Enjoy this fresh, one-of-a-kind VBS! With chef's hats and aprons, pots and pans, and checkered tablecloths, your kids will:
- Enjoy heaping helpings of God's word - Create a lasting relationship with God through Jesus
- Celebrate the life-changing love of Jesus
- Take God's recipe into the world!
UM Reporter recently featured an article from Albert Simon, VBS leader for Bailey Memorial United Methodist Church in Rosemont, West Virginia. Albert's small church was a test church for Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School 2010. In the article, Albert shares how his church adapted the VBS curriculum to their needs and the life-changing fun they had. Check out the article here.
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Save $50 on Galactic Blast orders of $250 or more!
April 13th, 2010
Be sure to place your Galactic Blast VBS 2010 order soon and save $50 when ordering $250 or more of VBS supplies. Use promo code VN10 at checkout. Start shopping now!
Become a Fan of Cokesbury VBS on Facebook!
March 31st, 2010
Cokesbury Vacation Bible School has joined Facebook. Become a fan and be one of the first to learn about sales, preview events, news from other churches, and more - all in a place you are already using!
Kids and Christ is a series of articles/discussions about faith education in church. The series seeks to answer questions such as, "If you're not teaching your kids about God, who is?" and "Kids take part in church, but what are they learning?"
Download free Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School wallpaper for your Apple iPhone. Simply click here and save the Galactic Blast image. Then e-mail to your iPhone, save the image on your iPhone, and then under Settings, go to Wallpaper, and choose the image.
Tony Kummer from the Ministry to Children website recently reviewed Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School 2010. Check out his video review below and then read his more detailed review.
Start Planning to Attend a VBS 2010 Preview Event!
December 31st, 2009
Make sure to get a VBS 2010 Preview Event on your calendar. At these events, you will be able to see and touch all of the pieces and parts of Galactic Blast and also ask questions of how it can be used in your unique church.
Need more detailed information on Galactic Blast to make sure its the right fit for your church?
Then, join Senior Editor Linda Tozer on a free webinar as she helps you launch your VBS into orbit with detailed information about Galactic Blast, such as:
- Details of the five daily lessons - all designed to get kids praising God!
- Preview of music, video, crafts, science activities, and key products, like the 3-D Scripture Treasures!
Start Planning VBS 2010 with our new Online Registration Tools
December 15th, 2009
The Online Registration Tools for Galactic Blast are up and ready to begin helping you with registration for your upcoming VBS!
Some of the NEW feature this year include:
- Save Prompts - to remind you to click the "save" button on pages where you have changed information - Thank You Pages - you now have the ability to customize what your registrants see on the web page
that confirms their registration.
- More Custom Fields to let you collect any information that is important to your VBS 2010.
- Ability to edit names of Groups or delete them all together.
- Fully functional E-Cards so you can maximize the amount of people you invite to help out or attend your
VBS.
- A new easy way for registration for multiple family members.
If your church has a projection system, you may want to show your VBS 2010 cadets this amazing video footage of Planet Earth as seen from space. It was made from computers putting together tons of NASA pictures...
The Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School 2010 E- Catalog is ready!
It's clear music is incredibly important to the Vacation Bible School selection process and now we are making it easier and faster to listen to the Galactic Blast VBS 2010 music in full! For the first time, we are making all of our music available for MP3 purchase - 99¢ a song or all 10 songs for $8.99!
To sample and purchase, just click the music icon in the top right corner of the website.
A picture from 17.5 miles above the ground!
September 22nd, 2009
Here is another cool space-related video you could share with your cadets at Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School! MIT students use a helium balloon to take a picture 93,000 feet (or 17.5 miles) above the ground.
Take a look at Cokesbury's VBS 2010 Theme Mailer
September 18th, 2009
In case you didn't receive a Vacation Bible School 2010 Theme Mailer in your mailbox, you can now view the electronic version below (and help save some trees)!
Learn how to get FREE Galactic Blast VBS 2010 Electronic Stationery
3. We will e-mail you back FREE VBS 2010 Electronic Stationery that you can use to send out VBS information or print out for your cadets to send letters home from space!
Our Milky Way
September 16th, 2009
Share with your Galactic Blast VBS 2010 cadets this cool video of our entire Milky Way as captured by an ordinary digital camera!
Galactic Blast VBS 2010 Recruitment Video
September 11th, 2009
The Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School recruitment video is now available! You can embed this video into your church website so that your community will get information on what their kids will be learning at Galactic Blast VBS!
Simply insert this HTML code into your website coding:
<embed src="http://www.tangle.com/flash/swf/flvplayer.swf" FlashVars="viewkey=6f56bbaebfed2f71f700" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="330" height="270" name="tangle" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed>
Galactic Blast VBS 2010 Observation
August 24th, 2009
Bishop Ernest Lyght visited one of our Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School test churches this summer. Click here to read his experience.
Galactic Blast Vacation Bible School Unveiled
August 23rd, 2009
In June, Cokesbury began teasing the Galactic Blast theme. Below are the videos that we revealed each week with clues about what the theme might be. We still have them on YouTube in case you want to show your church each week before you make your official VBS 2010 announcement!