Am I a user?

I just dropped my children off at a church that I no longer attend so that they could have the pleasure of going to vacation bible school. As a child, I just loved going to vacation bible school (VBS). My parents were not christians at the time and my neighbors would take me or I would have a friend that would let me tag along. I still remember the lessons of the wordless book and how our hearts are black with sin, but because of the red blood of Jesus our sins are washed white a snow. VBS was such an important part of my childhood experiences. My church cannot provide this experience for my children because of the fact, we do not own a building and cannot use it's facility during the week.

When I attended the church that my children have just gone to bible school at, they slowly began doing away with children's ministries. They informed us to take our children to other churches and use thier programs. I was angered by this statement. Mostly because I felt that they didn't want to be bothered with the burden of providing thier own programming. I could not believe that a pastor (not the lead pastor) was telling us to esentially "use" another church without belonging to it's fold. To use another church that is building up their own flock or wishing to outreach to it's community. To use that church without financially supporting it or without supporting it with our time or talents. It just seemed wrong to take advantage of a church like this.

All of that being said. I feel like it is important for my children to go to VBS. I don't feel like I left this church and burned all of my bridges. There are many great people there. I can think of no place else that I would like to send my children to VBS. However this begs the question, "AM I WRONG TO USE THIS CHURCH'S PROGRAMMING WITHOUT ANY INTENTION OF GOING TO CHURCH THERE?"

IamNan