vacation bible school 2009
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…
Experienced VBS directors share their secrets!
This year at our VBS Preview Events at Ridgecrest, Glorieta, and Nashville, a training conference was conducted for experienced VBS directors and general leadership called “Experienced Directors – Been There, Done That – Now What?” These experienced directors worked together to compile a list of tips and tricks to help all VBS directors in 16…
Prayer requests for Australia
From our friends at the International Mission Board: Information…. Australia’s state of Victoria experienced a series of intense bushfires in February 2009, resulting in the nation’s highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. The fires killed at least 210 people and over 500 others were injured. These fires destroyed over 2,000 homes and damaged…
VBS Tools Online is available!
Lifeway’s VBS Tools Online makes managing your VBS easier than ever! Planning and organizing is a breeze with these tools that help you manage departments, class rolls, class schedules, emergency contacts, allergy information, and more. You’ll even get a custom VBS web site for your church that will allow teachers and leaders to volunteer online….