Vacation Bible School Ideas

   
        I know we have many months until Summer rolls around, but I figured I would help you get a jump start on your VBS planning. Vacation Bible School can be a great way to help rejuvenate the kids in your children's ministry. It also can serve as a perfect method of outreach to bring in new kids and families into the church. These are some of our past VBS themes and a brief description of what we did and focused on during that year. If I could find them, I included a picture or two just to show you some of the decor we used. If you would like to see more, you can go check out mine and my wife's pictures on Facebook. Feel free to comment if you have any questions about one of these. I'm happy to share and help.

        Master Builder was our Lego theme. We focused on different aspect of the Lego toys and our ultimate point was, "If you want to be a Master Builder, live your life based on the Bible." Lesson/Message topics included- Follow the Directions: Follow the instructions found in God's Word and Connect the Pieces: You need the help of your church, leaders and friends to become what God wants you to be. Below are a few pics of the decor. It was lots of fun and 6 kids received the Holy Ghost during the event!

        Kids of the Kingdom was a fun theme where we were able to dress up like knights and royalty! I think the staff had more fun than the kids. ;) Focus for this one was the story of Esther and how the kids were brought to the kingdom for such a time as this. I believe we also used young David being anointed as king by Samuel. This was a very empowering theme where we could talk to the kids about their purpose.

        Our circus theme we called- "The Greatest PLACE On Earth." This one was all about understanding the importance of the church. We really stressed that the church is where the kids belong and are safe. It's the greatest PLACE on earth and there is a PLACE for them in the church! Of course, we were able to do all the silly stuff that goes with a circus. We had stilt walkers, clowns and lots of yummy snacks.

 

        (com)MISSION POSSIBLE was an exciting and adventurous spy themed VBS. The mission (should you choose to accept it) was all about evangelism. We focused on the great commision. We focused on preparing our cadets to go reach the lost. We started by first covering salvation and how they needed to make sure they had repented, been baptized in Jesus' name and filled with the Holy Ghost. These were the tools they needed before they could go save others. We had many guests from this and several children were baptized in Jesus' name that very Sunday!