The Incredible Race VBS 2019 by Answers in Genesis
Get ready to run The Incredible Race, the all-new 2019 VBS from Answers in Genesis. It's a race unlike anything you've ever experienced.Get Ready to Run the Incredible Race!
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Overview
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
A race filled with fun clues to find, loaded with interesting challenges to attempt, and a global scavenger hunt like you've never seen. At the same time, it's about another race. A race that began at the Garden of Eden and continues until this day, made up of all people from all time.What race? The human race.
As we move around the world in The Incredible Race from Answers VBS, we'll make pit stops before, during, and after the Tower of Babel. Kids will discover how this event from the Bible matters today.
Bible Content
Daily Adventures
Day 1: Ready, Set, Go: Before Babel
Racing through Genesis Genesis 1-11
As the race starts, we explore the beginning of the human race and how nobody was running a perfect race through life.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
The cycle of sin, How the world got divided into continents.
Experiment: Light it Up! & Let it Rain
Crafts: Table Top Futbol & Tie the Snake
Crafts: Table Top Futbol & Tie the Snake
Circles and Salsa, Brazilian Brigadeiros
Guessing Game
South American Games
Day 2: Hitting a Roadblock: At Babel
Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-9
On this leg of the race. we stop at the Tower of Babel and check out the important and loving roadblock God provided there.
Its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9
Ziggurats; Languages
Experiment: Flying High, Full of Hot Air
Crafts: Mini Globe & Babel Chatterbox
Crafts: Mini Globe & Babel Chatterbox
Tower Treats, Pita Chips and Dip
Team Cheers
Asian Games
Day 3: One Race, Many Nations: After Babel
The Table of Nations Genesis 10, Psalm 139, Acts 17:26
On leg three, we see how the human race develops into people groups with different languages, cultures, and physical features, but how we are still all one race.
And he made from one man every nation. Acts 17:26
One blood, one race; I've got DNA — why I look like I do.
Experiment: DNA & Spot the Color
Crafts: Mud Hut Mission Bank & Pipe Cleaner People
Crafts: Mud Hut Mission Bank & Pipe Cleaner People
Shades of Cake, Chapatis
Dress-Up Day
African Games
Day 4: One Way — Jesus: Babel and the Gospel
The Gospel and a Glimpse of Heaven Revelation 7:9-10
On our fourth leg, we discover the need to yield our lives to God as he reaches out to all nations, tribes, and peoples with his love.
The Father has sent his son to be the Savior of the World. 1 John 4:14
God provides just one way to be saved.
Experiment: Polishing Pennies & Rainbow Float
Crafts: Mosaic Cross & Compass Craft
Crafts: Mosaic Cross & Compass Craft
Leaning Towers of Chees-a, English Scones
Australia and Antarctica Challenge
European Games
Day 5: Green Light — Go: Why Babel Matters Today
The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37
On this final leg, we learn from Babel that because God loves us, we also ought to treat others with love and respect, not prejudice and judgement.
If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11
Fighting prejudice and racism
Experiment: Go! & All Bandaged Up
Crafts: Kindness Cards & Travelers Tic Tac Toe
Crafts: Kindness Cards & Travelers Tic Tac Toe
Global Cheese Balls, Big Apple Mini Pies
Mission Money Mania
North American Games
Rotation Sites
From the minute your kids arrive at The Incredible Race, they'll find fun waiting to happen!
The day begins at the Check Point Assembly, a supercharged opening complete with entertaining welcomes, catchy songs, a mission moment, and prayer. Then we’re off to four fun rotation sites:
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Refueling Station
Here, as the kids receive clues and accept challenges, they’ll discover the Tower of Babel account isn’t just ancient history, but incredibly important to how we live today.directions_run
Globetrotting Games
The recreation location! At this spot, kids attempt fun physical challenges of international proportions, with games from all over the world!local_dining
Runway Cafe
The snack spot! Kids will enjoy global goodies at this yummy spot while completing food-related challenges.wb_incandescent
World-Class Science and Crafts
Electrifying science experiments to perform, creative crafts to invent, high energy songs to sing, and fun memory verse games to play!After finishing the day’s rotations, everyone heads back to the Check Point Assembly for the closing that includes more singing, a Creature Feature, contest results, and the greatly anticipated daily drama which is the highlight of the kids’ day.
So grab your gear and get ready for the race of a lifetime as we embark on The Incredible Race. On your mark, get set, go!
Music
Songs from the Incredible Race
Contemporary Songs
The Incredible Race
Gonna Lift You Up
Build Your Life
All Across the World
Incredible Grace
LOVE
Jesus Saves
One Blood
Contemporary Memory Verse Songs
He's Not Far From Us (Acts 17:26-27)
S-A-V-I-O-R (1 John 4:14)
Traditional
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