{"id":16556,"date":"2021-03-26T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=16556"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:15:32","slug":"new-vacation-bible-school-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/new-vacation-bible-school-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vacation Bible School curriculum invites children to \u2018Come to the Table\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you eat with Jesus, anything can happen!\u201d said an announcement of the new \u201cCome to the Table\u201d Vacation Bible School from Shine, the Sunday school curriculum jointly produced by Brethren Press and MennoMedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Vacation Bible School curriculum is an interactive VBS \u201cwhere children learn that everyone is welcome at God\u2019s table,\u201d said the announcement. The five Bible stories in this curriculum explore Jesus\u2019 teachings and interactions with people from the Gospels of Luke and John. Through worship and drama, Bible study, art projects, and active games, \u201cchildren are welcomed to taste and share at God\u2019s table, where there is always enough!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Come to the Table VBS Starter Kit comes with everything needed to implement an engaging, Bible-based VBS program, no matter your setting. This boxed kit costs $179.99. Kit contents also may be purchased separately. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=80\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=80\">www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=80<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ShineVBS-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ShineVBS-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ShineVBS-600px-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ShineVBS-600px-560x374.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/health-care-education-scholarships\/\">Health Care Education Scholarships are awarded to nine recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/engage-event-supports-mission\/\">Engage event offers opportunity to gather in support of global mission, resources are available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/shine-curriculum-for-fall-2026\/\">Shine curriculum for Fall 2026 includes new features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bfia-grants-go-to-churches-and-camp\/\">BFIA grants support congregations\u2019 outreach to neighbors and a memorial to victims of violence, among other projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/elizabethtown-hosts-rise-up-conference\/\">Volunteers rise up: New CWS outreach campaign draws refugee advocates to Elizabethtown Church<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you eat with Jesus, anything can happen!\u201d said an announcement of the new \u201cCome to the Table\u201d Vacation Bible School from Shine, the Sunday school curriculum jointly produced by Brethren Press and MennoMedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1724,49,1758,3,1723,1556,840,2007],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-16556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-bible-study","tag-brethren-press","tag-children","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-curriculum","tag-shine","tag-vacation-bible-school","tag-vbs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16558,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556\/revisions\/16558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16556"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=16556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}