VBS – Where God is Wild About You!
As a former evangelical Protestant I have a great love for all things Vacation Bible School. Now that the Catholic church has jumped on the VBS bandwagon, I am luh-uh-ving it.
For several years, I was the VBS director at our parish. The program was defunct and needed some major energy. We rounded up a great bunch of volunteers and resurrected the program. How gratifying and how awesome. The community we created gave me a renewed faith in the power of teamwork. We saw God at work before our very eyes. It was pretty incredible.
Fast forward to the “Luke years” and I just dropped the kids off last year at our new parish. It was weird, but I totally needed the break. This year, I dipped my toe back in and served as a station leader. It was the perfect amount of involvement for where I am in life. I got the kids moving in the morning with songs, dancing and Bible verses, points and clues. Great fun, I tell ya. I even did it a few mornings with my able assistant, Luke, perched right on my hip clapping and bopping his head along. {he was soooo not having the nursery folk – dadgum separation anxiety}
The kids are the reason I keep coming back. Without a doubt their faith reminds me to slow down and enjoy being loved by God. Forever and always.
Until 2012…I guess I’ll just keeping singing this year’s songs 🙂