Day Two of Vacation Bible Camp is a wrap, and it was a great day. If we could only get the weather to cooperate for the rest of the week!
Our theme for today was Care of Magical Creation and this was experienced in different ways at each of the stations. Hagrid made a special trip from Hogwarts to tell the Creation story at the Department of Mysteries. Campers were invited to think about Creation as a gift from God – each day being unique and wonderful. Hagrid also asked if we took out any of the days of creation, would we still have everything we need. Behind Hagrid in the chapel, a balloon shaped like the earth floated at the center of the cross – reminding us all that Jesus loves and holds the world in the center of his heart. In the common room, we heard a story about Hagrid’s love of every creature, no matter how big or small, exciting or boring. God gave us creation as a gift, but it is a gift we must love and care for. When we love God’s creation, we love God. Campers continued to work on their magic wands at Wizarding Wheezes, as well as potting their very own “mandrake” plants – complete with eyes and hands. It will be exciting to see them grow! We continued to learn our songs for Sunday in Professor Flitwick’s Frog Choir and we closed with one of the choruses today…and the campers sounded amazing!
In Sharing the Magic, we continued to learn about clean water and experimented with cleaning our own water today (don’t worry, we didn’t drink it!). By creating our own water filters, we began to see that it takes a lot of work to make clean water like what we have here in Seattle – but it is not impossible. The money raised from our coin drive will help people around the world learn about how water and sanitation, as well as provide them with access to clean water.
- A few questions that you might ask your campers about their day:
- What is your favorite gift that you have ever been given? How do you take care of it? What are ways you can take care of God’s gift of Creation?
- God gave us rest (the seventh day of Creation) as a gift. Would creation be complete without the gift of rest?
- Did you enjoy cleaning water today? How would you feel if your water was always dirty and you didn’t have the tools to clean it? (This could be a great time to remind your camper about the coin drive!)
That’s all from today! We are looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning, and don’t forget that everyone (parent’s, visitors, friends) are invited to our Holy Eucharist service at 10:00am tomorrow!
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