The 3rd Friday of BV 2012!

Friday, July 6^th, the kids gathered at the church around noon for yet another delicious meal provided by the generous and talented chefs of our church.

After lunch, we went to the sanctuary to worship, fellowship with one another, and hear the story of the Good Samaritan. This story from Luke 10:25-37 teaches us how to be compassionate and why it matters. Jesus, when asked by a lawyer how he could inherit eternal life, told the man that we must love our neighbor, and he told the story of the Good Samaritan to illustrate who exactly is our neighbor. In this parable, Jesus talks about a traveler who had been assaulted and wounded by robbers. He laid on the side of the road, hoping someone would come to his aid. Although a priest and a Levite passed him, they did not stop to assist the injured man. However, a Samaritan came to the man, bandaged his wounds, and later took him to an inn for better care. The Samaritan told the innkeeper that he would pay for all the care that the man required. After explaining this to the lawyer, the lawyer realized that the Samaritan who had showed mercy toward the traveler had acted as a neighbor to him. Jesus agreed and told the lawyer to do likewise and show this kind of love and mercy in his own life in his own life.

Once everyone at BV 2012 heard the retelling of this parable through an online video, we recreated the story to try to understand it even more fully so that we could know what compassion means in its fullest sense.  Below are pictures of our reenactment as well as the video of the story that we watched.

 

 

 Afterwards, we learned about archery and the extreme amount of focus required for this sport. We discussed how this is the kind of mentality we need to have to be compassionate, loving people, for being this way does require work on our part. To make this lesson a little more fun, we actually got to shoot some arrows at a target outside of the church, and while it was exciting, it was definitely a bit challenging. 

 

In crafts, the kids made targets with arrows saying, "Focus on Jesus" to further emphasize our day's theme and message. 

The rest of our afternoon, we went to Glen Maury Park’s campground to clear an area that had been filled by loose twigs and large branches following the storm that caused many along the East Coast to lose power. By helping campers and members of this community, the kids of BV 2012 were able to experience and exhibit compassion of their own.

Following our time at the park, everyone got ice cream at the local Bluedogart café. It was a great break, for we were all pretty hot from working at the campground. Then, we enjoyed the comforts of the indoors and air conditioning as we watched a Scooby Doo movie, called Scooby’s Laff-a-Lympics. All in all, we had a great learning about compassion, eating ice cream, and having fun!