Vacation Bible Camp - Day Two

It’s been another great day at St Thomas Vacation Bible Camp!  Today the campers sang a psalm (along with lots of other fun songs) and learned a psalm verse.  Ask them to say it, and sign it for you!  It’s Psalm 51:10.  There was sand painting and water play and lots of connection with children happy to be back in their groups with new friends.  Campers learned today about water as a source of refreshment and health, through the story of Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:1-19).  Naaman was healed of his illness, and his heart was healed too.  A young girl was instrumental in Naaman’s healing – an important reminder that God can use all of us – no matter how big or little we are – to help make the world a better place.

 Singing in the music station

We also learned more about making the world a better place by bringing food for the Bellevue Renewal Foodbank, by purchasing water bottles from MiiR, a company that donates $1 from each sale for clean water projects all over the world, and by making quilt squares for the Love Quilt Project.  The Love Quilt Project was started at an Episcopal Church in Virginia by the aunt of one of our VBC youth group leaders.  During VBC, the children will be making quilt squares that represent what love means to them.  The squares will then be sewn into a quilt that will be blessed and sent to an African orphan child living in a group home.