Lifting Up the King VBS: Jesus: King of Kings

Our VBS for 2016 is Lifting Up the King. We studied great kings of the Bible. Day 4 was Jesus: King of Kings taken from Revelation 19:16. The theme for Jesus was His humble life.

VBS 2016: Moses Room Decorating by Nicole

Thanks to my niece Nicole Whitacre for letting me share her decorations for their VBS this year. They did Moses and these are her photos of her room decorations. These are just the photos.

Lifting Up the King VBS: King Josiah

Our VBS for 2016 is Lifting Up the King. We studied great kings of the Bible. Day 3 was Josiah: Faithful to God and was taken from 2 Kings 23:25. The theme was his obedient actions.

Peter Fact Bag & Bulletin Board

How to create a Fact Bag with the lesson & printables in color and black & white. This is a great review for the classroom, then students can pull out the items and re-tell the Bible facts they learned.

Lifting Up the King VBS: King Solomon

Our VBS for 2016 is Lifting Up the King. We studied great kings of the Bible. Day 2 was Solomon: The Wisest Man found in 1 Kings 4:30. The theme was Mind of Wisdom.

Summer Bible Bulletin Boards by Nicole

 New bulletin boards by Nicole Whitacre. Thanks for sharing your ideas Nicole!
Some are appropriate for Spring/Summer, others are great for any season!

Lifting Up The King VBS: King David

Our VBS this year was Lifting Up the King. We studied some great kings of the Bible: David, Solomon, Josiah and Jesus. Jesus being the greatest King of all. This is the first night's study of King David: A Man After God's own Heart found in Acts 13:22. The theme was Heart Like God.

Preschool Bulletin Boards

The room we use for our Wednesday night 3 year old class is also a Mother's Day Out class. The Bible class teacher usually has one bulletin board, but I asked if I could do all of them for the summer. This first quarter we are teaching Genesis, so these can also be used to review God's Creation.

Paul & Silas in Prison

This is lesson 12 in the preschool series for the book of Acts. This includes the updated and corrected visuals for you to download, even though the post has them before the adjustments. You can also print a set of pictures to color.

Joseph: Spell-It-Out

    

This set of letters that spell JOSEPH is a super condensed overview of his life.

Peter Freed From Prison

The kids really loved this lesson! They loved when I knocked on the table as I talked about Peter knocking on the gate. They really like the simple paper chains.

Cathy's Corner: Noah Listens to God

Today's post was created to be used after Noah as an application lesson and is intended for second grade and up.

Peter and Dorcas

This is such a fun lesson for the kids! This lesson is about Dorcas/Tabitha and is for preschool.

Cathy's Corner: Fantastic Facts About Noah's Ark

Here is a great visual to teach the facts about the ark. I have attached an outline to help you with the scriptures in the download.

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

This continues the lessons from Acts for preschool. Philip teaches the man from Ethiopia and baptizes him. There is a scroll project, of course, but with a twist!

Cathy's Corner: Josiah

My Sister-in-Law Cathy Whitacre loves to use her visuals on a magnetic board. I have created a set of these for King Josiah. Cathy's lesson is included and used with permission.

Peter and John Heal A Man

This is a lesson that was used for preschool on Wednesday night.

 I will be posting several Acts for preschool.

Judges by Nicole

Thanks to my niece Nicole Whitacre for letting me share these photos of the Judges with you.

Lifting Up the King VBS: Throne

We are studying some of the great kings of the Bible for VBS this year. We called it Lifting up the King because that is the theme for this year and it tied in perfectly.

Cathy's Corner: Stephen

Here is something different for Stephen. This set of magnetic Board Visuals  is for Stephen, but it is a great discussion starter about the tongue.

Jacob Trading Cards

Cathy's Corner: Peter's Life

This is an overview (extended) lesson on Peter. The visuals and lesson are included along with a matching worksheet. This can be used as a Chalk Talk.

Armor of God: The Sword of the Spirit

As you have probably seen the last couple of weeks, I decided to create some of the pieces for the Armor of God found in Eph. 6:10-20. This week is the Sword of the Spirit. Each piece takes a little time to assemble, but is worth it! If you do not want to make them for the students, these can be used as a teacher's visual.

Cathy's Corner: Ananias & Sapphira

This is a short post with a set of Magnetic Board Visuals for Ananias & Sapphira.

Armor of God: Helmet of Salvation

This continues the pieces of the Armor of God. One thing led to another (as it usually does) as I taught the lesson about Jesus healing the Centurion's Son to the 3 year old class. I started with the shield and added the helmet. When I was getting the Armor of God lesson ready for the second grade class, I wanted more hands-on pieces. Since I have mostly boys this year, I thought they would really love having these. So, here we are with the helmet.

Cathy's Corner: Saul Sees the Light

This week I have  a Magnetic Board set of visuals about the Apostle Paul Sees the Light.

Armor of God: Shield of Faith

When I taught the 3 year old class about Jesus Heals the Centurion's Son, I made a helmet and shield for them to wear (and take home) as a hands-on review. I decided to create more printables because I have mostly boys this year and of course they will love the weapons!

Cathy's Corner: Dorcas

This style of visual is used to put the pieces of the puzzle together as you teach the lesson. The lesson is included in the download and everything is numbered to make it easy to use.

Armor of God: Belt of Truth

When I taught the Jesus Healed the Centurion's Son lesson to the 3 year old class, I made the students a Roman helmet and shield to talk about the soldier. I decided to add a couple of printables to use with the second grade class for the Armor of God lesson.

Cathy's Corner: Fruit of the Spirit

This is a short post with this printable for the Fruit of the Spirit. It also includes the pieces to print if you'd like to make a File Folder Game.

Lifting Up The King VBS: Banners

Our VBS this year is Lifting Up the King. We will study some great kings of the Bible: David, Solomon, Josiah and Jesus. Jesus being the greatest King of all. This post includes the banners (flags) I created for our classroom.

Cathy's Corner: Facts From Acts

Acts is an obvious favorite book of mine, 

and here is another addition from Cathy's Corner!

Preschool Bible Fact Cards

This is a short (but special) post with a set of Bible Fact Cards that can be used for Bible memory for preschool. After a prayer and songs, we begin our lessons with this Bible review.



Cathy's Corner: The 7 Churches of Asia

This is a set of visuals to use with the lesson about the 7 different churches in Asia that John wrote about in Revelation. See below for more on the visuals.

Cathy's Corner: Jesus Returns to Heaven

This set of Magnetic Board Visuals will complete the Life of Jesus series that I recreated from Cathy's teaching visuals.

Jesus is Crucified and Lives Again!

Part C:

I have been wanting to expand the last days of Jesus lessons. I have them very condensed for my age group and because of the weeks I have them vs. the lessons I want to teach. This continues from Part B with some review and is about Jesus being crucified and the resurrection of Jesus. Scripture reference is Matthew 27:26-28:8.

Cathy's Corner: Spell-It-Out Victory!

I recreated this set of letters that spell VICTORY that Cathy has in her files. This Spell-it-Out set covers the last couple of days of the Life of Jesus.

Peter Denies Jesus and the Trials of Jesus

 

 Part B:

I have been wanting to expand the last days of Jesus lessons. I have them very condensed for my age group and because of the weeks I have them vs. the lessons I want to teach. This continues from Part A with some review and is about Peter in the courtyard and he denies knowing Jesus. This lesson also discusses the trials that Jesus had that led to the cross. Scripture reference is Matthew 26:57 -27:26.