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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1981)
> w > Section SANDY OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981 The Sàndy Post Area News People Home & Garden f e a tu r e s V acation Bible School by MARK FLOYD It's always easy to tell when sum mer is here — kids are playing baseball, going to camp and atten ding vacation Bible school While the weather has put a damper on the first two activities, it hasn't hurt the attendance at the B i ble school one bit Two recent one week sessions at "Promises From God." sponsored by the Sandy Im manuel Lutheran Church, drew more than 100 youngsters The school was divided into the two sessions, one for nursery to kindergarten kids, the other for first through sixth graders Each session was dividtxt into four phases Song. Projects. Missions and Story "The idea of the songs was to learn Christian songs to be used in a pro g ra m ," said Bible school co-director Chris HewiLson "The kids used rhythm instruments, record players and a lot of body motions ” Some of the projects done by the kids included sending off helium balloons w ith the name and address of the church and the kid to see how far they w ill travel Other projects included m aking ce ra m ic b u t te rflie s . stained glass crosses, bulletin boards and a plaque photos by Mark Floyd Vacation Bible school kept more than HMi youngster* busy in Sandy the last two weeks, (clockwise from top» Dan Gannon works on a cross during one of the project periods; a mission phase was highlighted by Sarah Montambo wearing a grass skirt from New Guinea; Kim Dasher displays a ceram it butterfly, another of the group's projects; and Anne M arie \m stad leads a group of children in a song. t 4M b) * •t The missions began with an in troduction to foreign countries A fter that, guest speakers came in w ith tales of their adventures in foreign countries The Chandavong fa m ily, Laotian refugees, talked of their country, pastor Frank Koepke told of being a missionary in Japan, Judy McCormick related her ex periences as a missionary in New Guinea, and there were pictures, slides and carvings from India and Africa "The kids tasted food from each co u n try," Hewitson said, "things like dried shrim p, which the kids d etested, and seaweed, d rie d coconut, pineapple and a noodle dish from Laos The kids liked the seaweed and loved the noodle dish with fish sauce — I did n 't have the nerve to try it." The story phase of the school dealt with the birth of Jesus and continued through his resurrection. The phase ended with his promise to return "O u r main purpose was to reach out to the comm unity and spread the good news of Jesus to unchurched people, church people and the com m unity in general." Hewitson said An open house and an evening pro gram concluded the sessions
