Now available as a downloadable e-version for churches and families to use virtually. Click here to see tips for virtual use from your VBS team.
Chore charts. Report cards. Standardized tests. Athletic banquets. Kids are inundated with messages about their performance. Because performance—work and reward—is one of the basic structures of our lives, kids often grow up thinking, “I am what I am because of what I do . . . or because of what I’ve failed to do.” How different this message sounds from the biblical message of redemption by grace!
PROOF Pirates introduces kids to God’s amazing grace through a five-day, pirate-themed curriculum for use in Bible clubs and Vacation Bible School. It explains the doctrines of grace using the popular PROOF acronym with the book of Ephesians (God’s grace is Planned, Resurrecting, Outrageous, Overcoming, and Forever) so kids know that it is not their performance that makes them right with God.
PROOF Pirates teaches children to remember that what God says about them is more important than what others say, and that it is God’s grace that makes us who we are. Whether using a treasure map to teach about God’s sovereign plan or a skeleton to explain how God makes dead people walk, PROOF Pirates helps kids remember the one message we never want them to forget.
The downloadable VBS provides churches and families a virtual way forward to plan and run a successful program with a downloadable Proof Pirates music with six songs, crafts, skits, extensive leader’s notes and everything else you need to run a virtual VBS for children in preschool through fifth grade.
Your VBS Download includes:
Available for ordering separately (sold in 10-packs): the PROOF Pirates Family Devotional, Are You Close to God? evangelistic booklets, PROOF Pirates silicone wristbands, and Proof Pirates iron-on transfer
Order the studio-recorded music album separately at https://sojournmusic.bandcamp.com/album/proof-pirates and download additional chord sheets and hand motions instructions at https://gospelcenteredfamily.com/vbs-curriculum
For the duration of stay at home orders, VBS files may be posted on a password protected section of your church’s website.
AUTHOR
Jared Kennedy, Lindsey Blair, Tessa Janes, Mandy Groce, and Fletcher Lang have all served on the creative team for children’s ministry at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY and New Albany, IN. They are the authors of Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feel VBS, and PROOF Pirates VBS and they want to see children learn about and experience God’s grace. Jared serves as Pastor of Families at Sojourn and is author of The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible. Lindsey coauthored Our Home is Like a Little Church, which was also illustrated by Tessa. Tessa has also illustrated several other books for children. Mandy authored What is the Church? and What is the Gospel?. Fletcher now serves as Pastor of Operation and Community at City on a Hill Church in Boston, MA.
"Set sail this summer on a sea of grace to explore some of the most amazing truths about God with the PROOF Pirates Vacation Bible School Program. PROOF Pirates comes with all the crafts, music, and instructions needed to produce a quality VBS. But what really makes PROOF Pirates a must-use VBS is the depth of gospel truth that fills the pages of this program. PROOF Pirates VBS will not only capture our kids' attention, but will ensure that they hear about God's inexhaustible grace—they'll remember this one for life!"
Marty Machowski, Family Pastor and Author of The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New; The Gospel Story Bible and the Gospel Story Curriculum and Devotionals
"In PROOF Pirates VBS curriculum, TULIP, the historical articulation of grace, is transformed and refreshed for a new generation to enjoy God and understand his ways. The music, skits, lessons, crafts, and games all work together to teach and reinforce aspects of God's grace as described in Ephesians. Let us teach our children with grace and pirates!"
Daniel Montgomery, Lead Pastor of Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY; founder of the Sojourn Network; author of Faithmapping and PROOF
"I am excited to see the PROOF Pirates VBS curriculum! In a fun, engaging way children are taught how amazing God's grace in salvation truly is. We are all prone to depend on our own performance, but this curriculum, drawing from Ephesians, helps children see that none of us can be saved by our own performance. Instead, God graciously saves 'scallywags' like us. I love it!"
Ray Van Neste, Professor of Biblical Studies; Director of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union University
"How do we teach children the objective truth of God's unmerited grace when we are unsure how to present abstract, theological concepts to children who think in concrete, visual ways? In the PROOF Pirates VBS curriculum theology comes to life through a variety of fun, instructive activities. The brilliance of the gospel sparkles as each day reveals another aspect of God's grace. Music, games, and memorization all emphasize that it is not our works that make us right with God, but it is Christ's work that accomplishes this. I highly recommend the PROOF Pirates curriculum as a way to enable children to understand God's incredible mercy and grace."
Maureen Bradley, Director of Youth Christian Education, Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond, IN
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