VBS 2009
36 VBS traffic control tips!
Have the local police department supply off-duty policemen with arm bands. Have parents join the children for Worship Rally at the end. Parents are already in the building when time to go home. Enlist some men or older youth to be parking attendants. To smoothly move rotations, schedule the time down to specific, not general,…
46 tips for security during VBS
Have parents pick up children in their rooms with “claim tickets”. Set up stations outside by age groups with leaders for pick-up. No one comes into the building to get kids. They wait for dismissal in an organized manner. A group from out older men’s group continually circles the campus with radios. Use hall monitors…
32 ideas for taking VBS beyond your church walls
72 ideas on promoting VBS to your community
1. Replace a current church-wide themed activity with a VBS theme related activity. 2. We printed a theme-related item with our church and VBS date and distributed them as invitations. 3. Place boomerangs in “Happy Meal” boxes or Chick-Fil-A kid’s meals with date, time and address of church 4. Hand out boomerang invitations to the…
Why Vacation Bible School matters
As some of you probably know, we (Lifeway Christian Resources) keep statistics on VBS participation in SBC churches. Every time I take a look at these statistics, I’m humbled that God allows me to even be a small part of such a great ministry! I’m not sure that there is another church event that can…