G.A.D.G.E.T.'s Garage - Concordia Publishing

God's Always Doing Great, Exciting Things! Gadget's garage is the setting for Concordia's VBS this year and Gizmo the robot / puppet lives in that garage. Gizmo is grrrrreat!! (Sorry - couldn't resist!!) Seriously though, Gizmo is lots of fun. Kids will love him! He shows up in all sorts of different forms in this kit - puppet, grovin' gizmo, gizmo wristees. He is even available as a 5' inflatable ($24.99).

The focus is that Jesus makes all things new because God is Always Doing Great Exciting Things. Each day explores another wonder from the Bible - Mighty Wonder, Water Wonder, Growing Wonder, Glowing Wonder and Risen Wonder. I like that the Bible stories come from both the new and old testaments.

The directors guide includes a cd-rom with clip art, publicity signs, fill-in pdf forms, power point presentation with song lyrics and more. The entire written director guide is also on the disk! There are a couple of dvd's in the kit also. An overview and recruitment dvd and a skit dvd.

The music is an interesting feature of this kit. There is a music cd and song action dvd combo pack and a songbook with sheet music. I like the sheet music option a lot. When I think about vbs weeks that I attended as a kid one of my favorite memories is sitting around the piano singing songs with my friends. I realize that with cd's and power point presentations music can be more up to date now but there is something to be said for "the old fashioned way" too!!!