Download our Follywood Sampler! Buy Online or by Phone! Our no-worry refund policy! Introduction | VBS Overview | What the Follywood VBS Kit Includes | How this VBS Operates Each Day Download Information & Samples | Buy It Now Introduction: Welcome to TruthQuest's Follywood! As the director of your church's VBS program, you have many responsibilities. This VBS kit is designed to make your job as easy as possible for you and your volunteers. But before you look any further, here are some fast facts about thie VBS kit: VBS FastFacts: Cost of Kit: $99.00 for COMPLETE kit delivered through our online WebLink system (or $119 for a shipped CD-ROM version) No add-ons to buy! What's included in the kit? Length of Program: 5 days / 2.5 hours per day More Info For Ages: 3-11 More Info Scale of the Program: Follywood is specially designed to adjust to the scale of your VBS. Whether you're expecting fewer than 50 children, 50-150 children, or more than 150 children, Follywood is adjustable to suit your needs. More Info Theme: Welcome to Big Picture Studios, a fun and exciting movie studio where the next big blockbuster is being produced. As kids tour the back lots of the studio, they'll learn that the world's view of fame, fortune, and praiseworthiness is distorted. Children will learn to place their admiration in Jesus and in Biblical heroes rather than the celebrities of our world who may not be worthy of their praise. Instead of continuing to be influenced by Hollywood's worldly ideals, children will learn how to influence their world for Jesus! More Info Objective: To teach children discernment about the world's values so that they will not be influenced by Hollywood's often ungodly productions. Moreover, Follywood will show children who and what IS worthy of their praise and admiration (Jesus Christ), why they need Him, and how to impact the world for Him. More Info Bible Versions Available: New International Version (NIV) King James (KJV) New King James (NKJV) New Living Translation (NLT) English Standard Version (ESV) Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) More Info Gospel Presentations: Presented EVERY DAY through Follywood Drama Skits More Info Rooms Needed: 4 minimum (larger scale VBS programs need up to 8 rooms) Volunteers Needed: 1 for every 10 children, plus 5 (larger scale VBS programs will need more volunteers) Click Here for a quick VBS Overview More Information about Follywood The Theme Lights! Camera! Action! Welcome to Big Picture Studios, an exciting movie studio where children will learn to be superstars for Jesus! Children will “tour” the back lots of a movie studio as they participate in all their fun VBS activities. The crafts projects, snacks, games and music will all follow the Hollywood theme, making children feel like they’re part of the next big Hollywood blockbuster! More importantly, children will learn how distorted Hollywood’s values often are and how to avoid being influenced by the world! Instead, children will learn how to be the influences in their world to show others the way to Jesus! The Objective Our culture is so absorbed by the entertainment industry that children are constantly being influenced by movies, TV, music and other media with worldly messages. The objective of Follywood is to help children build discernment so that they may look at Hollywood’s offerings (and the world’s values) with a critical eye. Our hope is that children will turn away from Hollywood’s values and turn instead to God’s values, learning and living the Truth of the Gospel from God’s Word. Instead of being influenced by the world, we want the world to be influenced by godly children! Teaching Perspectives Follywood’s title is a play on words, pointing out that much of Hollywood’s world is folly. Follywood includes two different and complimentary teaching times to ensure that children understand both the Biblical truths we should live by and how those truths apply to them today. Bible Story Lessons The Bible Story Lesson Kit, included with this program, contains Bible Story Lessons for each day of VBS. These Bible stories will show children how the VBS lesson concepts were demonstrated in the Bible, while also familiarizing the children with stories they may not have heard before. Bible Application Lessons Additionally, Follywood includes a full set of Bible Application Lessons. These are interactive, visual object lessons which demonstrate how the lessons learned from the Bible stories apply to our lives today. These two teaching methods result in a well-rounded learning experience for the children. The Gospel One of the prime objectives of Follywood is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with children and their families. Through the use of Bible lessons, gospel tracts, and discipleship materials which can all be printed from the Follywood CD-ROM, you can share the gospel with all the children in your VBS program. One effective method for sharing the gospel with the children is the Follywood drama skits (found in the Drama Kit on the Follywood CD-ROM) during opening and closing assemblies each day. During the five days of VBS, “Lights,” our main drama character, will constantly share the gospel with a sense of urgency, and of course, with a great deal of fun. The Follywood drama skits allow you to share the gospel on EVERY DAY OF VBS, making Follywood a very evangelical program. Five Days, Two and a Half Hours per Day Although you may alter the time frame in which this VBS program operates in your church, it is designed to run for five days, running for 2 hours or more each day. This allows VBS to be done either in the daytime or in the evening. Extending the daily running time is possible, although we do not recommend reducing the running time to less than 2 hours per day, as the children will not be able to participate in all the VBS activities in less than 2 hours per day. Six Bible Versions Every publication in this VBS kit that directly quotes Scripture is provided in six different versions; one for each of the Bible versions listed below. This allows you to present VBS to your kids using the Bible version of your choice. The Bible versions included in this kit, and their copyright notices, are: New International Version (NIV) Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. King James Version (KJV) Written in 17th century English, this classic translation is viewed by many to be the best available. Quotations from the KJV are public domain. New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Bible text from the New King James Version is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nelson Place at Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, 37214-1000. New Living Translation (NLT) Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996 owned by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. New Living, NLT, and the New Living Translation logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. Holman Christian Standard Bible® (HCSB) All quotations from the HCSB are Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 by Holman Bible Publishers. The Size of Your VBS The scale of your VBS affects numerous things as you make plans. The number of children and staff you will have affects your staffing needs, the Age Groups you’ll incorporate, the teaching levels you’ll use, and the way you set up your daily VBS rotation schedule. Scaling VBS to Your Needs Follywood can accommodate up to eight age groups and four teaching levels. However, depending on the scale of your VBS, you may not use them all. Click here to see charts of three different VBS models. Based on your anticipated VBS attendance, you need to determine which of these three models your VBS will follow.