academy:  A school for special instruction.

Lets talk about Heroe's vacation Bible school program is different from other VBS programs. The children are trained around what makes a real hero and graduate from this special school.  The program is 5 days of hands on crafting and fun but yet produced around the basics of God's Word...the Bible. The graduation on the last day is a very important part of this program. Just as a student graduates from high school or college, we believe a child should be honored by learning what it takes to become a real hero.

Yes sir, no sir, Yes mam, No mam, Children become Cadets. They learn to address the instructors with Respect. This might sound a little harsh but Respect is not just earned it is taught!. The setting of this program is in a Academy theme. The children are called CADETS, the teachers are called, INSTRUCTOR'S and the older children [cadets] are called Jr. Instructors. They help as leaders of the teams. The cadets are address as CADETS and they also are given name tags to where. When addressing each other it is always YES SIR, NO SIR, YES MAM, NO MAM. This is very important. Name badges are important. You can purchase them or simply cut them out in the form of the sheild. Place the cadets [childs] name on the badge and the date of your program. The badges should remain at the church and they wear them everyday. You can purchase them like the one below for about 1.00 each. They go around the cadets [childs] neck. They look real important because we stress that this program is a 'real' program not just another themed VBS.  The program setting in your location is set up with the following:

 _{Name tag for Cadet}

PROGRAM OUTLINE

1. Tables forming a U  for Unity with a rocking chair at the open end.

2. There are two or more "Teams" depending upon how many children [Cadets] you have

3. Each day there is a opening where the Instructor calls out CRAFT. [This is explained in the program teaching outline] Each day there is a visit from a real to life Hero like a fireman, policeman, military, doctor, nurse not a fictional character. Children must learn that a REAL HERO is a REAL PERSON!

4. There is prayer, and then the Cadets go into their training. Construction a HERO toolbox, The Shield of Faith, and learning other things like the Quality of a HERO, the LAWS of a HERO and so on. There are activities done each day which include the reading of the BIBLE HERO, and visits from REAL current day heroe's.

5. Each Team designs their own flag for their team, and the Cadets make their own T-shirts with their name on them.

6. At the end of the 5th day their is a commission talk given by your pastor in the sancuary of your church.

7. The graduation is held I recommend on a Sunday during the service or in the evening.

Activities Include: Prayer Balloons, Pine Cone Rose craft, Drum Craft, Harp Craft, Hero T-shirt craft, Flag craft done by the whole team, Rocking chair stories, Visits from real current heroes [firemen,police,doctors,military so on], Mud brick activity single and group, Tool cards which go into the Hero Toolbox, Sand activity, Water Bottle,[Living Word of God supplies life to a Hero] Learning the 10 Commandments [Laws of a Hero]  5 finger prayer. And much more.

Just like any workman a Hero takes his tools from his hero tool box and places them upon his tool belt. Some of the key tools are, The Bible, The Laws, Prayer, Love, Power, Examples, Sacrifice for others..

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In today's world children look at Heroe's like Harry Potter, role playing games like Guitar Hero and now even to sell cars, they are using Ghost Hero. We must get back to the basic's of Vacation Bible School and back to the Word of God straight forward.  In the HERO ACADEMY children are taught respect.  Yes sir, Yes Mam, No sir, No mam. They are given respect and taught what respect is. They become little "cadets" in a setting of a Academy. They learn, have fun doing activities and visits from Real current day heroe's and conclude the week with a graduation including all the pomp.

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