This week is Vacation Bible School at our parish. Each morning thirty kids tumble out of their parents' cars into our church building which has been transformed into a church for kids.Everything is oriented to helping the kids learn about Jesus. "Jesus is our friend," is the the theme for our program, from John 15:13-14a:
14"No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends..."
Peter Stockwell, our director, has done a marvelous job of gathering a team to help with this program. It seems like half the parish is helping with teaching, crafts, games, snacks, music, skits, and generally corralling a small herd of excited children. There must be a special reward in heaven for Vacation Bible School directors!
It's wonderful to see our parish pull this off. The children are being formed in the Christian faith, and they're being prepared for a life of faith. Not all of them are members of our parish...in fact, very few are. But we're giving them the basis for their life with God, and I'm sure this week will have lasting impact.
"Go and make disciples," Jesus said. We're doing that.
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