The Rah Rah Speech

Speech given on the 14th of November - May this inspire all of you to give your best to God.

Good afternoon everyone!! I want to thank you all for taking the time to come today.We are all busy, juggling between family, studies, work, but we all came here today with one common purpose and one common passion, that is desire to share God's love through one week of Vacation Bible School.

This year we have 180 volunteers; spread into 20 classes and 5 rotation sites. This year we have 376 kids registered, 243 in the morning session, and 143 in the afternoon session.

Before I go on, I want to see a show of hands of those of you who are new to VBS, only started serving this year. Now, what about those who have served more than one year but less than five years? What about those who have served for more than five years?

For those who have served many times over these past years, including some of us in the committee, we often asked yourselves...why do we do it? It is tiring, very tiring after the end of VBS. We have to take time and effort to prepare the lessons, the crafts, the games, the songs and dance routines....why do we do it? We take time off work, use up some of our annual leave...why do we do it?

You may have your own answers, but for me and I can safely say I also speak on behalf of the committee, the reason why we do it year after year is because we know, deep in our hearts, firmed in our minds, that this ministry is unique and special because it gives us a wonderful opportunity to reach out to these little people, little people that is very special in God's eyes, and close to His heart. This ministry is unique and special because it gives us an opening to invite children and parents who have not been to church before to experience the fellowship of christians and more importantly to hear the good news in an environment that is fun and exciting. This ministry is unique and special because it brings the whole family of God together, old and young to serve with one common mission and vision. This ministry is unique and special because we grow through our serve. We become a little better at reflecting God's image. This is why we serve in this ministry year after year. This is why you hear people say VBS is addictive. God's work is addictive when we know God is present and giving us His blessings.

We are less than two weeks before the avalanche begins. The committee started meeting together sometime in April to review different materials, and to start planning for VBS. All you volunteers came on board in August. I know some of you are already frantically preparing your lesson plan, your games, your snacks, your songs, your crafts.

As we all work together as a team, let us not forget the bigger picture. Imagine that we are all colours of the rainbow. One can be red, the other yellow, another green, yet another orange...all coming together to form a rainbow. We bring different strengths, different gifts, but we are all working in the same direction, just like the arch of the rainbow. Its only when we appreciate this that we can be effective for God. It is not easy to work together, we may rub each other the wrong way, we may have different ideas, we may have different ways of working, but remember the big picture. We are all working to bring glory to God, and to show God's awesome love to the kids. At the end of the day, it all comes back to Jesus. So let us learn to tolerate, to forgive and to practice grace when we are working together.


Our VBS scripture I John 4: 9 says God's love was revealed among us in this way, God sent His One and only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

I pray that each one of you here will experience the greatest joy during this seven days of VBS. The joy of serving God, the joy of pointing the way to God, the joy of sharing who God is to these kids. And who is this awesome God? A God who reveal Himself to us through His word during the bible lessons, a God who is beautifully creative during craft time, a God whose heart is for those who has yet to know him during missions, a God whom we can worship through songs during music time, a God who provides us with good food and care for our physical needs during snack time, and a God who enjoys good clean fun during games time.

What does VBS stands for? Our Very Best Service to God!

May God Be with all of us.