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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Vacation Bible School

It is time to celebrate. We promised our kids that sharing God's love would bring a summer of fun. I think we have kept our promise. Throughout the summer we have had music, games, food, and fun, all surrounding the centerpiece of God's love in our lives.

Our Vacation Bible School curriculum, Shake It Up Café, gave our children the chance to celebrate the biblical festivals from both the Old and New Testaments. Our children have had the opportunity to discover how events that happened thousands of years ago can impact their lives today. In the Old Testament God commanded festivals in celebration of the many blessings that had been bestowed upon the Israelites- freedom from Egypt and slavery, the first fruits of the harvest, and the bountiful crops that followed. God required celebration of God - a constant awareness that God turns slavery into freedom and hopelessness into hope.

From the past, what did our children learn? As they studied Passover, they learned that the children of Israel prayed to God for deliverance from their oppressive life in Egypt. God heard their prayers and made a plan for their departure. They learned to be strong and ready for God. In the festival celebrations of harvest, the lesson was to thank God through giving and sharing the bounty. As the children listened to the story of Jesus celebrating Passover, they learned a new way that Jesus created the Passover meal as a way to remember his life and teachings.

It has been said that Christianity is a continuous festival - a continuous celebration of the life we have in Christ. The common denominators of festival living are all around us - celebration of worship, joyful thanksgiving, helping those in need by sharing our bounty, communal feasting at the Lord's Table and the experience of kinship as we journey together.

It is time to celebrate: in the pew as we sing and worship, at the Pantry Shelf stacking canned goods, at the Super Wednesday dinner table, or wherever we gather in God's name!


Blessings,
Kandy Stone
Director of Children & Family Ministry
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