Children's Activities: Fun and Learning

By Michael Showalter; age 13; recent arrival with family in Rosedale/Hilliard, Ohio

Six year old Alex Shrock thinks the conference children's activities were great. "Conference was fun," he says. "I liked riding the school bus and playing with my friends."

The children who attended conference were divided into four groups: K to 1st Grade, 2nd to 3rd, 4th to 5th, and 6th to 8th. When the children arrived at the conference grounds, they went to their assigned (by grade) room and from there they were bused over to the middle school. At the middle school each group went to the different stations set up there.

There were stations with different puppet shows and crafts. One of the puppet shows was called "The Last Stand" and was about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The junior high kids did oil paintings. The younger kids did other crafts.

The gym was another station. There were several sports that the kids could decide to play, such as soccer, basketball, and volleyball.

In addition to the stations, the younger children sang in a choir, directed by Wayne Tiemersma. They sang on Sunday morning in front of conference. Mr. Tiemersma's philosophy was that the parents should hear their kids' voices clearly, so he didn't want any accompaniment.

The junior high kids were bused over to a nearby farm which had a corn maze. They were all divided into groups, and then each group had to find their way through the maze by answering Bible questions.

"It was exhausting and stressful at times - a learning experience," says Londa Moser, co-director of the children's activities. "But the kids were wonderful."

All in all, it was a fun weekend.

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