Discovery on Adventure Island invites children to arise and shine because the light of God’s love has come and is shining on them! At Discovery on Adventure Island VBS, children will explore ways God shines great light in the world, and learn how they can also shine God’s light by reflecting what they’ve learned. Through stories in the Old and New Testaments, this program will show students how connection with God brings the invitation to shine God’s light in a world that needs it now more than ever.
From the front of a whimsical lighthouse on tropical, enchanted Adventure Island, students begin their quest in search of lanterns that never go out: Infinity Lanterns. In each session, children—called Explorers—with the guidance of the brand-new Lighthouse Keeper and Adventure Island expert, Beacon the Puffin, will read Professor Lumanari’s Journal and discover clues from their Reference Book (the Bible). In the Bible lesson, they’ll discover map coordinates that reveal the location of each Infinity Lantern. Explorers will also learn the ways God’s great light shines in the lives of familiar Bible characters, and explore how the same light can be shining in their lives serving God and others. Through this VBS, Explorers can learn many ways of living in God’s great light and shining it by sharing God’s light everywhere they go!
Our Quest for God’s Great Light is based on Isaiah 60:1—“Arise! Shine! Your light has come; the Lord’s glory has shone upon you.”
