KISSIMMEE, FL — VBS volunteers at First Baptist Church say that their veteran leader of 20 years was taken up into heaven in a chariot of fire during this year's closing program.
According to Associate Pastor Jim Bundrow, Eunice Grimes helped lead First Baptist's VBS program for two decades before being whisked away into heaven by fiery chariots.
"I looked over during the final moments of the program and heard one of our younger volunteers shouting out something about chariots and horsemen of Israel," Bundrow recalls. "The next thing I saw was a spinning whirlwind of flame reaching down from the sky and bringing Eunice up into heaven. We all fell down to our knees in awe, and then she was gone."
According to several other longtime volunteers, Grimes was one of the greats.
"She brought VBS back from the dead multiple times," said one fellow volunteer. "And there was this one time she kept pouring Goldfish and apple juice out of their containers when we all thought they had run out, but the snacks just kept flowing."
Volunteers said Grimes's successor as leader of the VBS program, Elsa Hanks, had reportedly demonstrated a double measure of ability to organize VBS games and activities.
"Elsa said something about doing activities with bears next year," said Kathleen Cray, a VBS volunteer. "I'm sure the kids will love it."
At publishing time, First Baptist VBS volunteers had unanimously decided to leave a place perpetually open at the volunteer's lunch table in case Grimes ever returned.
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