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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think that OP should discuss this with MIL first before nixing the visit.  Just say no, if you feel uncomfortable with the camp.  However, I was raised in the rural south as a Southern Baptist, and VBC is something that all the kids do in the summer.  It has way more to do with socializing, and providing an outlet for kids in the summer than with evangelizing.  In rural areas, the Church is like a community center.  It's a place that Grandparents bring their Grandkids to when visiting over the summer to show them off to friends and other relatives.  Despite being Southern Baptist, my parents were open-minded and nonjudgmental, raised two liberal democratic professional daughters, warmly welcomed a Jewish son-in-law, without once trying to convert him, and proudly take all of their Grandkids to VBC.  [/quote]

OP,

It does not matter what I think, but I do not think you should send your children to vacation bible camp if you and your DH view it as contradicting their Jewish identity.

I do not know your in-laws, so I do not know what their goals might be in scheduling Bible camp for your children.  Could it be that they see it as a fun social activity that will give them the opportunity to show off their "Grans"?  If so, I still do not think you should send them if it does not feel right to you.  But maybe that would help you have a different attitude towards your in-laws, and might help you reach out to them when you explain why you and your DH do not want your children to attend Vacation Bible Camp.[/quote]

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