Ideas for a Double Digit VBS Part 1

Over 50% of Vacation Bible Schools register 100 (including workers) or fewer. This means the majority of schools can be classified as a Double Digit VBS.

1. Enlist Sunday School classes to financially sponsor specific needs such as crafts, snacks, or curriculum.
2. Ask classes to bring specific craft, snack, or supply items.
3. Challenge classes to meet the financial needs of one day of the VBS week or one day of snacks.
4. Hold a resource fair following a morning service. Display samples of craft and snack supplies that will be needed. Encourage members of the congregation to select an item to sponsor or donate.
5. Conduct an old-fashioned church pounding or supply Sunday. I remember my home church having specific Sundays for sugar, lemon juice, fruit punch drink mix, and cookies.
6. Inventory supply closets well in advance to insure you are not purchasing supplies that are already in abundance.

1. Focus decorations on one area such as the stage instead of attempting to decorate every room.
2. Be creative with the resources provided in leader packs. Use them as decorations throughout the week.
3. Enlist older kids and teens to attend a decorations days to create murals. Cover walls with paper, provide markers and paint, provide a few ideas and then give permission for creativity to run wild.
4. Get the men of the church involved by turning decorations over to them.
5. Challenge yourself to be creative with simple, inexpensive decorations such as balloons and crepe paper.
6. Look through closets and store rooms for decorative items that can be repurposed.
7. Contact local schools and teachers to see what resources they might have that can be borrowed and returned.
8. Partner with other churches to create and share decorations that will be used multiple churches.
9. Contact a local association of churches about available decorations.

Stay tuned next Thursday for more ideas.