FREE: M.A.P.S. for Kids – VBS Curriculum
July 9, 2010 by Harvest Ministry
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Looking for a mission-minded summer outreach idea . . . for your family, teenagers, home group, or children’s church? How about planning a backyard or neighborhood Vacation Bible School to share the Gospel and God’s heart for the world?
M.A.P.S. for KIDS!!!
As a special gift from Harvest Ministry, we would like to provide you with this FREE Vacation Bible School Curriculum.
This Bible-based kid-tested curriculum includes complete day-by-day instruction outlines. Throughout the week-long adventure, your kids will “travel” around the world (to Africa, Asia, Europe, India, and Latin America) on their own “M.A.P.S. for KIDS International Airlines” — through “Customs” with their own personal “Missionary Passports” (the program even has printable passport and visas!).
Best of all, your kids will learn to draw closer to God, to obey His awesome Word, and to follow Jesus all throughout their lives . . . to do whatever God says to do, to give whatever God says to give, and to go wherever God says to GO!
Click here to download the FREE 106-page curriculum
M.A.P.S. for KIDS!!!
A 5-Day Mission-Minded V.B.S. Curriculum
Each day includes . . .
- A different international theme
- A Bible memory verse and a mission-minded focus
- An easy object lesson
- A missionary monologue skit
- An easy craft idea
- An international mission-minded snack idea
- A fun outdoor missionary adventure
- Day-by-day instructions for six ministry training workshops to equip children in mission skills (such as puppetry, drama, music, or the EvangeCube).
- A concluding M.A.P.S. for KIDS Program
- Plus much more!
Be blessed! Have fun! (And if possible, let us know how it went!!!)
If you use this M.A.P.S. for KIDS curriculum, or any part of it, we would sure enjoy hearing how your program went. Let us know how you used the curriculum, where you live, and how many children were involved. Feel free to add positive feedback from anyone who was involved . . . or any helpful ideas. Our heart is to encourage and challenge children’s ministers, teachers, and parents to equip the next generation for world missions.
It’s easy to do, very effective, and best of all, it’s FREE!!!
Come take a look!
Here are a few highlight photos:
Making international crafts
For ASIA-DAY: Painted Oriental Lanterns and Fans
Learning to use chopsticks
The International Food Cafe
Outdoor Adventures: Setting up a “MISSIONS CAMP”
(Completed “CAMP” – (Notice the Bibles on the chairs!!!)
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Wow! This curriculum looks AWESOME! I hope to use it for a week-long youth week this coming school year. I’m a missionary in the Czech Republic, and I know that Christian youth need to learn how to reach out to their peers to share Christ. Thanks for this outstanding resource!
God bless you, Amanda! We’re absolutely delighted and honored to assist you in your ministry there in the Czech Republic! Let us know how your outreach goes, and please share any feedback you have for other parents and/or youth ministers.
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Dear Brother in christ
Praise and Glory to God
my name is Rev Timothy doing church ministry. And also I do ministries like children, orphanage, widows, adult literarcy, village ministries and bible school. , a village in , Tamil Nadu, India. Thank you
Your Brother In Christ
Rev.Ramesh Timothy
Apostolic Glory Mission Trust of India
God bless you, Ramesh Timothy, and your work in India. Please let us know how these materials for teaching children about missions helped you. And let us know if you have any questions.
Also, just to let everyone know, this curriculum includes a FREE missionary passport. Today, I just found some great printable country flag stickers, passport city stamps, and international country stamps. These would be excellent for use with MAPS for KIDS or with Teaching with God’s Heart for the World. Be sure to check these out!
http://www.stickersandcharts.com/places.php
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iam pastor Dpaulkirubakaran doing village church ministry and cheldran ministry send free vbs book
Dear Pastor, You can download the VBS curriculum right here for free. It’s in a pdf file that you will have to print out, or you could simply read it online. Perhaps you could bring your computer to someone with a printer who could help you.
God Bless you more! i am jonathan from the Philippines and this curriculum is one of what were praying for. Thanks!
Hi,
We are a new plant church of 16 months young. I am the children’s ministry director. We are planning on using this curriculum for our 1st VBS. Thank you and God Bless You for the opportunity be able to use a curriculum that is Christ center and free. I was wondering if you could recommend music to go with this curriculum.
Blessings,
Moira
Blessings to you Moira! I hope this VBS M.A.P.S. for KIDS! Curriculum is a blessing to you and your church, and that God will give you creative ideas to instill a heart for MISSIONS in your church kids. Here are two recommended music CD’s to use:
Psalty’s Heart to Change the World
We Sing Around the World
Let me know (via a comment here) if you have any other questions along the way.
In His Love,
Ann
Thank you so much for the material. I was working on a VBS program on mission’s from scratch because we had prayed about the theme this year and felt that we needed to teach on missions to the kids. While surfing the net for ideas on crafts and games I came across you site. What a blessing! We will definitely use a lot in the material plus what I had already gotten together. Do you happen to have this in Spanish? We have felt for many years the Lord raising up Mexicans to go the nations. There are some who have been sent but we know there are many more that will go in the future. It is exciting to teach the children about God’s heart for the nations! God bless you and the labor of your hands!
Dear Anna,
What a wonderful report! We hope these ideas will be a blessing to what God has directed you to do. (You’re very welcome!!! We’re honored to help.)
Unfortunantly, we only have this curriculum available in English; but feel free to translate it for whatever needs you have. We would love to hear how your VBS goes, and perhaps a few testimonies of what God does in the lives of the children and leaders!!!
Blessings to you!
I am looking forward to using this curriculum at a family church camp to teach the children about the world of missions!! Listed on Day 4 “Object Lesson” you mention “read “The Whole Estate” in the Classic Mission Parable file on this CD”
I was unable to locate that parable. Where can I find it?
Thanks!
Sharon
Dear Sharon,
We’ll load it here on the website soon. Stay tuned!!!
Bless you and all you’re doing!
Ann
it’s now here . . . click here: THE WHOLE ESTATE