{"id":8667,"date":"2026-05-01T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=8667"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:05:45","slug":"vbs-2026-rainforest-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/news\/05\/01\/vbs-2026-rainforest-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"VBS 2026 &#8211; Rainforest Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rainforest-Falls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rainforest-Falls.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rainforest-Falls-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rainforest-Falls-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rainforest-Falls-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecityemc.churchcenter.com\/people\/forms\/1213148\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Our theme this year is &#8220;Rainforest Falls &#8211; Exploring the Nature of God.\u201d Kids will step through the mist and plunge into an adventure of discovering the nature of God. 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