How Do You Teach Your Children Baptist Principles?

“Mommy, why do people call us Baptist? What does it mean to be a Baptist?”

If you’ve ever thought about teaching Baptist distinctives to your children, you probably wondered how to do it. Adults have a habit of making ideas too complex for children, and talk of Baptist distinctives sounds, well… boring.

Celebrate Freedom is a VBS that believes Baptist distinctives are both important, and interesting! We’ve gathered games, activities, stories, music and projects that help young minds discover the fascinating heritage of Baptists.

Each day, Celebrate Freedom focuses upon a different Baptist distinctive. Then, children rotate between 5 different areas: Bible activities, stories, projects, music, and recreation/snacks.

Using a beach party theme, children will learn of Baptist heroes (these stories are even more interesting than we remembered!), sing songs about freedom, faith, and the Bible, and discover that being Baptist is not only important, but a lot of fun!

All These Materials are Included!

Convenient Single Book Design

All the below materials are provided in 1 book. The rights to reproduce all materials in the book within your church are given, so you can make leaders copies of just the sections you need.

• Administrative Guide
• Bible Activities Teaching Materials
• Projects Teaching Materials
• Story Time Teaching Materials
• Music Teaching Materials
• Preschool Teaching Materials
• Youth Teaching Materials
• Adult Teaching Materials
• All needed handout pages
• T-shirt silk screen patterns
• Promotional helps

Daily Scriptures and Themes

Purpose: To help children understand Baptist Distinctives.

Learning Motif: A beach party.

Day One

I Am Free to Learn from the Bible

Theme: Bible Freedom (Hebrews 4:12

Baptist Hero: Ann H. Judson

Day Two

I Am Free to Know God

Theme: Soul Freedom (Matthew 16:15)

Baptist Hero: Clarence Jordan

Day Three

My Church Is Free

Theme: Church Freedom (Romans 12:4-5)e

Baptist Hero: John Smyth & Thomas Helwys

Day Four

Freedom of Belief Is Good for Everyone

Theme: Religious Freedom (Joshua 24:15)

Baptist Hero: Roger Williams

Day Five

I Am Free to Tell Others about God

Theme: Missions and Evangelism

(Matthew 28:19-20)

Baptist Hero: Lottie Moon