Bible2School has a mission to introduce elementary school students to Jesus through programs held off-site during the school day. When summer rolls around, the program continues to support families looking for Christian-focused curricula and resources. The organization offers a podcast, a blog and a variety of at-home resources.

"We are going on three years of doing a weekly podcast," said Megan Risser, director of marketing and advancement officer for Bible2School. "It's released on Tuesdays, and each week we chat with a different guest regarding a variety of topics, but they are all ways of sharing God's Word with kids." Topics on the "You CAN Tell the Children" podcast have ranged from praying for your child's future spouse to establishing family devotion time.

"Each episode is under a half hour, and we don't do ads," Risser explained. "In the middle of each episode, we take a short break, and we answer a question from a Bible2School kid." These prerecorded questions could include inquiries such as "How do I get to heaven?" or "If God created everything, who created God?" she said.

Once a month, Bible2School updates its blog with topics similar to the ones covered in the podcast. "Some people prefer to read, some prefer to listen, so we're looking at different types of ways to get our resources out to people," Risser said. "We want to offer practical, useful topics."

Bible2School at-home resources include a mix of materials created in house as well as links to partner organizations that share a similar mission.

"We want to provide free resources that can make learning about the Bible easy at home," Risser said, noting that resources include crafts, skits and science experiments. "We provide all of the instructions for the activity, and most include a guided conversation. We want to give parents exactly what they need to connect the dots for their kids."

Most of the at-home resources are geared toward elementary school-age children, since Bible2School provides school-year programming to students in second, third and fourth grades. However, Risser noted, much of it could be tweaked to serve middle school students as well.

One of the newest resources from Bible2School is a 22-page guide called "God Was Not Taken Out of Public Schools." "This is a downloadable tool to educate parents and caretakers on ways their child can confidently live out their faith in public school," Risser explained. "A lot of parents don't understand what their kid can do in a public school setting when it comes to their faith, and we're on a mission to teach people. People feel like they need to leave their faith at the door, and that's not the case."

Bible2School began 45 years ago in Manheim Central School District. The program has grown to more than 100 classes at 45 schools throughout Lancaster County, and the organization has expanded to include programs in Idaho and Tennessee, as well.

"We want to create a program in every state, but we also know that our roots are here in Lancaster. There's still a significant number of people who have not heard of us or don't know about our program," Risser said. "There are kids who are our neighbors who have never heard of Jesus, and we are working to change that."

For more information on Bible2School and all of its resources, visit http://www.bible2school.com.