Vacation Bible School Wears Me Out
This is the third year I’ve helped cook for Mt. Zion Community Church Vacation Bible School. Before we had morning events and served a wide variety of lunches. It hustled the three of us to prepare and serve for the children, staff, and visitors. The visitors were either parents or grandparents who were cautious with their kids or the drove quite a distance and stayed instead of making two trips. It was wonderful having them and sharing stories with them. This year the Bible school will be held in the evening 6:30 pm Monday 6-28 till 6-30-2023.
There are the same three cooks who will again be preparing and serving “snacks.” The menu will have a wide variety of selections, keeping in mind the dietary restrictions for some of our young charges. Last week we created a wonderful menu of food from fresh fruit cups to s’mores. Other offerings will include an ice cream bar (sherbet for the lactose intolerant) and a few other substitutes. We know that several kids have peanut allergies, so this year there will be NO peanuts or peanut butter anywhere in the kitchen. There are kids who’ve requested finger Jell-o and I believe we will have those as nightly as well.
Someone had to go shopping for the ingredients. My friend Kathy Hawk and I stepped into the traces to pull the shopping carts. With the church credit card in hand, we drove off in the mini-van, heading to the Greensburg Sam’s Club praying for good buys and our ability to find of the ingredients that we needed After we made rounds at Sam’s buying items in bulk, we headed back to Mt. Pleasant to search for the remaining items on our list. I knew there was at least one item that Aldi’s had that was necessary for our fake s’mores. We bought several things including the sprinkles and syrups for our ice cream bar then we were off to Wal-Mart to finish our marathon shopping spree. After getting gas for the mini-van, we headed back to the church to offload our purchases filling cooler, freezer, and kitchen shelves. We left at 9 AM and got back to the church three and one half hours later. I was tired and back home I lay down for half an hour, just resting. I didn’t take a nap; I still had my lawn to mow. I knew it was to rain in the evening and tomorrow.
Y’all are welcome to come to Mt. Zion Community Church for the Camping themed Vacation Bible School program and sample our snacks.