Program’s miniature characters experience a backyard adventure

Building on seven years of producing bilingual five-day Vacation Bible School (VBS) programs, Editorial Concordia releases its 2009 curriculum this month, Un viaje en miniatura: Descubriendo la grandeza de Dios (A Tiny Adventure: Discovering the Greatness of God).

The program is available in Spanish and bilingual versions for four age groups: level 1 (3-5), level 2 (6-8), level 3 (9-11) and level 4 (12-14). Student packs of five lessons for each level retail for $14.99 (Spanish) or $16.99 (bilingual). The teacher’s guide (including adult Bible studies), covering all age groups, is priced at $53.99 in Spanish (978-0-758-61703-3) and $59.99 in the bilingual edition (-8-8).

“This time the (characters in the program) are in miniature in their backyard,” said Florencia Fau-Pieske, marketing manager of multiethnic resources at Concordia. “Each day, participants hear a story about the children who may encounter a huge ant, butterfly, ladybug, bee, dragonfly or grasshopper. Their experiences are tied to a specific Bible story.”

“This is the only truly bilingual VBS program out there,” she added. “You only have to buy one set of lessons, and then you have both languages. The bilingual teacher’s guide opens the possibility of doing a missions event in another country.”

The leader’s package includes the teacher’s guide, lesson plans, nine songs in Spanish and English, invitations, fliers, attendance certificates, paper cutouts, adult Bibles studies, a closing program, three sets of five-color posters, student worksheet samples and a multimedia CD with songs, accompaniment tracks, narrations of the day’s stories (Spanish only), a songbook and images that can be printed on T-shirts. Total cost for 50 participants is $204 for Spanish or $230 for bilingual.

Optional items include Spanish and bilingual promotional posters (978-0-758-61713-2, -4-9, $1.99 each); crafts: Jesus fish cards (0-78777-06198-2, pack of 24 for $16.99), fish hangers (0-78777-06199-9, 12 for $7.99), turtle and frog pinwheels (0-78777-06200-2, 12 for $9.99), magnetic sand art crosses (0-78777-06201-9, 12 for $7.99); and a set of five giant inflatable insects (0-78777-06201-9, $38.99).

For more information, call 800-325-3391 or visit www.editorial.cph.org.