Holy Redeemer Vacation Bible School 2025: "Detective Academy 2: Marvelous Miracles"

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to you all for making VBS25 such a Marvelous & awesome event! It was so moving to see all the kids sing, dance and encounter our "miracle working God" and that "hope that does not disappoint" (Rom 5:5).

Thank you, parents for signing your kids up and getting all those 145 kids (including 29 middle school Captains - our biggest VBS ever) to HRC everyday. Thank you for reading our daily emails, praying with us and being flexible even when things got crazy and changes made. Your patience, cooperation and faithfulness really helped pave the way for both the Captains and Main weeks to truly miraculous and marvelous!

Thank you to our VBS Team starting with Jenn Rugg, who took charge of registration, made sure we had vbs shirts and sent out our emails (I wanted to send this email myself to make sure we thanked her) and Juliana Scmit who ran the VBS-K program with her Captains and Daniel Schmit who, apart from being Juliana's main helper, not only helped with music for both Captains and main VBS weeks but also made sure the sound and equipment worked properly.

Thank you to our station leaders and helpers (SNACKS: Erin Janetsky with Bella B, Emma R & Maddy Z; CRAFTS: Emma Potochny w Amy Zagata, Joey R & Kendall S; CHAPEL: Josette Urgino w Emily Finkle, Charlotte J, Maria S & Maddy H; MUSIC/DANCE: Joey Urgino w Audrey D & Haley W; GAMES Pax Urgino & Tiffany Minder with Will S, Allie S & Lily P) our MCs Pax & Joey aided by our favorite detectives (Ava Zagata/Dora, Will Smith/Look Skywalker & Emmerson Minder/Indie Anna Jones - though we all know they could not have pulled it off without Lucy Schmit - who rolled that boulder faithfully every day and Charlotte Johnson our T-Rex and local "VBS NEWS 12 reporter"), group leaders (Angie Rush, Madison Dearing, Sherry Scherrer, Gina Rush, Christina Perez, Erin Shankie, Nicole Daly, Dianne Butler, Rich Scherrer, Zach Wilcox, Tammy Hagon & Brianna Krampe and their High School helpers Kassidy Hayes & Leo Schmit), College and High School volunteers who who helped with Captains week and direct the scripture skits and Mike Wilson, our skits voice over, who had to drive quickly from their own VBS at St. Matthews to make it to HRC in time for our skits.

Thanks to John Mira and his music team, to our HRC staff, front office volunteers and especially our Pastor, Fr. Georges, for their unwavering support.

A special shout out to all our Middle School Captains who really stepped up in their leadership roles. They truly were "All in," "Witnesses,"mission Ready" and faithful "Intercessors" throughout VBS week. "I can't emphasize more how proud of and inspired we are by all of them.

One last special thank you to Neree Davo, who coordinated donations and purchases assisted by Maryrose Kennedy, to make sure we had everything we needed and more.

There really are too many people and their families who helped decorate, donate, pray and everything in between to make VBS this year so amazing. YOU ARE ALL A BLESSING!

Please help make next year's VBS even better by taking this quick 2 min survey. Whether you are a parent of one of the little kids or one of our middle school captains or a teen or adult volunteer, your input is extremely valuable to us so thanks for taking the time: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DGM23FY

Lastly, if you, your kids and family have been blessed by Holy Redeemer's VBS and would like to support our ministries, please consider becoming an HRC planned giver and make us part of your weekly/monthly tithe. VBS, like most of our programs here at Redeemer, are 100% free because of parishioners who faithfully and consistently give of their financial resources. At Holy Redeemer, we dream of a day when the Catholic Church will truly be a tithing Church. Not only does it ensure that ministries like ours will thrive, it also increases our faith and generosity, not just with our resources but with our very lives. You can give by going to http://www.holyredeemerburton.org/online-giving or by calling or stopping by the parish office.

Thanks again everyone for making VBS25: Detective Academy 2 - Marvelous Miracles" such a wonderful event. We hope to see you and all your kiddos again next year at VBS26.