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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.
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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