Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a time when the Holy Spirit is hard at work strengthening and energizing the faith of all those present—children, parents, and volunteers alike. After VBS is a great time to keep the faith talks going as we are charged to do in Deuteronomy 6:6-7:

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the way, when you lie down and when you get up.”

Not sure where to start? Here’s a few ideas…

• Projects- Ask your child about the projects and activities they did while at VBS—what they made and what it reminds us of. Challenge them to come up with projects that your family could do together to help others—serve your elderly neighbors by helping care for their lawn, deliver canned goods to a food pantry, make blankets for a shelter, pick up litter in a local park, make cards and send them to those needing encouragement, etc. Their creativity might surprise you!
• Friendships-As your child mentions names of other children they met while at VBS, ask your child about their new friend. Pray together for the new friend and their family.
• Themes-Review the daily themes with your child and talk about how to apply them to everyday life. Ask if they can remember the Bible verses or daily theme phrases. Talk about what each means and help your child make applications of each to his/her own life. 
• Songs-Ask your child what songs they remember from VBS. What was your favorite and why? What did you learn about God from that song? Why is that message important?

God has blessed us so abundantly with His love that He enables us to go beyond the status quo. We don’t have to leave VBS at VBS, we can take those things and carry them into our conversations and our everyday life after VBS too.