RESCUED! VBS | Sidekick

Every day is a new adventure at the Agape Animal Rescue! Dr. Dunn and his assistant, Greta, care for all sorts of animals who find themselves in difficult situations. Whether it’s a pig trying to cover his stink, a bear caught in a trap, or a caged guinea pig playing dead for attention, their familiar stories remind us of all the ways Jesus rescues us from loneliness, sin, death, fear, and even ourselves. But the animals at Agape aren’t the only source of excitement. Between Dr. Dunn’s daughter Dorothy, Grandpa Dunn, and Bernie the Animal Whisperer, there’s plenty to go around! Grab your Bibles, hold on tight, and prepare for some furry adventure as you learn about all the ways we are RESCUED! by Jesus.

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Sidekick VBS materials are a digital package. You'll receive a download containing all materials with permission to print, send, and distribute as much as you need within your Church or organization. This makes it easy to produce only what you need and save space! Everything is included in one price! No need to pick and choose from a long list of different items and products only to realize you forgot to order enough of one manual or the promotional cards. It's all there for you to produce as much as you need!

Sidekick VBS can be purchased in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 day formats, depending on the length of your VBS! No need to adapt skits or lessons for your personal length. It's been done for you!

In the main assembly, all VBS guests sing, pray, and watch funny and thoughtful skits that connect the VBS theme to the Biblical theme for the day. From there, guests are dismissed in smaller groups to different stations for a designated time interval.

In a rotation-based model, they’ll move from station to station, led by designated and recruited Team Leaders.

In a stationary model, students remain in their separate spaces for a longer duration without rotating. If you choose the stationary model, simply combine different stations in the curriculum and perform them together in the same space (ex: Vet School Learning Center, followed by a Rescue Roundup Game and/or a Critter Cafe food-based station for the same class in the same room. You may also choose to include or exclude a separate Canine Cinema puppet show in the Main Assembly at the beginning, end, or as a separate entity!).

Adult Lessons are provided with this VBS! Some would prefer for adults to rotate through the stations. In this case, they would form a separate age group rotating through and could follow the Older Kids materials in those stations. However, adults do not have to rotate through. If they do not and you would like to provide them with a lesson, you can utilize the Adult Teacher Guide to provide a session for them while the children rotate through their stations. They could still join the Main Assembly.

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In the Vet School Learning Center station, students will explore the connection Jesus has to the theme of the day. Warmup and Reinforce sections allow them to solidify the concepts even more.

In the Canine Cinema station, students will watch fun and engaging puppet skits that bring Biblical concepts into everyday scenarios that connect the daily themes to real life.

In the Critter Cafe station, students will either build or participate in a food-related activity corresponding to Biblical concepts that will feed both their appetites as well as their brains!

In the Rescue Roundup station, students will get active with games that correspond to key concepts to be remembered.

Leader Guides: these booklets contain instructions for volunteers leading different stations/classes. Separate Leader Guides for Games, Concessions, and Learning Centers provide tailored experiences for various age groups coming to that station. Materials are divided into Older Kids, Younger Kids, and Toddler/Preschool. Lessons are generally the same topics and activities for the Older and Younger groups comprised of K-12th with adjustments for language. Use your best judgment based on your age group breakdowns and maturity levels where to draw the line with kids K-12th for which age groups get the Older Kids and which get the Younger Kids lessons.

Adult Teacher Guide: this booklet contains the classes for adults. Each lesson contains a warmup activity called “A Thousand Words”, a teaching portion, and a gameshow style section that reinforces the lesson at the end.

Skit Manual: this manual contains the skits for each day in the main assembly.

Puppet Skit Manual: this manual contains the puppet skits for the Canine Cinema.

Digital Class Needs: Leader Guides as well as skit manuals will reference Digital Resources to print and use in various stations or in the main assembly. These are contained here. All volunteers should have access to these files.

Promotional and Follow-up Materials: digital designs for posters, ppt slides, web image, invite cards, and an outdoor banner to print or send to the printer of your choice all allow you to bring others to join in on learning about Jesus at your Vacation Bible School. Cards for follow-up allow you to engage with your guests by thanking them for coming and inviting them to Bible class, worship, or other events you would love to see them at in the future.

Station Signs and Name Tags: these items allow you to help teachers navigate rooms and guide students in a way that follows the theme and makes the experience more fun and exciting! You may choose to decorate further. Some transform the entire space and others opt for a simpler setup. One suggestion is to recruit a decorating crew whose responsibility it is to do the decorating for various spaces. This way, station leaders can focus on their activities and teaching rather than also being responsible for decorating.

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