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Snowball Mountain Challenge at Pender UMC

Get ready to turn your next summer VBS into an unforgettable adventure with Snowball Mountain Challenge VBS 2026!

Snowball Mountain Challenge invites kids to an exciting winter sports event where they become Challengers, gearing up for frosty games, snowy surprises, and hands-on lessons about resilience and faith. They will come to realize that with the strength God provides, they can share their gifts, be brave, give their all, pray, and hope.

Your kids will be guided by the energetic Activities Director and the lovable Ollie the Arctic Seal puppet, who is reporting on the events. Challengers aren’t just playing games. Using their Challenge Companion (the Bible), they learn to draw strength from their faith through powerful stories, while connecting the learnings to Bible Stories and Lift Lessons (Key Learnings). With a unique winter theme and solid theology at its core, Snowball Mountain Challenge VBS delivers joy and meaning in equal measure, teaching kids that “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13, NRSV).

Bring your family together to experience Snowball Mountain Challenge. Your VBS program will be transformed into a mountaintop experience filled with laughter, life lessons, and lasting faith. As children face their challenges and discover their strength in God, you’ll hear them say, “Challenge accepted – with God I am strong.”

Ages

Potty-trained three year olds through ninth grade

Early Bird Registration is $25 per child until May 31. Registration includes lunch and a T-shirt.
Starting June 1 the cost will be $30.

Questions?

Contact
Jane McKee
VBS Director
(703) 278-8023

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Palm/Passion Sunday 2026

Palm / Passion Sunday

Sunday, March 29, 2026 – Worship at 10:00 AM

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian year. On this day we remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when crowds welcomed him with palm branches and joyful cries of “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

At Pender UMC, our Palm / Passion Sunday worship begins at 10:00 AM with a Palm Procession led by the children, celebrating the joy of Jesus’ arrival. As the service continues, the mood turns more reflective as we hear the Passion story from the Gospel of Matthew, remembering the events that lead to Jesus’ crucifixion.

Through scripture, prayer, and special music, we journey from the celebration of Palm Sunday toward the solemn moments of Good Friday and the hope of Easter.

Holy Week reminds us of the central truth of our faith: Christ’s sacrifice and God’s promise of new life. As it has often been said, we are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.

Come begin this sacred journey with us.

Step into a journey of faith and reflection this Palm/Passion Sunday, March 29, 2026, as we gather for a special blended service at 10:00 am, led by Pastor Bruce Johnson. Experience the pivotal moments of Jesus Christ’s journey, from His triumphant entry into Jerusalem to the profound depths of His passion, through the powerful narratives of Mark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, and Philippians 2:5-11, culminating in the stirring Proclamation of the Passion from Mark 15:1-39.

 
 

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Verse of the Day – May 25

Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time. ~Deuteronomy 4:40

 

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Verse of the Day – May 14

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ~1 John 3:1

 

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Verse of the Day – May 12

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. ~3 John 1:4

 

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