VBS and the changing of the guard

It's our last week at St. Andrew's and Marti is co-leading vacation bible school with her replacement, Sarah.

The theme this week is Rome, with a focus on the early church and "underground" worship. They have Father Mark acting as St. Paul, in chains with a Roman guard! The music is great, decor is great and the activities are fun and interesting... as far as I can tell the kids are having almost as much fun as the adults.

I'm really going to miss SAE. Last night at the end of VBS we sat around in the parish hall and chatted for about an hour. Joy, Sarah and Karen (all relatively new members at SAE) were right at home with Father Mark, our priest of 11 months and me and Marti. You could really see a changing of the guard type of thing going on. The best news is that SAE is in very capable, loving hands. The bad news is that we'll be somewhere else as this blessed SAE future unfolds :(

But, the God of life, the living God of breath and light, never tires of change. It's His will we're to follow and not our own. Maybe in all this change it's easier to see the things that are permanent, like His love for us and our love for each other...