VBS Day 4

Good Morning!

VBS Day Four:

One of the script points for Paul the porpoise with a purpose is singing the song “Tell The Good News”. Now that might sound easy – but the voice of our Paul is seventeen years old and being asked to sing a song a capella requires some courage. And both of the young men who are working with the puppet gave the song a stab. And I am proud of both.

We are down to the last day of VBS. I don’t know the number count – but I do know that there a number of children that I have never seen on campus. If I were asked for my “two cents”, I would say that the next two to three weeks are critical for making post VBS contact with the parents of the children who were in VBS and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the lessons learned from the work in the bus ministry is that we have approximately six weeks to involve the parents. Involving the parents is important if we desire to see the children come to a redeeming knowledge of Jesus Christ. (And sometimes it means the parents also come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior as well!)

Our Thursday night Bible study group got together last night. Our study is still in Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. We talked about the Lord’s Supper which is found in the eleventh chapter. Paul was scolding the church because there wasn’t true fellowship within the body. Remember, at this time, the church met daily and enjoyed a meal … supposedly together – but not really. Some folks got there early and ate the food they brought and drank too much wine. The latecomers sometimes didn’t get anything to eat – and encountered folks too drunk to participate. So when they got ready to celebrate the remembrance of our Lord, there was already dissention … making the celebration of the Lord’s Supper somewhat of a meaningless ritual. And that should not be for the Lord’s Supper (or Communion or Eucharist) commemorates what Jesus did for us in taking on human flesh; enduring the same things we endure; encountering the same temptations we encounter – but without sin; offering Himself as a sacrifice for our sin – forfeiting the human He had for you and me; and rising from the dead to give us hope of life eternal. The Lord’s Supper is not a meaningless ritual but a time to remember. And we should take our celebration seriously.

Well, I need to work some more on Eelizabeth Eel’s script. Today will be another good day in the Lord. And we come to the end of the week where God has continued to bless us. Have a great weekend.

Agape’


Mr. Jim


Prayer Need:

The boys and girls in the VBS at FBC Riverdale.

Anna shared last night about a coworker whose wife is undergoing heart catherization this morning but I left my notes in the car … still God knows her name and the need. So please pray!