By Aaron Wilson NASHVILLE – Packing for your next mission trip has just gotten a whole lot easier. Lifeway Christian Resources has produced a new Vacation Bible School program called “Go & Tell Kids” to serve as a gospel presentation tool that’s easy to transport to the mission field and works anywhere. “‘Go & Tell Kids’ is themeless, meaning people don’t have … [Read more...]
2016 VBS takes kids deeper in God’s Word with ‘Submerged’
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Next summer, kids will have the opportunity to dive past the surface and go deeper into God’s Word with “Submerged,” the 2016 Vacation Bible School theme from Lifeway Christian Resources. Lifeway VBS specialist Jerry Wooley says the theme helps challenge a culture consumed with the celebrity image—one marked by beauty and popularity. … [Read more...]
2015 VBS prepares kids for a “Journey Off the Map”
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Next summer, kids will have the opportunity to explore and discover the adventure of life during an exciting “Journey Off the Map” that is “Unknown to Us, Known to Him” in LifeWay’s 2015 Vacation Bible School. The description of the latest VBS theme invites students to “set out on a journey to uncharted territory where they will … [Read more...]
Lifeway apologizes for 10 year old offense to Asian Americans
By Bob Smietana LONG BEACH, Calif. - Ten years ago Lifeway Christian Resources published a Vacation Bible School curriculum they believed would introduce kids to Jesus using an Asian culture theme. But "Far Out Rickshaw Rally - Racing Towards the Son" became a lesson in cross-cultural miscommunication. Critics of the material said it promoted racial stereotypes. Wednesday … [Read more...]