Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church teaches life lessons during day camp
The church held its first music, art and drama camp this summer.
By
Jessica Salmond
| 2:13 p.m. July 30, 2015
East County
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Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church combined the activities of summer camp with life-skills education during its first summer camp this year.
The church had offered vacation Bible school in the past, but this year it offered something new: MAD (music, art and drama) camp. During the program, children got to participate in a play, learn how to play musical instruments and also make art and woodworking projects. Before the daily activities start, however, volunteers teach the children about a life skill, such as patience, responsibility or giving.
"Life skills are important... not only here at church," said Jessica Stack, the kindergarten through fifth grade director. "It carries over to all aspects of their life."
Alana Price paints multi-colored fireworks for her cityscape painting project.
Abby Kagy paints her birdhouse during woodworking class.
Lillian Torres, Melodie Dube and Jennifer Schillinger act as narrators for the drama class play.
The MAD camp drama class practices their bows at the end of a rehearsal.
Volunteers Christina Winslow and Kristie Freihaut participated in crazy hat day.
Ava Filewich uses a straw to spread out her paint to look like fireworks.
Michael Kasper, the wolf, is handcuffed and escorted away by Karla Bernard and Katie Butts, during a rehearsal in drama class.
Tyler Filewich puts the finishing touches on his bird house.
Children made wire and string art for one class.
Rachel Mahon paints fireworks for her art project.
Volunteer Natalie Knipfer helps Bianca Kelman blow dry the paint on her canvas.
Students worked on a mixed-materials project for art class, using paint and Modge Podge glue to create a city (or beach) skyline on a painted canvas.
