I’ve been checking out the intro kit from the new 2024 VBS from RBP and wanted to share this video of my unboxing while I work on the full review. Be sure to check out their official website and Facebook page for more information. What is the RBP VBS for 2024? Wildlife VBS Start Kit Overview of Wildlive VBS from Regular Baptist Press Be sure to visit their official website for detials. RBP’s WildLIVE! is the evangelistic
We were big fans of the super user-friendly virtual VBS from Go Curriculum last year. Churches found their plug and play format incredibly useful for Vacation Bible School at home. David and his team are bringing back the BOLT format with an all new curriculum for VBS in 2021. It’s called “Bolt Totally 80’s VBS.” Hold onto your mullet, we’re taking a totally tubular trip through the early church. During BOLT: Totally 80’s, kids will hear stories
What are we going to do about VBS this Summer? That’s a question all of us are asking right now. Even as some states open back, can you safely hold a large group program like Vacation Bible School this summer? How will you protect the kids and volunteers? What about the curriculum you already bought? Here as some ideas and considerations for planning your Vacation Bible School in this season of Coronavirus. Every church needs a plan
Kids will love this Virtual VBS curriculum for 2020. It features at 3 day VBS at home schedule, but could also be done fully online. BOLT VBS is a new curriculum option for Vacation Bible School for the summer of 2020. This VBS program is built for families to share a virtual VBS experience at home during the Coronavirus stay-at-home order. Churches can purchase this video-based VBS curriculum and share it with every family in their congregation
With the stay-at-home orders covering all 50 states, this summer’s VBS could be in danger. I’d love to hear what you are thinking. Leave a comment below. What’s your plan for VBS this Summer? Should churches cancel VBS for summer of 2020? From what I’m hearing, most churches will wait until the first week of May to start those discussions. My personal though is even if society starts to open back, few parents will want their kids
“Focus” is the new VBS theme from Orange curriculum. Last week at the Children’s Pastors Conference, I got a chance to talk with the people behind the exciting new material. Take a look at this new Vacation Bible School and let me know what you think. Focus for VBS 2020 This all-new VBS 2020 from Orange Publishing is called “Focus: See What Matters Most“ Here’s what they say on their website: Our team is passionate about impacting children
Vacation Bible School is an institution in many churches — but what if it’s not an option for your congregation? This post offers some alternative ideas for reaching kids instead of a a traditional VBS program. Three VBS Alternatives What to do instead of Vacation Bible School? Vacation Bible School is a tradition in many churches but it’s not always feasible to present such a program to the community. If you are limited by volunteer staff, finances
Vacation Bible School is the perfect way to immerse visitors into your unique church culture and VBS provides a wide opportunity for volunteers to work in children’s ministry. If you’re not excited yet, just take a look at all the awesome 2020 VBS themes that are coming out for next summer. It’s time to shine for Jesus! Who’s ready to party? 3 Reasons Why Vacation Bible School is Important #1 Hello, Jesus Vacation Bible School is important
Unless you’ve grown up attending Vacation Bible School regularly, you may not understand the purpose. Why host a VBS? Are they really necessary? Why did we start this tradition to begin with? Well, there’s a lot of history Vacation Bible School but just know that Vacation Bible School’s purpose hasn’t really changed. In the beginning, such bible schools were used to introduce children to the gospel of Jesus Christ in an immersive and fun way. Even though
This fun program for VBS 2020 is from Regular Baptist Press. Big Fish Bay (official website) has a ocean / fishing boat theme and focuses on the Biblical story of Jonah. RBP is a longtime supporter of our website and we love to highlight their excellent resources for children’s ministry. Our website doesn’t sell curriculum, but we review all the major VBS 2020 themes as a service to our readers. If you like it, take our poll
Let’s take a look at another excellent VBS 2020 Theme . This one is from Group VBS and called Rocky Railroad (official website). It’s a program made for the train loving children who dream of adventure and travel. Keep reading to see more details and find out if this Vacation Bible School curriculum is right for your church. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite 2020 Vacation Bible School in our survey. Rocky Railroad VBS (our first
It’s time to check out next summer’s themes for VBS 2020. This post takes a closer look at the new offering from LifeWay VBS (official website). This year they feature a construction theme called “Concrete & Cranes – building on the love of Jesus.” Be sure to leave a comment below or take our survey about the new VBS 2020 curriculum. Our First Impression: The construction theme is somewhat original for Vacation Bible School publishers. It’s a
It’s time to find the right VBS 2020 theme for your church. This post takes a closer look at the Vacation Bible School program from Cokesbury titled, “Knights of the North Castle.” We’re excited to dig into this curriculum, but we would love to hear your ideas too. Leave a comment below or take our survey about your favorite themes 2020 VBS. Our First Impression: Cokebury is among the most trusted VBS publishers for good reason, this
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“VBS 2020” Themes for Vacation Bible School It’s time to launch into our 2020 Vacation Bible School planning – This page will help you pick the right VBS program for your church this summer of 2020. Browse the curriculum listing below to discover which publisher has the best VBS theme. BOLT! New Quarantine friendly VBS at Home – This is a great curriculum option for backyard or family led VBS this summer. It also works if your
It’s a little late in the VBS planning, but if you still need curriculum for 2019 this is your chance. We just unboxed this year’s Vacation Bible School materials from Cokesbury and Abingdon Press. Don’t miss the official websites for Whoosh VBS and To Mars and Beyond Watch the videos below and leave me a comment sharing your first impressions. To Mars and Beyond VBS 2019 from Cokesbury Whoosh VBS 2019 from Abingdon Press The original give
Take an look at the 2019 VBS theme from LifeWay called “In the Wild.” We made this short video unboxing of the Starter Kit and the Jump Start kit featured below. The giveaway on this post has ended and we’ve notified the winner via email. Thanks to everyone who left a comment with the great feedback!. VBS 2019 from LifeWay Theme Verse: But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the
GiddyUp Junction is a new 2019 Vacation Bible School theme from Regular Baptist Press. They are one of the website sponsors s and sent me this review copy. So this is a first look at the material, I’ll add more as I check it out in detail. As you can see, this is refresh of the classic western or cowboy themed VBS. At first look, you can see they have done a great job with the graphics
Cokesbury is an important friend to our website and we are excited to let you know about their new VBS curriculum for 2019 called “Mission to Mars.” Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us! – Ephesians 3:20 If you’re just hearing about this VBS theme, be sure to watch the video below and visit their website for yourself. Cokesbury is
This Vacation Bible School is designed to teach children about the Fruit of the Spirit found it Galatians Five. If you have a small group of children it is suggested that you keep them together as a group the whole time. If you have a large group of children it is suggested that you only keep them together for the introduction and worship; then you break them into age groups and have them rotate through activities. This
Click here to download the 36-page VBS curriculum manual On your mark, get set….GO!!! Whether or not it is a year of Olympics, athletic analogies and fitness focus are always great themes to use when implementing Bible programs for kids. We as a culture honor sports stars and their endeavors quite a bit…what would it look like to give Biblical efforts the same attention? This Vacation Bible School curriculum uses the Olympics as a spring board for
This is the introduction to a free Western Themed VBS we’re posting here on the website. We hope you enjoy and would love feedback from any churches who use this material. Click here to download the 42-page director’s manual Howdy! Welcome to a rowdy Western adventure romp through the pages of history and the Bible. This Vacation Bible School program will take you through a series of Bible stories that highlight characters who were “outlaws,” defying norms
It’s amazing to see the creative ways that churches are telling kids about Jesus. The following Minecraft themed vacation Bible school was sent to us by one such reader. Sarah Schlatter from Newport Mesa Church wanted to share this curriculum and materials with everyone here on our website. Click on the links below to download. Please come back and let us know how it went. Click here to download the ZIP file folder. If you have trouble with
Water games are always fun when it comes to VBS recreation, so here’s a list of exciting and amusing games ideal for keeping the kids cool each day. Basket-Head Balloon Toss Materials: Two circular laundry baskets, water balloons, timer Instructions: Divide the kids into two teams and pick someone from each team to hold a laundry basket on top of their head. Then the other team members will try to toss the water balloons (from an age-appropriate
