If you are looking for a fun stewardship event to host this fall, check out the Generosity Project here. It is curriculum designed for congregations to talk about money, value, and faith intergenerationally. As a contributing writer to the Generosity Project, the CYF team at Bethlehem and I decided to create a Vacation Bible School program this June built of the project. It was a collaborative effort! To get a glimpse in what we did, check out the VBS – The Generosity Project video. Below, I am sharing the rotations that we did and parts of the curriculum (except the music rotation) in a Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 12 noon format.

Here is what we did:

Overview of Spark Bible Stories, The Bible Buddy, Bible Memory Verse and Take Home Point:

Day	Bible Buddies	Spark Bible Story	Bible Verse	Take Home Point
Day1	Sammy Squirel	Adam and Eve pg 8	“God was happy to see that Adam and Eve were taking care of everything in creation.”x	We are, caretakers of the earth. Let’s go God!
Day 2	Lenny Locust	Jesus Feeds 5000 pg 426	“And after Jesus gave thanks to God he blessed the five loaves of bread and fish.”	We are, caretakers of the ocean. Let’s go God!
Day 3	Cathy Caterpillar	Fruit of the Spirit pg 550	“…live with the fruit of the spirit. Show love, joy, peace and paitence to one another. Be kind, generous, faithtful,…and gentle with one another….Show good self control.”	We are caretakers of God’s love. Let’s go God!
Day 4	Delaney Donkey	The Good Samaritan pg 360	The man asked, “Who is my neighbor?”	We are caretakers of each other. Let’s go God!

Rotation Schedule had four groups that rotated to four different stations including service, science, games and music.

Opening: Morning Stretch uses music, a dressed up gopher, simple storytelling, and Bible verse yoga to get the morning started.

Community Meeting meets right after the opening to show a video of the story, review the take home point, and announcements.

Outdoor Games:

Community Service taught about the service projects we supported including Beat the Heat kits for Our Savior’s Shelter, local food shelf, and My Very Own Bed.

Summer Science was held outside since many of the projects were messy!

Snack:

Block Party Closing includes music, a puppet show, some kind of fun thing, and the Lord’s Prayer.

Day 4: We went outside for closing music, the Lord’s Prayer, and a candy blessing.

Bringing the Story Home:

Special shout out to Bethlehem’s CYF Team including Ann Masica, Jayn Lindquist, Katie Klos, and Melissa Ramshead for thier work in making VBS a success at Bethlehem.