Well its VBS week at St. Philip’s. VBS or Vacation Bible School is this annual event, that this year welcomes some 250 kids onto our campus in order to expose them to the word of God, and start a relationship with Jesus. I have such a clear memory of my first VBS experience way back in 5th grade when I didn’t so much meet Jesus, as have my first schoolboy crush on Holly Young, who was my crew leader that year. Actually, the whole Young family got into VBS; it was something John, her older brother, and Lisa, Holly’s younger sister did each summer together. What a great experience it must have been, Mr. & Mrs. Young and their kids hanging out at the church and teaching us about Jesus.
I’m working in one of our three storyteller’s rooms along with Lauren, Becca & Tyler, and my daughter Grace when she can get off work. Together we act out the story as best we can, complete with spray bottles of water, crazy sound effects, and makeshift scenery. The kids are good sports about it, though restless sometimes, trying to suspend disbelief enough to get into the story. We conclude the lesson by reading the whole account straight from the Bible, word for word and the amazing thing is… the kids listen, and seem interested.
It has been a good reminder to me to never discount the power of the God’s Word. The word doesn’t need our help or enhancement, it has a power all on its own, and anything we add to it, might just be distracting from it.
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