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Download and print off this free Vacation Bible School curriculum to use in your ministry. Bible Boot Camp “The Armor of God” is a VBS theme based on Ephesians 6:11-18. The links below contain all the lesson plans, craft ideas, and directions you need. Just download the following three PDF files to get started. Special thanks to Tara Merrill, a reader who wanted to share this curriculum with others.
Download this Free VBS Material
- Directors Manual (ignore the copyright notice, the author has given you permission to copy it from our website to use in your ministry)
- Activity Books
- Revised Activity Book for Younger Children
- Teacher handbook
More Suggestions & Resources
- Print our free Armor of God coloring pages
- Craft & decoration examples from a church that used this curriculum
- More army themed VBS ideas
- How another church taught about the Armor of God
- Watch the Armor of God song by Go Fish
For more help be sure to check out our tips for planning VBS, gathering VBS crafts, or some game ideas for VBS.
Tara has sent us a second free VBS program. The new one is a Fruit of the Spirit VBS. Follow that link to download this free material now.
After you download the curriculum you will see a notice about not making copies without written permission. The curriculum creator has granted permission for you to use this in your local church ministry. So, copies in that context are allowed. For other uses, you can leave a comment on this post for the author.
One of our readers, Tara Merrill, wanted to share this vacation bible school material. I was really impressed when she sent me the files. I could tell right away that put her heart into writing this curriculum. Here is how she described it in a comment on our site. Be sure to leave a message at the bottom of this page to let her know you appreciate her efforts.
I am 22 years old trying to follow God’s call in my life. I believe He is leading me to write low-cost, Scripture-driven VBS programs. By His grace and will, I wrote one this summer centering on the armor of God passage found in Ephesians 6:11-18. It is a full program and can be adapted for any church size, as long as people are willing to volunteer. I provide craft and snack ideas, but do not include the actual materials as I believe it is cheaper to purchase the necessary items in one’s own hometown. I also provide drama scripts and dialog to help guide the leaders.
Please leave your comment below with any ideas for improvements or clarifications that need to be made. Your feedback will help Tara make improvements in future programs.
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Thank you so much for sharing the gift God has given you. I love your material, it is presented in a way that anyone can understand and take something from it. My church is small and you sharing your VBS programs at no charge is so greatly appreciated. Thank you again and may you continue to let God use you. :)
Thank you so very much for the free VBS curriculum!
A NOTE TO TARA:
I have had the immense privilege of being called into VBS ministry on a large scale in 2 different states. Although I’m still ministering to children, I’m not actively involved with VBS any longer. I still have a great heart for the ministry and am always drawn to it. I have witnessed well over 1000 children give their hearts to the Lord in the several years I was involved. All this to say, that if you feel called…GO FOR IT!!!! You will never regret it! I have not had the opportunity to really dig into your work yet, but, I will. At first glance, it appears to be great! Bless you for stepping out like you are at your age! I would love to be able to keep up with your work! Please feel free to contact me!
Thanks Again!
BIG Blessings and Favor to you!
Tara, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication! I was planning on doing a mini- VBS while spending the summer at my mom’s house for my kids and their cousins and this will be perfect!
May God continue to bless you as you serve him in kingdom work!
Thank so much for picture of the armour of God. it is very instrumental to me
Thank you so much for your hard work on this material. I work witht the local salvation army here in Cleveland TN. I am doing a VBS this summer at at local park here in town and this will be a great curriculum to use. If u would like pics i can send them to any one just need email contacts. thank you again for allowing this site to be free and accessible to any one at any time.
We will use the materials for our coming DVBS on May 17 – 19, 2012. Thanks if you can provides it to us.
Thank you very much for the lesson. I am in charge of our VBS. I need to break down the classes and I would like permisssion to remove some of the parts as we will not have enought time and workers to do it all.
Please use it however best fits your ministry.
This is an answer to one of my prayers this summer! Thanks to Ministry to Children, esp to ms. Tara Merrill for sharing this free VBS Curriculum! Thank God for you and your good heart ! Be more blessed and fruitful in God’s grace!???
Your ideas are great, our church youth group is a small one ( 15 kids total) and with a small budget as well, this information will bring lots of joy and benefit to our children-so that they can go fourth and be good soldiers for God. Thank you! God bless you.
Tara, thank you so much for providing the free VBS material. I am in a very small church and funds very limited, but my desire is to give the children the very best VBS at the least cost as possible. I called the few people who had volunteered to help with VBS to make a decison on what our theme would be. I gave them several options, not telling them what the cost was of either of them and they unanimously selected “Armor of God”. Thank you for letting God lead you,
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