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Thursdays Are For Training – Know Your Purpose
Last Thursday I introduced a series of training posts that will follow the six steps of leading a VBS as outlined in Lifeway’s VBS 2015 Administrative Guide for Directors. Step 1: Know Your Purpose and Theme You may think knowing the purpose of VBS seems too elementary to even discuss. After all, don’t we all…
Thursdays Are For Training
Make Training a Priority in 2015
Did you know research shows training has a huge impact on the number of professions of faith resulting from VBS? In some areas of the U.S. statics reveal that for every one person trained to work in VBS there is 1.1 professions of faith. Nationally, we know the years training numbers increase so do professions…
Tips for Increasing Associational VBS Training Attendance
I recently had a chance to spend time with associational VBS leaders from across Alabama – the State that annually trains more VBS leaders than any other state. Leaders from the four associations reporting the largest attendance in 2014 shared the following tips for increasing attendance. Find a location that is centrally located and stay…
Relationship vs. Process – Which Best Describes Your VBS?
The past two years I have frequently spoken and written about replacing the idea of VBS follow-up with the need for continuing the connections established during the week of VBS. This has been an attempt to help us all think about what we do following VBS in terms of relationship instead of a process. There…