Grace United Methodist and St. Paul's Evangelical Churches "Shake Things Up" for VBS

Preschoolers have fun singing during music time. Photo by John Inman.

Democrat Staff

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Grace United Methodist and St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Jamestown, held their joint Vacation Bible School June 14-16.

Photo by John Inman

The second and third grade group learns how mixing baking soda and vinegar can blow up balloons in discovery.

Photo by John Inman

The kindergarten and first grade group makes chefs aprons in crafts.

Photo by John Inman

"Miss Karen" and "Chef Basil" welcome all the children to the Grace United Methodist/St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Jamestown, Vacation Bible School.

The theme was "Shake it Up: Where Kids Carry Out God's Recipe for Life." The church averaged 35 children from six area churches and adults from both Grace United and St. Paul's lead during the VBS . The offering taken each night went to the Moniteau County (California) Food Bank. Karen Jones was the VBS director and the children were joined by

"Chef Basil" (Pastor Brian Bish) and "Scraps the Racoon" (voiced by Holly Eschenbrenner. For more information about Grace United Methodist, call 660-841-5233. For more information about St. Paul's Evangelical Church, call 660-888-8281.

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