Continued Connections
Is VBS Really Over?
Time to Place a Call to the VBS Myth Busters
VBS follow-up automatically happens, right? Sure it does – at least in the land of myths and assumptions. While we are not sure who is responsible or who actually makes the contacts, we are sure if it is important enough someone has already taken care of it. “After all, I was only enlisted to serve…
Reaching Families Through VBS Part 1
VBS and similar events open doors for unchurched kids to connect with the church, and if we are intentional about doing so, they will also open doors to connect with their parents. Each January Lifeway conducts VBS Previews in North Carolina, Texas, and Tennessee. The following tips for reaching families through VBS were generated by…
6 Essentials for Connecting with Unchurched Families
Churches often discover more unchurched individuals and families during VBS than all the rest of the weeks of the year combined. Collectively we discover over 1,000,000 unchurched individuals each year. Ten percent of all VBS attendees are from unchurched families. When you add parents and siblings not attending VBS, the typical VBS results in 35…
Happy Birthday from Your Friends at VBS
Thousands of churches concluded VBS 2013 over the weekend, and for thousands more this is day two. Approximately half of all schools will be conducted during the first three weeks of June. This news tempts many leaders to believe the work of VBS is over for another year, but in reality, just as VBS ends…