Vacation Bible School, July 29, 2014, Day 2

Today we heard the parable Jesus told about the Good Samaritan. In response to a question from a man who wondered who his neighbor was, Jesus told a story.  

The story goes like this. A Jewish man going from Jerusalem to Jericho was attacked, robbed and left for dead on the road. A priest and a Levite passed right by the man and never even stopped, but a Samaritan stopped, took care of the man, and took him to an inn and paid for the man’s stay there while he recovered. The Samaritans and the Jews were not on good terms, and so the fact that a Samaritan stopped to help a Jew was pretty shocking. But the Samaritan knew that anyone in need is our neighbor, so he did what he could to help.

We entered into the parable by hearing it and then acting it out, several times. Everyone got a chance to be different characters in the story, and the children were very creative as they acted out this drama.  

We shared a snack, made beautiful goblets to share with one another and found a secret message (just as the parables have secret messages for us all) by painting, and our game today was a form of tag. The person who got tagged got bandaged, and then the bandaged person tagged someone else and bandaged that person. This game helps us to remember to be good neighbors and to care for those among us who need our help.  

  Vacation Bible School, Tuesday, July 29, 2014  (full size gallery)

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