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Are you looking for truly Bible-focused Vacation Bible School materials?

Do you long to encourage children in conservative Christian values according to the timeless Word of God?

Hasten Home is here to help!

Hasten Home's Mission Statement:
To share Christ's redeeming, sanctifying love with the children through wholesome activities, loving interactions, and a positive example, and to equip the adults who have them in their care to do the same.

Another (blessed) early morning...

It was 2:30 am and I was at my computer again. Typing. And praying. My Bible and Ellen White’s Patriarchs and Prophets at my side, my dictionary and thesaurus within arm’s reach, my fingers were flying as I prayed for just the right words to touch the children’s hearts—and for the baby to sleep long enough to finish my story in uninterrupted silence.

I knew that my other three children—and even my husband—would be enthusiastically obliging to listen to my final proof read of this next lesson in the VBS—The Land of Milk & Honey series come morning.

The research and planning stages of preparing a new Vacation Bible School curriculum always seem almost unbearably long, but when the Lord starts to give me the stories, I know we are moving!

History

It was back in 2007 when my good friend and godly mentor Kathy first asked me to take the leading role in putting together a Vacation Bible School program for our little church.

I remember praying earnestly with her for the children of our valley.

She had been a Vacation Bible School leader for many years already, but was disappointed at the programs available out there.

We knew what we needed:

• A solid, Bible-based plan
• Stories, crafts, activities, and memory verses to fully support the lessons
• Biblical doctrines, such as salvation, the seventh-day Sabbath, and Christ’s Second Coming, in terms a child can understand
• Realistic illustrations
• True-to-life stories
• Underlying conservative Christian values, such as modesty, cooperation, and godly simplicity

Is this what you are looking for?

Hundreds of prayerful hours have gone into Hasten Home’s Vacation Bible School materials. Now we are ready to place them in your prayerful hands, too!

The technical stuff

Over the years, the Lord had blessed me with experience as a children’s tutor, nanny, Sabbath School leader—and certainly not least in my preparation, as a mom. He helped me persevere in sharpening my skills as an artist through Art Instruction Schools, when the challenges of being a young mother threatened to derail my dream.

I even graduated The California Nanny College with some very helpful information on childhood development. But I have no doubt that my greatest qualification is a firm reliance on God. He continues to draw me daily nearer to Him.

And I have no doubt that this same reliance in your life is what has brought you here to Hasten Home—and what is sure to make you beautifully successful in your children’s Vacation Bible School ministry!

Let’s Hasten Home together. Our God has had the future in mind all along!

In one of our first YouTube videos, I give you some tips on Vacation Bible School curriculum and share a bit of my story. You can watch it here: (At the end, when it says to go to HastenHome.com, don’t worry—you’re in the right place! ;) )

 

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Glad to meet you :)

My name is Sheila Edeliant. Today, I own and operate Hasten Home. So far, I have written and illustrated two complete Vacation Bible School curricula: VBS—Superstars for Jesus and VBS—The Land of Milk & Honey. (The first VBS materials I did were an incomplete set, which I plan to work on completing in the not-too-distant future.)

While Hasten Home is not affiliated with any denomination, I am personally a baptized Seventh-day Adventist Christian. Wondering about our beliefs? Check out my Beliefs page.

Hasten Home!

Hasten Home is not just a business. Hasten Home is a ministry. Hasten Home is people like you and me “looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God” by sharing His love with the children around us.

At Hasten Home, we are prayerfully and carefully designing Vacation Bible School materials with true godly excellence in mind. We are seeking to prepare Vacation Bible School curriculum that points the children to Jesus in a simple, realistic way that is rare these days.

Our goal
is
restoring
Virtue and Excellence
in
Vacation Bible School!

 

But creating the conservative Christian Vacation Bible School curriculum is just a start. For true success, we need you.

Hasten Home is dedicated to your success in sharing the Gospel with the children.

Have a look around the blog.

    It’s all about God.

        It’s all about children.

            And it’s all about you.

 

The Hasten Home blog is about God.

For example:

• What can Job teach children (and us!) about God’s character?


• What are the Lord’s expectations regarding His image, as seen in us?


• What does nature teach us about being grounded in Jesus?

 

The Hasten Home blog is about children:

• How can we make sure that “Jesus Loves Me” is real to them?


• How can we make sure that children of all personalities feel comfortable at our Vacation Bible Schools?


• How can we encourage them when it is time to go back to school?

 

The Hasten Home blog is about you:

• What can you do if you feel your walk with God slipping?


• How can you be on guard—even if you’re caught off-guard?


• How can you be instrumental in teaching children the “fear of the Lord”?

 

And Vacation Bible School ties it all together.

• How do you decide whether your Vacation Bible School should run one week, or two?


• How do you prepare a Vacation Bible School crafts budget—especially on a shoestring?


• How do you keep family first for a Vacation Bible School that is truly blessed by God?

 

Be sure, before you leave, to sign up for our Vacation Bible School e-mail newsletter so we can keep in touch. You will receive lots of Vacation Bible School related material--tips, fun facts, Vacation Bible School product information, and more! You will even get your own devotional ebook--free, just for signing up!

On second thought, why not do that first?

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Sheila Edeliant :)

 

 

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