This year's Vacation Bible School is called "The Young Peacemaker". It is inspired by "The Young Peacemaker" book that is written by Corlette Sande. This curriculum teaches students to respond to conflict God's way. Here is a passage from the book to better understand what this curriculum is all about...
"First, I believe that God's Word is totally reliable and amazingly practical. Thus, when the Bible commands our children and us to live at peace with others, it also provides detailed and concrete guidance on how to carry out that sometimes difficult task. Secondly, I believe that conflict is not necessarily wrong or destructive. If we teach our children to respond to it in a biblically faithful manner, conflict can become an opportunity for them to please and honor God, to serve other people, and to grow to be like Christ. Third, I believe that many of the conflicts students experience are caused or aggravated by sin. Like adults, children wrestle with strong desires that sometimes get out of hand, We can and should use appropriate discipline to help then learn self-control and proper outward behavior. But it is even more important that we help them understand the root causes of their conflicts and encourage them to ask God to free them from these sinful attitudes. Since Christ alone can offer such freedom, the gospel is an essential part of true peacemaking. Fourth, I believe that the most important skills of a peacemaker are repentance, confession, and forgiveness. As important as communication and problem-solving skills are, they cannot heal relationships that have been damaged by conflict. True reconciliation comes only when students take responsibility for their wrongs, express sorrow for hurting others, and commit themselves to forgive one another as God has forgiven them."
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