Children at First Congregational VBS learn about 'God's Backyard'

Ruth Conville of Tamaqua teaches a class of youngsters

during the annual

Vacation Bible School at First Congregational Church, Coaldale. God's Backyard was the theme of the five-day program, which included crafts, music and Bible study. Fifty-four children and teens attended the

program, which held its closing exercises Friday, June 29.