We are excited to share that Gospel Adventures is heading to Kenya in 2025! Be on the lookout for more information in the coming months about Gospel Adventures: Wild About Kenya and how you can register your school, church, or home school.
There is still time to register and complete this year's adventure. Visit gospeladventures.org to sign up now!
More than 33,000 students have experienced the Gospel Adventures: Awesome Australia program so far this year. Every year, in partnership with Group Publishing, Lutheran Hour Ministries takes grade school-through middle school-aged children, and even some adults, on a week-long adventure. Gospel Adventures: Awesome Australia, an informative and interactive virtual learning experience, is complete with five days of FREE curriculum in two formats and bonus materials.
Serving children ages one through 12, Precious Playmates Daycare Ministry at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Martinsville, Indiana, uses Gospel Adventures during their summer programs. "By 'going' on our adventure in the summer, our school-aged children are able to participate, and it creates more opportunities for us to expand learning for our little ones," says Bethany Asher, director. "We start each year by creating a passport for all of our students. This breaks down the content to something a little more tangible and developmentally appropriate. We also try to involve the parents in the mission as much as possible by sending home QR codes with the daily videos."
Asher shared how they add recipes and snacks as another way to integrate the adventure into their full week of activities. "We research to add more recipes and source ingredients online when they are not available in our local stores. This year, we added Vegemite on toast and Kiwis. At the end of the week, we had a community barbecue with our church. Some years, it is easier to source food than others," says Asher.
"We encourage our children and families to participate in the Global Kids Fund fundraising effort," she says. "We incentivize the giving by offering candy for any amount donated (this year, it was a Tim Tam), and the class that gives the most gets to eat first at the community barbecue. We really stress to the families that our children (even the toddlers) should be the ones collecting the funds. This is part of our larger commitment to instilling a pattern of giving in our yearly curriculum." All the funds raised this year through the Global Kids Fund support LHM children's programs around the world.