Resource | HolyLand Adventure | Jericho | Bible Buddy

"Jericho" was conceived as a week-long Vacation Bible School in the style of Group Publishing's HolyLand Adventures.  However, to get things moving and field test some ideas, I offered a one-hour version as a fall follow up to our summer "Wilderness Escape" VBS.  

Like the earliest HLA VBS programs, Jericho has at this point a single "Bible Buddy."  His name is Kelev, which is the Hebrew word for "dog."  Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg talks about the significance of the name here.  The word "kelev" is also related to the name "Caleb," who will be mentioned throughout Jericho.

Here is the full-color illustration of Kelev:

This  is a line drawing of Kelev, which can be used for coloring sheets, etc.:

This is what Kelev might have looked like as a petroglyph during ancient times... And, yes, he is facing the opposite direction from the previous two illustrations, but there is a reason for that...:

And here's one way we incorporated Kelev into the program.  Since the children were required to wear masks, it made traditional face painting impossible.  So I carved a rubber stamp of Kelev and we offered "temporary tattoos" using kid-safe inks.  Remember, when carving asymetrical designs on rubber stamps, you have to reverse the image so it prints correctly.

And here's what the printed image looks like: