A key component of the ReNew Green Vacation Bible School curriculum is to encourage children to give back and change the world. So what better way for ReNew: The Green VBS to teach this lesson than to live it? ReNew: The Green VBS has pledged 5% of all sales to One Day's Wages' Charity: Water project. One Day's Wages is a global grassroots movement created by Eugene and Minhee Cho, a couple

How can VBS grow a community? Well, one way is to spread God's love in our neighborhoods and communities in ways that are special and unique to our area. Using ReNew as your VBS curriculum is a starting point to get kids out in the community and inviting the community into the congregation - to build relationships, teach kids about green initiatives that are already taking place in their

Many VBS programs are designed using the rotation model?kids gather in a large group and then break into smaller groups and rotate between different activity sites?like crafts, games, storytelling, etc? This model is popular because it allows kids to approach the Bible story and daily theme in a variety of ways, appealing to the many different ways kids learn. ReNew also uses the rotation model

At ReNew, the day begins and ends at the Gather and Send site. Kids experience the Gather and Send space as a large group and the main focus of the site is to introduce the Bible story. Click here to see what the Gather and Send space could look like. What do kids do during the Gather time? At the beginning of the VBS day, kids will prepare for the day by singing, learning the Bible story,

All of us were humbled to reveal some of the work we've been doing with re:form to the attendees at FirstThird. Humbled on lots of levels, but mostly because of the power of collaboration. Yes, dialogue. So, thanks to everyone who?s been a part of the re:form conversation thus far. Thanks to those of you at FirstThird who provided feedback. And a ?proleptic? thanks to all of you who?ll join us...

All of us at sparkhouse are gearing up for a truly unique event next week: FirstThird Dialogues on youth ministry. Keynoting the event will be two leading voices in the church--Andy Root and Kenda Creasy Dean--with the audacity to mix theology and youth ministry. Sparks should fly! As an event sponsor, we're looking forward to take part in the dialogue and getting feedback on our new ...