Try Bodyworx FREE for 30 days! Download our Bodyworx Sampler! Buy Bodyworx Now! Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Overall Focus THE SKELETON: Our faith must be built on a firm foundation. THE EYES: We must open our eyes and see things God’s way. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: We should digest and meditate on God’s Word. THE EARS: We should both listen AND obey. THE HEART: Pump OUT sinfulness and pump IN godliness! Memory Verse 1 Peter 2:6 See, I lay a... precious and chosen cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be ashamed. 1 Samuel 16:7B Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Matthew 4:4 Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the Word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Drama Skit The Foundation: The skeleton is our body’s foundation, but Christ should be our LIFE’S foundation. Includes Gospel Presentation Seeing God’s Way: As amazing as our eyes are, we need Jesus to help us to see things GOD’S way. Includes Gospel Presentation Aren’t You Hungry? Our bodies digest food so we can live, but we ALSO need to feed on God’s Word. Includes Gospel Presentation Now Hear This: Our ears hear, but we need to listen to and obey what God is telling us. Includes Gospel Presentation Pumped Up: The heart is the wellspring of life, and that life comes only from Jesus. Includes Gospel Presentation Bible Lesson Matthew 7:24-27 The wise and foolish builders 1 Samuel chapter 16 Samuel and David: God sees the heart Luke 10:38-42 Mary & Martha: Feeding the stomach or the soul 2 Kings 5:1-14 Naaman: Listening and obeying Daniel chapter 1 Daniel: Making the right choice Object Lesson Foundations: Clay molded around a foundation stands firm. Clay without a foundation caves in. Optical Illusions: Our human eyes can be fooled, but God sees everything perfectly. Digesting the Word: Reading God’s Word without meditating on it is like spitting out food without digesting it. Listen and Obey: A game of “Simon Says” with a twist–you can’t obey if you aren’t listening. Keep Pumping: Kids pretend to be blood cells, putting good things IN the body and REMOVING bad things. Parent's Workshop Building a Firm Foundation: Teaching children to love God Seeing Through God’s Eyes: Teaching children the importance of character Digesting God’s Word: Teaching your family to study the Bible Ears to Hear: Teaching children to obey God’s Word Guard your Heart: Teaching children discernment Song Faith Bones Our bodies AND faith need a foundation! Open your Eyes See things God’s way! Digest it! Digest God’s Word! Ears to Hear Don’t just listen–obey! Guard your Heart Pump in “good” as you should Snack Time Bone Crunchers: Pretzels covered with white chocolate click to view image Eye Poppers: Marshmallow eyeballs with fruit & licorice click to view image Tummy Fulls: Apple wedges covered in red fruit roll-ups click to view image Ear Wax Dip: Fruit and crackers with caramel dip click to view image Heart Cookies: Heart-shaped red sugar cookies click to view image Game Time Faith’s Foundation: A race where kids try to blow down two cup pyramids--a flimsy one and a sturdy one I Can See Clearly Now: A relay race run while partly blind, showing that life is easier when we see things God’s way Watch What You Eat: A relay race which requires children to memorize a list of food items on a table Listen and Do: A game which tests children’s ability to listen carefully and obey Heart Attack: A relay race where children sort good items from bad items and put each where they belong Craft Project Flim Z. Foolishman: A flimsy character with no foundation click to view image Bulging Eyeballs: Fun, bulging eye masks children can wear click to view image DigestiVests: Vests which diagram the digestive system click to view image Ears to Hear: Giant ears children can make and wear click to view image Guard Your Heart Breastplates: Shields to guard the heart click to view image Length of Program: 5 days / 3 hours per day For Ages: 4-11 Age Group Divisions: Six Rooms Needed: 4-7 Volunteers Needed: 25 minimum, 40-50 recommended Theme: A Bible adventure traveling inside the human body, learning about God’s amazing design for our bodies and learning about the deadly “disease” of sin and its only cure, salvation in Christ Jesus. Objective: To teach children how the parts of their own bodies can show them how to build godly character, reminding them of God’s majesty and demonstrating their need for a Savior. Welcome to Bodyworx! Welcome to TruthQuest's Bodyworx! As the director of your church's VBS program, you have many responsibilities. This VBS kit is designed to make your job as easy as possible for you and your volunteers. But, before you dive in to the logistics of planning your VBS, here's a quick look at the nuts and bolts of Bodyworx. Basic Information about this VBS The Theme Welcome to Bodyworx Laboratories, where amazing research allows children to be miniaturized and transported inside the human body. While there, children can tour such places as the eye, the digestive system, the heart, and more–all from the inside! Throughout this exciting adventure, children will be taught how the body testifies to God’s majesty and wisdom as they participate in Bible stories, Scripture memory, object lessons and more. The Objective The objective of Bodyworx is to show children that their bodies testify about God, not only demonstrating that the amazing and intricate design for the body could only be from the mind of God, but also using parts of the body to illustrate and remind children how to build godly character. The Gospel One of the prime objectives of Bodyworx is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with children and their families. Through the use of Bible lessons, gospel tracts, and discipleship materials which can all be printed from the Bodyworx CD-ROM, you can share the gospel with all of the children in your VBS program. One effective method for sharing the gospel with the children is the Bodyworx drama skits (found in the Drama Kit on the Bodyworx CD-ROM) during opening and closing assemblies each day. During the five days of VBS, Doc, our main character in the skits, is attempting to cure a mysterious ailment in a patient named Nicky. As VBS progresses, and as the children visit more of Nicky’s innards, Doc discovers that Nicky’s ailment is not physical but spiritual. The disease which ails Nicky is the same deadly disease which ails all of us–the curse of sin. Doc will share with the children that there IS a complete cure for sin–but only one cure. That cure, of course, is Jesus Christ. The Bodyworx drama skits allow you to share the gospel on EVERY DAY OF VBS, making Bodyworx a very evangelical program. NIV and King James Bible References Any VBS Resource Kit which contains Scripture verses written out is available on the VBS CD-ROM in TWO Bible versions; either the New International Version (NIV) or the King James Version (KJV). When printing resource kits which contain Scripture verses, simply select which version you prefer to use and print it. Five Days, Three Hours per Day Although you may alter the time frame in which this VBS program operates in your church, it is designed to run for five days, running for three hours or more each day. The daily three-hour running time allows this VBS to be done either in the daytime or in the evening. Extending the daily running time beyond three hours is possible, although we do not recommend running this program in less than three hours per day, as the children will not be able to participate in all the VBS activities in less than three hours per day. Tools for setting up a daily operating schedule are found in the Director's Guidebook. The Six VBS Age Groups This VBS program provides age-targeted teaching for six different age groups. This enables you to teach each age of kids a lesson which they can understand and which challenges them. Each age group will participate in VBS activities separately on a rotation schedule, and each group will have adult “Age Group Leaders” who will stay with each group, befriending children, attending to their needs, and maintaining order. For easy identification, and for fun, each age group is assigned a specific color and designation to help identify them: Preschoolers Color: Orange Symbol: Greek Letter “Alpha” Kindergartners Color: Yellow Symbol: Greek Letter “Beta” First Graders Color: Purple Symbol: Greek Letter “Gamma” Second Graders Color: Red Symbol: Greek Letter “Delta” Third Graders Color: Green Symbol: Greek Letter “Epsilon” 4th & 5th Graders Color: Blue Symbol: Greek Letter “Zeta” How This VBS Program Operates Each Day As shown on VBS Overview chart earlier in this Guidebook, each day of VBS includes numerous activities for the children to participate in. All of these activities can be covered in five days, running three or more hours per day. The Director's Guidebook shows you how to create a schedule which will allow you to include all of these activities in your VBS. Here’s a quick look at how this VBS program is designed to operate each day. As you will see, each day’s VBS activities are divided into eight time sessions, which run for roughly 20 minutes each. Opening Assembly (Session 1) After children have arrived each day and checked in with their Age Group Leaders, all the children will assemble as one large group in a large room such as a church sanctuary. The opening assembly consists of the following: Opening Song The worship leader or drama leader will lead the children in singing the VBS Theme Song to start off on the right foot. Opening Skit A fun drama and puppet skit is performed for all the children which introduces the lesson focus for that day of VBS. VBS Lesson and Activities (Sessions 2-7) After the opening assembly, the children are divided up into their six respective age groups (described on the next page) and sent to participate in five VBS activity sessions. During any given time session, each VBS age group will be involved in a different activity from the other groups. At the end of each time session, each group will ROTATE to a different activity until all six age groups have participated in all of the activity sessions (meaning that each group will go to the VBS activities in a different order). You will need a room or area for each of these activity sessions, which are as follows: Bible Lesson & Worksheet Time with Memory Verse Here, the children learn from a Bible story each day and also have time to work on worksheets which they will take home. This activity lasts for TWO time sessions, meaning that it is TWICE as long as the other sessions. There are also TWO age groups participating in this activity at a time, meaning that you will either need TWO sets of rooms and teachers, or you will need to teach the same lesson to two age groups at once. Object Lesson (Lab Time) Here, the children learn a hands-on object lesson which is related to the Bible Lesson, giving children an opportunity to learn the day’s lesson from a different perspective. Game Time Here, the children get to run off some energy by participating in a fun game which either helps them to apply the day’s lesson or just to have fun. Snack Time Here, the children get to enjoy a yummy and fun snack which is related to the VBS theme of the day. Craft Time Here, the children get to create a simple but fun craft project to remind them of their day at VBS. Closing Assembly (Session 8) At the end of each day, the children are all re-convened into one large group for the closing assembly, which takes place in the same room where your opening assembly took place. The closing assembly includes: Praise & Worship Music At the start of the closing assembly, the worship leader or drama leader leads all of the children in singing worship songs such as those which have been provided on the VBS Music CD. Closing Skit Next, the second half of the drama skit for the day is performed for the children, reviewing what has been learned and concluding the story for that day of VBS. Gospel Presentation & Prayer Each day’s VBS skit includes an option to present the gospel to the children during the closing VBS skit, along with a closing prayer. Components Included in this VBS Kit Description and Contents New International Version Included King James Version Included Director’s Guidebook Overview of VBS, tips and directions for planning and organizing VBS, and recruiting and supplies flyers translation neutral translation neutral Drama Kit with Daily Gospel Skits and gospel presentations for five days and directions and tips for planning and performing drama Yes Yes Teaching Director’s Guide VBS lessons and directions for organizing all VBS teaching activities Yes Yes Bible Lesson Kit Specifically designed Bible lessons for six age groups covering five days Yes Yes Object Lesson Kit Hands-on or interactive object lessons for five days Yes Yes Worksheet Kit Specifically designed take-home worksheets for six age groups covering five days Yes Yes Parents’ Workshop Kit Workshop-style lessons for parents covering five days Yes Yes Poster Kit 32” X 40” Posters to serve as visual teaching aids and decorations (can be printed on any printer and assembled into large posters like a puzzle) Yes Yes Music Kit Song lyrics, hand motions, sheet music and music CD containing six original VBS songs translation neutral translation neutral Crafts Kit Complete directions, supply lists and templates for five VBS craft projects translation neutral translation neutral Snacks Kit Complete directions, supply lists and recipes for five VBS snacks translation neutral translation neutral Games Kit Complete directions, supply lists and diagrams for five VBS games translation neutral translation neutral Age Group Leader Guides Directions for all VBS Age Group Leaders translation neutral translation neutral Missions Kit Suggestions for VBS missions projects, fund-raising ideas, and progress tracking poster translation neutral translation neutral Registration & Scoring Kit Complete directions, name tags, score sheets, information cards and flyers for VBS registration and scorekeeping translation neutral translation neutral Decorations Kit Ideas, suggestions and clip art to be used for decorating your facility for VBS translation neutral translation neutral Advertising Kit Directions, suggestions, flyers, posters, banner artwork, a promotional skit, and a radio script for promoting your VBS translation neutral translation neutral Discipleship Booklet: “Growing Up In Christ” Thirteen lessons and activities, along with extensive Scriptural references designed for a parents and children to go through TOGETHER Yes Yes Gospel Tract: “All About Jesus” A one-page explanation of the problem of sin and how Jesus’ death and resurrection can save us translation neutral translation neutral Gospel Tract: "The Bible in 30 Seconds" A two-page rhyming summary of the Bible, showing how sin threatens us and how Jesus can save us translation neutral translation neutral Clip Art Library A large selection of decorating and advertising artwork, signs and large posters on CD-ROM translation neutral translation neutral T-Shirt Artwork Artwork for VBS T-Shirts which you can have printed at a t-shirt shop or iron on to your own shirts translation neutral translation neutral Flyers Recruiting, registration and advertising flyers on CD-ROM translation neutral translation neutral