Noah, Sampson, and David
What can all these men have in common?
One year they were portrayed as
Superheroes - "Mighty Men of God"
in our Vacation Bible School!
It was a 3 day VBS from 9 to Noon,
beginning on Monday and ending with
our open house on Wednesday evening.
Noah
Sampson
He was a superhero in the sense that God used his strength along with his "short fuse" to fight the Philistines, the enemy of the Israelites;
Judges 16:23-31
Judges 16:23-31
David
Because of his great faith that God would fight his battle against Goliath,
he showed that faith by his courage, David was also a superhero!
Room Décor'
Keeping a list of basic things I like to develop each year for VBS is a great help!My list covers such things as:
Large theme letters!
The computer does such a beautiful job of giving us large letters on 11x17 inch paper, that only once in a while do I find myself drawing them out because I want letters larger than what the computer offers. When students are in the room and others visit they will have no problem knowing what is the theme of our studies.
Eye Catching Grade/Age Sign!
Make your students feel special with an eye catching sign just for them!
Staying with the superhero theme, we were the Fantastic 3rd & 4th graders!!
Our #1 Arch Enemy is the Devil!!
We fight against him daily!
I used an old box for the grade sign, covered it with blue bulletin board paper, designed and printed off the large orange letters/numbers from the computer. Then added who our #1 arch enemy is.
Using the Ceiling!
Just for fun, We cut large stars hanging from the ceiling to match our "superhero" theme.
Featuring the Main Bible People!
I decided to feature each Bible hero in the same way. Each lesson had a "shooting star" showing which Bible person we were going to focus on that particular day, highlighted by a picture and name of this person on the tail of the shooting star.
There was enough room on the tail of the star to add:
- Bible verse of the day
- Lesson number
- Lesson sub. theme
- Scripture reference of where our lesson was found.
- Other tid-bits
With each day following the same pattern, it was easy for my students to find the lesson reference plus follow the focus of our lessons. The way our room was set up, we moved the chairs each day to face the particular lesson we were giving that day.
This shooting star highlights Noah!
This shooting star highlights Samson!
This Shooting Star highlights David!
The Rainbow
When teaching about Noah, most everyone has a version of God's awe inspiring rainbow that showed and still shows God's mercy.
Bible verses on display are highly appropriate
especially if they fit the lesson at hand. I put one of my verses on the rainbow, and
The verse on the rainbow is
Ephesians 6:10
"Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might."
If you will notice we have folding walls in the rooms we use for VBS.
This has always been a challenge with our wall visual aids.
Here is a Tip of the Day, to see how I hung my teaching aids.
The poster directly below the rainbow is the scripture where God made the covenant
with Noah and all the earth.
Genesis 9:8-17
Genesis 9:8-17
Defining Words!
Defining Bible words is so important even in VBS.
Again because of time sake I like to have my words displayed to where I can refer to them.
The bright red sign under the poster defines the word covenant.
This wall décor is more than just decorative.
It's helping to teach and highlight the Word of God.
I can refer to verses and words on the wall
and the students can see and read what I am actually talking about.
To talk about Mighty men of faith, we must first
describe what faith is,
and
how important it is to have this faith.
Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please Him.
For he who comes to God must believe that He is
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
On this poster I used different versions of Hebrews 11:1 plus a couple definitions of faith so my students could compare versions showing how the same words are translated differently.
I also thought it may be easier for them to understand the verse.
To see how I explained Noah's faith to my students by using the visual aids below, click here.
Bible Person and Books of the Bible Facts!
Facts about Noah are displayed here
and the book of Genesis, where our lesson is found!
These are teacher helps as well as student helps!
These are facts about Samson, and the book of Judges!
These are facts about David and Goliath!
Facts about the book of 1 Samuel were hanging on the tail of the shooting star.
Maps!
I love Bible geography! It helps the students realize that real things happened in a real place!!
All of these maps wee colored with chalk pastels.
This map is for the lesson on Sampson.
This map is for the lesson on David and Goliath.
Costumes!
Here, me and my helper have our Armor of God on because we need to be ready for our arch enemy at all times!!
The armor was made of paper but did the job!
It had wrinkles in it to show that we had been in a few battles.
A couple other costumes.
Props!
For Noah we made an altar and set it in the corner.
It was made of a box with paper "rocks" taped to it.
For Sampson I had a real jawbone in plastic.
Also for Sampson we made the pillars in Dagon's Temple.
Later, my co-teacher, who was behind the green cloth,
knocked the pillars over when it came to that part of the lesson.
Sheep, 5 smooth stones and sling for David.
The long red string above, showed how tall Goliath was!
I thought this was a great illustration!
The "X" marks the spot where the stone hit Goliath.
(Sharing this idea from one of our other teachers,)
I thought the band-aid was a nice touch!
Each Lesson Set-Up in the Room!
We used the a soldier wearing the labeled armor of God and moved him around each day for our different lessons, reminding them that in order to fight our arch enemy we could not forget our shield of faith!
⭐Noah⭐
⭐Sampson⭐
⭐David⭐
We moved the chairs and Bibles around each day to focus on the lesson at hand.
The rest of my list has to do with developing the actual lesson.
It all takes time, so I like to have the featured Bible people and theme at least 3 months in advance.
Bible
Nice sized visual aids
Storyline
Hands on if possible (sheep hair, smooth stones, etc..)
Application
Reinforcing activity
Memory Verse
Take Home item
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