VBS is a Verb!
We are smack in the middle of The Best Week of the Summer!
People often think about VBS as the week during the summer when kiddos
can get some God and have a good time doing it. Volunteers may see VBS as
a time to serve those kiddos, their families, and the Kingdom. They also get
some God and have a good time doing it. I suspect the volunteers are
learning right alongside the kiddos. I know from personal experience that the
kiddos' families are getting a pretty good dose of God on the way home each night.
The kiddos have been learning about God's power; I have been fortunate to
witness it.
My volunteer position allows me the opportunity to listen to other
volunteers and to the families visiting the church. What I hear and what
I see are indeed "God sightings!" Not only are the youth and
adult volunteers building connections to the kiddos, they are building
connections to each other by sharing silliness, laughter, song, and exhaustion.
In my conversations, I hear about people growing. They share
their stories -- what I would call faith journeys -- about how Horizons' VBS is
so different, so outrageous, so raucous, so joyous, so exciting, so
welcoming. With a light in their eyes, they talk about how they didn't
know that church could be like this, that God could be like this.
I observe people encouraging and leading others on their faith
journeys. Young people who were in my crew years ago who are now
shepherding their own crews. Adults who hadn't walked into a church for a
long time (or ever) before they brought their kiddos to VBS, and who are now
volunteers just as zany as the rest of us. These folks are telling their
stories to others who are walking in our doors for the first time.
I often imagine t
The Spirit moves.
This is how -- this is why -- we VBS.
Lisa
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