M.A.P.S. for Kids – FREE VBS Curriculum
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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What a great springboard for next year’s VBS! I’ve been looking for Christ-centered improvements to ‘pop’ cultural references, and this will certainly stir interest in an “Amazing Race” type event. May God continue to bless your ministry as it blesses others.
Keep dancing in His joy!
Pastor Lysa
PS. In response to another post looking for music – have you considered using praise music or hymns that comes from each area of the world? While I really like alot of music that’s been composed for specific curricula, the problem that we run into is that there’s no opportunities for the kids to continue to sing the songs from VBS week!
Thank you so much for this wonderful VBS curriculum! I’m so thankful to the Lord that your ministry was generous enough to sacrifice your time and energy in putting this together. We are using it for our VBS in two weeks in collaboration with an Indian Christian church so your cultural theme will tie in very well. Thank you again, may God continue to richly bless your ministry as you serve Him and reach the lost for Christ worldwide.
Stephanie
Yes!!!!
These two monologues were done by a talented friend of our family, named Craig Rodenmayer. He used to be a professional actor with Wycliffe’s dinner theater, and he and his wife, Debi, have a huge heart for world missions. When Craig lived in our area, he accompanied our homeschool group as we did mission-minded chapels for nearby Christian schools. Craig plans to record several more of these, and I plan to include them on a series for a homeschool website, teaching families about different missionary heroes.
Please feel free to use these videos for M.A.P.S. for kids, or for encouraging your family of church about world missions and famous missionaries.
Jon & Ann
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If you type in The Mission Minded Child (Ann Dunagan) into the youtube website, this man has acted out the Livingstone and Townsand monologues.
Just got another request, from a VBS leader named Tisha, for mission ideas for preschoolers. Here is my reply:
Tisha,
So good to hear from you!!
It’s exciting to hear that quite a few churches are using this MAPS for KIDS curriculum this summer. Any reports or photos would be appreciated, to encourage future involvement. Also, I had a request for info about FREE mission ideas to teach preschool children:
I would recommend looking at Wycliffe’s free materials and lessons for little ones. Here is a link:
http://www.wycliffe.org/Resources/Kids/FreeCurriculum/BrightIdeas.aspx
Blessings to you!
Ann Dunagan
Harvest Ministry
Our church is using MAPS for kids for our VBS this August. We’d like to print a sign to put up in front of our church. Do you have any ideas for an eye catching sign?
If you have trouble downloading the curriculum file, try this condensed PDF file: http://harvestministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/maps-web.pdf
Hello Claudette!
We are delighted to hear that your church had a successful VBS ministry time using the M.A.P.S. for KIDS curriculum. Thanks for sharing!!! Did you happen to get a few photos? I would love to share an update about how it went, with a few specifics.
Our adults had as much fun as our kids! It was a great program to do with limited adults and a mixed age group of children. Thank you!
Note to everyone:
It’s exciting to hear that quite a few churches are using this MAPS for KIDS curriculum this summer. Any reports or photos would be appreciated, to encourage future involvement. Also, I had a request for info about FREE mission ideas to teach preschool children:
I would recommend looking at Wycliffe’s free materials and lessons for little ones. Here is a link:
http://www.wycliffe.org/Resources/Kids/FreeCurriculum/BrightIdeas.aspx
Hello Debi!
God bless you in your ministry to encourage children for missions. Here is a document with the original “Fishless Fisherman” satire piece, along with my own children’s adaption of the story, called “The Foolish Fisherman.” It’s in a PDF file here.
Hope all goes well with your VBS.
In His Love and Service,
Ann
I purchased “The Mission Minded Child” in order to get “The Fishless Fisherman” for MAPS Vacation Bible School Day 2 Object Lesson. I could not find it. Can you help?
Dear Brother George,
May God bless you in your children’s ministry and the work He has called you to do. We don’t send out our VBS material in the mail. It is only available as a FREE download which would need to be printed out for use. Maybe you could find someone in your area who would print it out for you, or you could just review the ideas and use whatever you would want.
Blessings to you!
Ann
Ann
I am George M.Div Director VBS as we are poor church if you can able to helped us in
sending material VBS for church i woulds so much happy to you. May God bless you.
George M.Div
georgezomlal@yahoo.co.in
Blessings to you there in Kenya. Thanks for letting us know that these FREE materials are being a help to your ministry to children. We are honored to have a part in helping you to impart a JOY and a PASSION for Jesus and His Great Commission.
Appreciate you sharing. Let us know how your first V.B.S. goes!
Praise God,
I’m in the process of starting a children’s ministry at Deliverance church Rumuruti-Kenya. We hope to hold our first V.B.S in April 2011. I thank God for the information on your website, it will go a long way to help us plan. It is quite hard to get these resources out here. God bless you as you continue to serve Him. You have indeed blessed us.
FROM INDIA:
Hallelujah Village Church Trust (HVCT) invites cross-cultural missionaries and resource persons to share and participate in the ministry by visiting the mission spots, staying for a period of time with HVCT and taking part in the various ministries like medical, educational, crusades, theological teaching and preaching or in other social service programs.
PASTOR ,T.JOHN RAVICHANDRANj´s last blog.
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
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 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!
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!
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
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
God Bless you more! i am jonathan from the Philippines and this curriculum is one of what were praying for. Thanks!
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.
iam pastor Dpaulkirubakaran doing village church ministry and cheldran ministry send free vbs book
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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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.
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, 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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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!