We are having a great VBS this week.
The theme is "Early Christianity in Rome". Paul is in prison; the Christians are meeting in the catacombs. Thus, there is a serious element to our normally boisterous celebration. Even so, the emphasis is quiet joy. In fact, my favorite moment of the day is when we are singing, Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, softly in the flickering darkness of the cavern fire light
I'll be posting more pictures over the next several days. Here is a shot of our makeshift catacomb room. My son-in-law, Art, plays the part of Marcus, a pastor in the underground church, and my son, Elijah is "the Apostle Paul". Everyone in our family, almost everybody in our church, and several of my students who go to other churches have a part. They are shop owners, soldiers, and senators. Carina is the leader of a family surnamed Pompeius, Turtle is a scribe and runs the weapons museum. Claye runs the clay booth in the market place. She also did some research on Catacomb art and drew this example on the wall with pastels.
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I love that picture of the shepherd. She did such a great job!
We're having a lot of fun with VBS too. There will be a lot of questions in our house, because Mim burst into tears twice tonight because she was scared of the soldiers. She knows it's all pretend, and yet...
I noticed she was crying. Lucia told me she cried when they arrested Jaye. Sorry, we should have prepared her for that. The giant soldier and his wife would like to meet you two. He met Aaron, but had never realized who you were. I told him Mim had missed him on Tuesday and he wants to see her and Isaiah. Maybe we can introduce them out of costume and relieve some of her fear. I expected the older children to feel the seriousness, but assumed most of the four year olds would be oblivious...not Mim. Sorry.
Claye did a wonderful job on the wall. It's beautiful!
It looks like VBS is quite the success. Great costumes and sets.
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