​Let’s get started!

Welcome to Rocky Railway
​ Virtual Bible School! 
​With minimal preparation, easy to follow instructions, and a daily camp video that leads you and your kids step-by-step through each of the 5 days, this year’s virtual camp is designed to bring all of the fun ad faith-formation of camp to the safety of your home! It is just that simple.

 This Complete Parents’ Guide is for YOU to use at your leisure. As much or as little of the content you implement during the camp day is up to you, the kids’ camp experience will be fun, nonetheless!
Directions:
Step 1: Gather your materials!
During the camp video, your camper will have everything they will need in their “V.B.S TAKE HOME KITS”, just grab the bag labelled for that day! If you were unable to receive one you may still enjoy Virtual Vacation Bible School Open to All!

Step 2: Press play!
When you’re ready, gather the kids around and press play on the video. Each video will lead you and the campers
through the entire experience. When the video will lead your camper through questions or crafts, feel free to pause it if you need more time!
​Step 3: Share on Facebook!
We’d love to see the kids having fun with the Stories, Crafts, Skits, and Dancing.  With your permission granted, you can load them onto our Public Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/gracesiouxcity/, or email us the photos/videos to tamera@gracesiouxcity.org to share with our congregation. We want to show other children that their friends are having fun learning about Jesus Power. 

​Step 4: Use the extras found in this guide!
This is when the guide comes in handy. Each day you will find game suggestions using common household items, and questions you can ask the kids around the dinner table or at bed time!
Video Access:
You can access the videos and resources on the Grace UMC Vacation Bible School link in our Christian Education Tab by each day or watch on YouTube.
Preschool Sibling Option: Preschool aged siblings can receive their own kit so they can participate along with their older siblings for portions of the daily programs, but also have some age-appropriate activities to do separately with parental help. We encourage the games together as a family as well trying the daily snacks.  See the Little Kids Depot for more info.
​COVID-19 has come through our lives like a freight train and derailed countless plans, routines, and expectations. This summer, more than ever, our kids and our families need the hope, reassurance, and abundance of God’s love through the unique ministry of VBS. Rocky Railway’s Bible points are so relevant!​ Beginning July 12, kids and grown ups will gather online for Jesus’ love, bible stories, worship, and fun activities. Some of your favorite VBS characters will be there! The themes for each week will be:

• July 12 - Jesus’ power helps us do hard things. Trust Jesus!
• July 13 - Jesus’ power gives us hope. Trust Jesus!
• July 14 - Jesus’ power helps us be bold. Trust Jesus!
• July 15 - Jesus’ power lets us live forever. Trust Jesus!
• July 16 - Jesus’ power helps us be good friends. Trust Jesus!

Rocky Railway Bible Buddies
​Click below to Download a fun game on your android device 

Want to continue the excitement from Rocky Railway VBS? Just "choo choo choose" this fun app! Use your Bible Memory Buddy play pieces to trigger a Bible-learning gaming experience with each of the 5 buddies.

Just load the app and tap the “scan” button. Point your devices camera at one of your Bible Memory Buddy play pieces and that character will be loaded into your gaming experience. In the game, as you capture Bible tokens each token becomes a word from that Buddy’s Bible verse. Capture them all before time runs out to build the complete Bible verse.

Each of the Buddy play pieces will trigger a different character for a new game. Get on track, download now and start the fun!