Vacation Bible School and Music Camp
June 17-21, 2024
Sign up for a week of summer fun, music, and faith!
Vacation Bible School and Music Camp will run in the mornings and afternoons, respectively of the same week. Program details are below. Each camp must be registered for separately at the links below.
Registration required by April 30.
Note: If we do not meet our minimum of 50 registrations by the deadline, we will have to adjust our summer camp offerings. Please be sure to register early and tell your fellow parishioners to do the same!
Vacation Bible School
9 a.m. – Noon
Swim on over to this year’s Vacation Bible School – SCUBA, diving into friendship with God. Get ready for five fabulous days learning to know, love, and follow Jesus. Each day begins with Sing and Play Splash and then rotates through these fantastic stations: Deep Bible Adventures, Tidal Treat, Sticky Scripture, Imagination Station, and Reef Rec. End the time with Fin-tastic Finale!!
VBS is for children in Pre-kindergarten (4 years old) thru rising 6th Grade. Cost is $125 per child. VBS scholarships are available, please contact the Rev. Emily Given at egiven@stdavidschurch.org.
Music Camp
Noon – 3 p.m.
Join St. David’s for a week of making music for fun and to the glory of God. Each day will include musical education, singing, instrumental music-making, and more. Campers will work daily towards a final musical presentation on Friday, to which parents and guardians are invited.
Music Camp officially begins at 12:30 p.m. and runs to 3 p.m. At noon there is a half hour for campers to eat a self-provided bagged lunch.
Music Camp is for children in Pre-kindergarten (4 years old) thru rising 6th Grade. Cost is $125 per child. Music Camp scholarships are available, please contact Dr. Elaine Sonnenberg Whitelock at esonnenberg@stdavidschurch.org for details.
Volunteers wanted!
Volunteer opportunities at both camps exist for adults and youth (rising 7th graders and above). Please register below.
Youth: Do you need community/service hours for your school, club or National Honor Society? You can earn up 15+ hours by becoming a Counselor in Training. Are you a Middle or High Schooler participating in this year’s Mission Trip or Retreat? Come volunteer as a Counselor in Training all week at Vacation Bible School or Music Camp and receive $100.00 off your trip/retreat cost! Youth must have completed 6th Grade (rising 7th Grade) in order to volunteer.
Adults: Vacation Bible School is looking for adult volunteers to be Crew Leaders. What is a Crew Leader you ask? A Crew Leader leads a group of children of mixed ages, like a family, throughout their time at VBS. Each morning you meet the children in Allen Hall, hand out their name badge, colored bandana, etc. We start off the morning with Sing & Play Splash where we find out the Bible point of the day, sing, and dance. Now we are ready to head off to the different stations, lead by other adult volunteers. After having visited the stations you will come back with your crew to Allen Hall for Fin-tastic Finale. Each crew will have one or two youth counselors-in-training to assist you with the children. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Maria Leal at mleal@stdavidschurch.org.
Register to Volunteer Here!
Contact Maria Leal at mleal@stdavidschurch.org for VBS or esonnenberg@stdavidschurch.org for Music Camp with questions.
This summer, St. David’s has two great trips planned for our youth! Both Middle School and High School aged youth are invited to participate in our Service Trip with Mission Philadelphia. The youth retreat, once again to West Virginia, is for our high school youth. For questions about either trip, please contact Director of Youth Ministry, Elliot VanHoy at evanhoy@stdavidschurch.org.
Mission Philadelphia- HS/MS Service Trip
June 29-July 3, 2024
St. David’s is joining forces with Trinity Episcopal Church Solebury to serve in West Philadelphia. Each year Trinity Solebury youth and young adults have worked in Philadelphia’s high need areas to help improve the quality of life for local residents. For the past 27 years, Trinity Solebury has worked side by side with residents to revitalize their neighborhoods by transforming abandoned lots into green spaces and community gardens that inspire and promote positive human interaction. Mission Philadelphia forges relationships with these neighborhoods, working together to break down racial and demographic barriers.
The trip will be June 29th-July 3rd and is open to all MS and HS students (Rising 6th – graduating 12th grade students). Students will stay at Bryn Mawr College. The cost of the trip is $150.
For more information, click here.
HS Retreat- New River Gorge
July 11-15, 2024
This summer we will be taking a HS (rising 9th – graduating 12th) retreat to New River Gorge, WV. This retreat is a time of fellowship, faith formation, and adventure. We will be returning to stay with our partners at Adventures on the Gorge for events like ziplining, white water rafting, and more.
The trip will be an extended weekend retreat (Thursday-Monday) July 11-15. The cost of the trip is $900 which covers all transportation, food, and activities.
Students can receive $200 off the price of the trip for volunteering at St. David’s VBS and Music Camp the week of June 17-21. Please contact Elliot VanHoy for more info as well as additional fundraising opportunities.