VBS Jollities

VBS for Cahaba Park Church just concluded tonight.  And for the two days I was there, 'twas a joyous occasion.

Day One:  One of the kids made two of the greatest VBS comments ever.  This was even more glorious than the time the people at Covenant misspelled "Gentle" and an entire crew of 8 year olds went around thinking they were the "Gentile Giraffes" for the first full day of Bible school.

It was music time and all the children had been called together by the music leader, who was looking for any way she could to get them excited about singing songs they'd never heard before.  

"Alright everyone!  It's music time (!), and we're about to sing...but I see just one thing wrong....what is it??"  She was hinting at the fact that everyone was still sitting down (a non-proper position for VBS songs, for the uninitiated).

Five-and-a-half year-old Jay boldly stepped forward to answer the question.  "We're all sinners!"

Later the same evening, Jay explained to us all that Joeys are baby kangaroos.

"Tell everyone what a Joey is, Jay."

"A Joey is a - a baby kangaroo."  He paused.  "And they're faster than a rabbit!"  Another pause, this time with some thought going into the next comment.  "...but they're Not faster than Jesus!"

Day Two:  The skit for the night was all about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.  Moses was about three years my senior with a beard about 40 years my senior and a hat that refused to stay on his scalp.  But these were minor difficulties compared to the Angel of Death, whose presence was supposed to bring with it all those dark and empty feelings typically associated with Angels of Death. This was working pretty well, actually, what with the hollow sounding music, the grim reaper halloween costume and the snarls coming from the lady's lower jaw....Until.  Sally on row two saw the strange facial resemblance of the dreadful spectre and could not contain herself.  "Mom?!" she was clearly excited at the discovery. "It's my mom!!"

We can only wonder.  Was it really the facial features she noticed, or is Sally just used to this sort of behavior from her ancestors?