BIG Bible Town School Donation Program

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1 BIG Bible Town School Donation Program Dear Christian School Principal, Third Day Games would like to donate BIGBibleTown.com to your school. BIG Bible Town is the Bible education game that immerses K-6 children in scripture-based Bible adventures that help kids learn the scriptures and practice putting their faith into action. To help introduce BIG Bible Town to Christian schools, we are donating BIG Bible Town to a limited number of schools for use on school computers as a fun and powerful supplement to their Bible education efforts. The selected schools will receive a free site license, ordinarily worth $80 per computer, with no financial obligation. BIG Bible Town enables Christian schools to use the most popular form of kids media to: - Give teachers a powerful supplemental tool for Bible education; - Reach children where they are and engage them with a game they will want to play; - Teach them Bible stories and reinforce Biblical truths; and - Let them practice putting their faith and Christian values into action. Based on the rave reviews we are receiving from principals, teachers, kids and parents, we are confident that your school can use BIG Bible Town to leverage the appeal of video games to focus children on the Bible, instructing in a way that is fun and effective for both the students and teachers Attached is a short description of the school donation program including instructions for accessing your own BIG Bible Town account to evaluate the game. We are selecting just a few schools in each state. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the enclosed information sheet and FAX it to us at If you have any questions, please me at [email protected] or call us at Blessings, Bobby Wells CEO Third Day Games (office) B Leeman Ferry Road Huntsville, AL FAX

2 BIG Bible Town School Donation Program BIG Bible Town designed as a Christian alternative to secular juggernauts such as Club Penguin, which consume several hours of millions of kids time each week, but have little or no educational value. The Christian distinction with BIG Bible Town is that our games are interactive recreations of Bible stories. With each of these Bible story adventure games, kids explore the setting of the Bible story, read along as the scripture is narrated, and complete fun game tasks related to the story. You can see several game videos at There are currently 32 Bible story games available within BIG Bible Town, making it the most comprehensive collection of Bible-based video games available anywhere. We will be adding another 70 over the next 24 months. As a recipient school, your free license allows you to install the game on all your school computers and access all the Bible story adventure games. Your teachers can then use the game however they like to augment Bible teaching. With each gameplay session, kids can select and play one of the 32 Bible story adventure games, completing the lesson in usually less than 15 minutes. The Bible story adventures help children learn each story by reading it, experiencing the story in an interactive 3D world, and then doing fun game tasks related to the story. For example, the children will help Zacchaeus pay back those he cheated and give to the poor. Each time a child plays a Bible story adventure, they are rewarded with game tokens that they can spend in the BIG Bible Town market to purchase outfits, pets, and home items. The game also encourages kids to tithe game tokens to their BIG Bible Town church for community projects such as building their church, school, and hospital. Kids can also use the structured-chat feature of the game, which does not allow free text typing and only allows pre-defined appropriate messaging, to interact with their classmates and invite them to be their neighbor and help with these projects. You or one of your staff can easily evaluate the game by setting up a free account. Just go to to register. Then log in to your account, click on the green "Download Free Game" button and follow the instructions to RUN the installer. It will place a yellow and purple BIG Bible Town desktop icon on your computer. Click it to download the initial game content and then begin playing. While the game installation is completing, you may want to watch the Learn To Play video. When you begin playing the game, you will create your character and then enter your home area. To play the Zacchaeus Bible story adventure, click the Bible icon in the lower right corner, then click on the Gospel Stories panel and click the forward arrow to the Zacchaeus story. Page 2

3 BIG Bible Town School Donation Program We are donating BIG Bible Town to a selected number of Christian Schools under our School Donation Program. If you are interested in receiving BIG Bible Town for use on your school computers for free, just fill out this form and FAX it to us at We ll contact you within the following few days to get you started. School Name Address City/State/Zip Contact Name Phone Number Address Number of School Computers that will be using the game What kind of computers you are using (Mac or PC) Approximate number of children in your grades K-6 Page 3

4 New Testament Stories Journey To Bethlehem Birth of Jesus Jesus Baptized by John Jesus Talked To Nicodemus The Rich Young Ruler Lowered Through the Roof The Good Samaritan Jesus Blesses Little Children The Prodigal Son The Woman At The Well Jesus and Zacchaeus Mary of Bethany Shows Love Jesus Before Pontius Pilate The Resurrection of Jesus The Emmaus Road Pentecost Philip and the Ethiopian Peter In Prison Paul Wrote A Letter To Philemon Old Testament Stories God Created The World Noah Obeyed God Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors Joseph in Egypt Moses And The Pharaoh God's Commands About Himself Joshua: The New Leader Crossing The Jordan Twelve Men Gather Stones Hannah Prayed Esther Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Daniel and the Lions' Den Page 4

5 Exemplary Responses from Principals, Parents and Kids About BIG Bible Town Big Bible Town is a wonderful evangelism and educational tool. (It is helping us) educate students for natural discipleship by giving them an avenue to share and talk about Christ. It enables Christian schools to use the most popular form of kids media to reach today s digital natives where they are and engage them with a game they will want to play. - Josh Swartz, Principal, Grace Lutheran School My kids have been playing it every chance they get! They say it's loads of fun. Shari Drennan post to BIG Bible Town Facebook page "Thank you very much! My kids are now asking to play BBT instead of playing on LEGO.com or Disney.com. I cannot tell you how happy that makes me that they choosing the Word over the world!" from M. Richardson Thanks so much for BIG Bible Town! Last night my daughter begged to play this. She has learned so much and I don t feel guilty letting her play a game that teaches God's word! She loves Club Penguin, but it s so meaningless so I am glad for this alternative! Thank you Big Bible Town! - Michelle Rogers, homeschool mom. "I love the free area, it also frees me to share this without feeling that I'm advertising to church friends, since there is a free benefit to just looking at the product. It really sells itself, great job! My daughter has exhausted the free area and I think that we will do the year subscription, and her friends from church and our homeschool group will want to get in on the fun. I searched high and low for another product like this one and cannot find one anywhere. Thanks for taking the time to provide a quality experience for our kids, that has some eternal value and not just entertainment." - Erica, Children's Minister and Homeschool Mom Thanks for Bible Town! Finally something worth while that my 11-year-old really enjoys and that also reinforces what he is studying at church and through homeschool. He is really excited right now about the pets. Carrie Wetterman Gipson post to BIG Bible Town Facebook page We love this game!! Amen for a game that is not mindless, a game that teaches God's word! We feel so blessed to have found it! My daughter has learned so much and I don t feel guilty letting her play a game that teaches God's word! Thank you Big Bible Town! Michelle Rogers post to BIGBibleTown Facebook page "As a Christian homeschooling mom, I find that it is not always easy to find suitable on-line games, for my children. We are happy to be part of The BIG Bible Town community. The site is safe, educational, and edifying. My children are having a great time playing BIG Bible Town." - from Monique R., Christian Homeschool Mom "I love this game. It is great to finally have a game that my daughter can play long-term that teaches better values, Bible stories, and verses." - from Michelle J., Homeschool Mom "My daughter LOVES playing Big Bible Town, even though she is 13. It makes the Bible lessons easier for her to understand. The prices are very reasonable & well worth it for lessons that will last a lifetime. My husband and I got our daughter a subscription to it and she is loving every minute. When something garners my daughter's attention (which is hard to do) I take notice, and feel that if it works for her, it may work or interest others, too." - from Robin B., Homeschool Mom "As a Christian homeschool parent, I am always looking the Bible-based Christian games to entertain and educate my children. I would much rather see my daughters spending their spare time exploring Big Bible Town and having fun building their Bible knowledge than playing in some secular virtual world like NeoPets or Barbie Girls. My seven year old daughter really loves playing Big Bible Town! She can't wait for the next Bible stories to be published. " - from Philip Conrod, President, Computer Science For Kids Page 5