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Here are the traditional pledges for Vacation Bible School. No matter what 2020 VBS Theme you choose, these will help you kick start your day the right way. This download link above includes four pages: one for each individual pledge (Bible, Christian Flag, American Flag) and the combined version pictures below.
I love the smell of drying glue, melted crayons and cupcakes! It's a unique fragrance that I associate with Vacation Bible School, one of my favorite ministry events. Like many churches, we open our daily VBS meetings with pledges to the Bible and the Christian flag.
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Our opening procedures are simple and we work hard to include everyone. Every day, we select different children to hold the flags and the Bible as we make our pledges. If you have large flags mounted in heavy stands, you could select children to come stand next to the flag, as an example of how to pledge.
- Click on the image above to download the PDF bookmark version – also in JPEG
- If you prefer, get the full sized and bookmark download all the VBS pledges (Bible, Christian Flag, American Flag) in one printable file plus bookmark version.
The Bible Pledge: Ask a child to hold the Bible respectfully in the palm of his hands. Videoc0unter $trike 1.6. Say,
'I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's Holy Word, I will make it a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path and will hide its words in my heart that I might not sin against God. Amen.'
Have the child lay the Bible on a table or stand.
Pledge To The Christian Flag Words: Ask the children to stand and place their right hand over their heart to make this pledge. Say:
I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag and to the Saviour for whose kingdom it stands; one brotherhood, uniting all mankind in service and in love.
- Click on the image above to download the PDF bookmark version – also in JPEG
- If you prefer, get the full sized and bookmark download all the VBS pledges (Bible, Christian Flag, American Flag) in one printable file plus bookmark version.
The Bible Pledge: Ask a child to hold the Bible respectfully in the palm of his hands. Videoc0unter $trike 1.6. Say,
'I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's Holy Word, I will make it a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path and will hide its words in my heart that I might not sin against God. Amen.'
Have the child lay the Bible on a table or stand.
Pledge To The Christian Flag Words: Ask the children to stand and place their right hand over their heart to make this pledge. Say:
I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag and to the Saviour for whose kingdom it stands; one brotherhood, uniting all mankind in service and in love.
Mediadeped negor learning resource portal. Alternate Version -'I pledge allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Savior for whose Kingdom it stands. One Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again with life and liberty to all who believe. Amen.'
Pledge to the American Flag: We have a lot of military families in our congregation, plus we are a patriotic group. We include the pledge to the American flag out of respect for our country. Many children are familiar with the pledge. Everyone should stand and place the right hand over the heart. International readers should use their own national flag or omit this step.
'I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Amen.'
Lead the pledges at the beginning of the day, before your breakout classes. Besides teaching children to respect the flags and the Bible, these procedures will establish order at your VBS. Have a fun time!
I spent many years as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America until I led my congregation out for a more Biblical branch of Lutheranism. 'Liberal' is no longer the word for the ELCA, it has become radical. Here is what I mean:
The ELCA pays for abortion for any reason in the denomination's healthcare plan which is funded by offering dollars. That's right, 'your offering dollars at work' can go to kill unborn children.
The ELCA ordains practicing homosexuals and now also transgender pastors.
Two summers ago, 31,000 ELCA teenagers attended the ELCA's youth gathering. Popular ELCA pastor Nadia Bolz-Webber led the students to say after her 'I renounce the lie that queerness is anything other than beauty.' At the youth gathering an 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl was put on stage to promote transgenderism.
This past summer the ELCA in convention passed an interfaith resolution stating that we do not know what God thinks of non-Christian religions. A delegate got to the microphone to offer an amendment, saying that we do know because John 14:6 says that Jesus is the only way of salvation. His amendment was voted down by 97 percent.
A Chicago newspaper asked ELCA head bishop Elizabeth Eaton if Hell exists. Her response: 'It may, but I think it is empty.'
Recently The Christian Post reported on the ELCA promoting a prayer to 'Mother God.' If you go to herchurch.org, you will find an ELCA congregation in California which worships 'Our Mother who is within us…' The church's pastor led the women on a retreat in which she gave each a lump of clay to fashion their own Asheroth goddess statue so they could worship the 'forbidden divine feminine.' My alma mater, the ELCA's Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, held a commemoration service for the Transgender Day of Remembrance in which the transgender preacher led the students in the Lord's Prayer, saying 'Our Mother in heaven.'
I am on a Facebook page that includes pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, some of whom believe it is sexist to pray exclusively to God as Father. I responded that Jesus taught us to pray 'Our Father' and we are in no position to correct Him. A music minister at an ELCA church in Virginia didn't like my comment and responded: 'The Lord's Prayer is a pattern for prayer. Do you still say it in Arabic? Hebrew? Then shut up. I'll call God Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, anything I want. Doesn't change my salvation.'
Notice what is going on in this comment. Lutherans believe we are saved by grace alone and not by our good works – which is gloriously true (Ephesians 2:8-9). But some Lutherans practice 'grace abuse' and say 'Because I'm saved by grace, I can live like the devil and do whatever I want.' Or, as the Apostle Paul put it: 'Shall we continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be!' (Romans 6:1). Yes, we are saved by grace alone, but grace never is alone, it always changes our lives. Good works do not save us, but they are the evidence that we have been saved by Christ. So, no, we are not free to worship God as 'Mother, Sister, Brother, anything I want.' The grace of Christ moves us to want to obey God, not to treat Him with contempt and remold Him into 'anything I want.'
Sadly, the ELCA has become the denomination of 'anything I want.' Martin Luther believed that 'the Bible alone' is the highest authority for the Church and he would grieve if he could see what the ELCA has become. In fact, some of us think ELCA really stands for 'Everything Luther Cautioned Against.'
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Tom Brock
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Tom Brock graduated from Bethel College in St. Paul Minnesota with a degree in Biblical and Theological Studies. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1979 and served Hope Lutheran Church in Minneapolis for 29 years. He served on the board of reform groups attempting to bring Biblical renewal to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America before he left that denomination over their position on issues such as abortion, homosexuality and universalism. For more information: The Pastor's Study
