That’s why I sing

by chuckofish

Greetings from Mystery Island where the cool kids are hanging out this week.

And we are having fun–if only it weren’t so darn hot! Most of our VBS activities are outside and it is literally 100 degrees in the shade. But I am keeping up with my 10-year old charges, who are good sports and are staying hydrated.

I have my own fond memories of Vacation Bible School. Back in the day my Episcopal church held a VBS with two other churches (Ladue Chapel Presbyterian and Second Baptist). Although practically 50% of my school class went to my church, no one went to VBS. It wasn’t cool and everyone was busy at their country clubs. But we went and my mother even helped. I always had fun and made a few new friends.

Many years later, when I was a junior at Williams College, my friend Bob from Long Island went skiing in Switzerland over spring break. While he was on the ski lift, he started talking to the young man in the seat next to him. When the other young man said he was from St. Louis, my friend said, “Oh, do you know Katie Chamberlin?” and the guy said, “Yes, I do! We went to Vacation Bible School together!”

They had a good it’s-a-small-world laugh over that, but I think it really blew Bob’s Jewish mind.