Welcome to The Incredible Race!
Ready, Set, Go! 
It's a Vacation Bible School like no other! 
At The Incredible Race, kids will race from continent to continent uncovering clues and attempting challenges as they fill their score cards. 
They'll also discover that, no matter where we live, what shade of skin we have, or what language we speak, we are all part of the same race—the human race—and all part of the same family from Adam and Eve. 
As they examine the events surrounding the tower of Babel, kids will learn that God is calling to himself people from every tribe and nation through his Son, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. And that he wants us to share this good news in kindness and love with our neighbors close by and faraway. 
Welcome to The Incredible Race, where we will experience God's love for every tribe, language, and nation!
The Incredible Race Stations
At The Incredible Race from Answers VBS, we’ll make stops at various times before, at, and after the hugely important tower of Babel incident and see how it matters greatly today.
Day 1 Before Babel—As the race starts, we explore the beginning of the human race and why nobody has run a perfect race through life.
Day 2 At Babel—On this leg of the race, we stop at the tower of Babel and check out the important and loving roadblock God provided there.
Day 3 After Babel—On leg three, we see how the human race developed into people groups with different languages, cultures, and physical features, but how we are still one race.
Day 4 Babel and the Gospel—On our fourth leg, we discover the need to yield our lives to God as he reaches out to all nations, tribes, and peoples with his love.
Day 5 Why Babel Matters Today—On the final leg, we learn from Babel that because God loves us, we also ought to treat others with love and respect, not prejudice and judgment.
From the minute our racers arrive at The Incredible Race, they’ll find fun waiting to happen! The day begins at the Checkpoint Assembly, a supercharged opening complete with entertaining welcomes, rockin’ songs, a mission moment, and prayer. Then we're off to four fun rotation sites:
Refueling Station, the teaching time. Here, as racers receive and accept challenges, they’ll discover the tower of Babel account isn’t just ancient history, but incredibly important to how we live today.
Runway Café, the snack spot. Racers will enjoy global goodies at this yummy spot while completing food-related challenges.
Globe-trotting Games, the recreation location. At this spot, racers attempt fun physical challenges of international proportions.
World-class Science and Crafts, the science, craft, music, mission, and memory verse spot. This location features a wide array of activities to choose from: electrifying science experiments to explore, creative crafts to invent, high-energy songs to sing, fun memory verse games to play, and mission time to investigate (for those who want to spend more time than is given during the Assembly).
After finishing the day's rotations, everyone heads back to the Checkpoint Assembly for the closing that includes more singing, a Creature Feature, contest results, and the greatly anticipated daily drama, which is a highlight of the kids' day. The drama features a team on The Incredible Race that is flying to the next race location, only to crash in the jungles of Central America at an ancient step pyramid (ziggurat).
Many funny adventures and epic lessons occur at this unexpected roadblock. So grab your gear and get ready for the race of a lifetime as we embark on The Incredible Race. On your mark, get set, go!
Daily Overview
Day 1: Ready, Set, Go—Before Babel
Continent: South America
Bible Passage: Genesis 1–11 
Lesson Focus: As the race starts, we explore the beginning of the human race and why nobody has run a perfect race through life. 
Apologetics Focus: We’ll explore the sin cycle and how the world was divided into continents.
Animal Pal: Bo the anaconda 
Toddler/Pre-Primary memory verse
"All have sinned." Romans 3:23
Primary/Junior memory verse
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
Day 2: Hitting a Roadblock—At Babel
Continent: Asia
Bible Passage: Genesis 11:1–9 
Lesson Focus: On this leg of the race, we stop at the tower of Babel and check out the important and loving roadblock God provided there. 
Apologetics Focus: We’ll learn about ziggurats and languages—where did they come from?

Animal Pal: Jamal the camel 
Toddler/Pre-Primary memory verse
“Its name was called Babel.” Genesis 11:9
Primary/Junior memory verse
“Its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.” Genesis 11:9
Day 3: One Race, Many Nations—After Babel
Continent: Africa
Bible Passage: Genesis 10; Psalm 139; Acts 17:26 
Lesson Focus: On leg three, we see how the human race developed into people groups with different languages, cultures, and physical features, but how we are still one race. 

Apologetics Focus: We’re all one blood, one race, and God created each of us with our own special gene recipe.

Animal Pal: Pup Patrol
Toddler/Pre-Primary memory verse
“And he made from one man every nation.” Acts 17:26
Primary/Junior memory verse
“And he made from one man every nation.” Acts 17:26
Day 4: One Way: Jesus—Babel and the Gospel
Continent: Europe
Bible Passage: Revelation 7:9–10
Lesson Focus: On our fourth leg, we discover the need to yield our lives to God as he reaches out to all nations, tribes, and peoples with his love. 

Apologetics Focus: God provided just one way to be saved: Jesus Christ.

Animal Pal: Agape and Phileo the Polish mute swans
Toddler/Pre-Primary memory verse
“The Father has sent his Son." 1 John 4:14
Primary/Junior memory verse
“The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.” 1 John 4:14
Day 5: Green Light: Go—Why Babel Matters Today
Continent: North America
Bible Passage: Luke 10:25–37
Lesson Focus: On the final leg, we learn that because God loves all people groups, we also ought to treat others with love and respect, not prejudice and judgment. 

Apologetics Focus: We’ll talk about the importance of Christians loving others and fighting prejudice and racism.

Animal Pal: Racer the roadrunner
 Toddler/Pre-Primary memory verse
“Love one another." 1 John 4:11
Primary/Junior memory verse
“If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11
News You Need to Know
T-Shirt Info
VBS T-shirts are available in the foyer for $5 each. They are a nice quality, 100% pre-shrunk cotton shirt. Sizes available are: Youth extra-small, Youth small, Youth medium, Youth large, Adult small, Adult medium, Adult large, Adult XL, Adult XXL, Adult XXXL, Adult XXXXL. Limited quantities available, so get yours now!
Ready, Set, Sing! Music CDs for Sale
Music CDs featuring songs from this year’s VBS are also for sale. These are $2 each and are available in the foyer. 
Contests
We will be having exciting daily contests this week for ages 4–12. Your child can earn individual and team points each day by participating in the following:
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VBS Bookstore
Our bookstore this year will have a fantastic assortment of both children and adult Christian resources for sale at great prices. The bookstore will be open Monday through Friday and the Sunday morning following VBS. It will be located in the foyer, so stop and have a look.
Games
Sturdy shoes are recommended every day so your children can freely run and play without twisting an ankle.
Craft Alert
Our crafts are awesome, fun, and potentially messy! Please make sure your children wear play clothes that can get dirty. 
Mission Moment—Food Paks with Children's Hunger Fund
Our mission project this year is called Hope Explorers. We'll be raising money for a ministry called Children’s Hunger Fund that delivers the hope of the gospel in a special way. During mission time, you and your kids will set off on Hope Excursions to support local churches delivering hope and food to children in need all over the world.  Your mission is to collect coins for meals that will be delivered in Children’s Hunger Fund Food Paks. 
A Food Pak is a 20-pound box of nutritious food that is hand-delivered to the home of a needy family by a trained volunteer from a local church in their community. 
Rally your kids to raise funds for the meals that go in every Food Pak. Each meal costs only 25 cents! So, every dollar that’s raised provides four meals for hungry kids—and each meal represents an opportunity to proclaim the gospel!
Arrival/Dismissal Procedures
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Closing Program
On Sunday morning we will host a closing program. 
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This will be a big, exciting time for the children, so we’re looking forward to seeing you on Sunday morning!