of our spiritual heritage to our daughter, Lauren. It also provided an opportunity for us, as parents, to really contemplate what it is that we have learned over the years from God’s Word, and what portions of the Bible have been most meaningful in our individual faith journeys.

As we revisited our own Bibles, we realized they created a bit of a roadmap for where we had been in life. Verses were highlighted that had specific meaning for that period in our lives. Some of them reminded us of joyful times, and some of them reminded us of times when we might have been experiencing pain, challenges or difficulties. Regardless, it is the faithfulness of God through His Word that is what stands out in each instance.

It was also a wonderful opportunity to transfer some of the knowledge that we had learned over the years as students of God’s Word. It was interesting to read again the notes taken in the margins of our Bibles gathered over the years from Bible Study Fellowship, Community Bible Study, and neighborhood Bible studies. These are little jewels of knowledge from a wide variety of people thoughtfully and prayerfully studying the Bible. It was a joy to pass some of these “nuggets” of information on to the next generation believer.

Finally, it was fun to demonstrate to our daughter that the Bible is God’s love letter to her. She is a special gift in His eyes, and He loves her and has a special plan for her life. The presentation ceremony at the end of the project was especially meaningful for us as parents. We were able to sit down with our daughter, explain the Legacy Bible Project, and share with her some of the verses that we highlighted. It was a very special time of sharing and passing on a legacy. We believe it was also very meaningful for our daughter that we had taken the time to prepare this Bible especially for her.

We truly appreciated the Legacy Bible Project and thank Sara Galligan for initiating this important faith heritage transition opportunity at WEFC! We look forward to creating a second legacy Bible for our youngest daughter, Megan, and sharing God’s love letter with her.

The Legacy Bible Project begins this Sunday! If you are a parent of a 2nd grader, you can pick up a Bible and detailed information at the 10:45AM class this Sunday. The Legacy Bible Ceremony will be on Sunday, February 27 at 10:45AM in B115. A short reception with refreshments will be offered following the ceremony. All family, friends and Wayzata Free community are welcome to attend and pictures are encouraged!