Comments on: VBS (Vacation Bible School): Is It Still Fulfilling Its Mission? http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/23/vbs-vacation-bible-school-is-it-still-fulfilling-its-mission/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:01:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/23/vbs-vacation-bible-school-is-it-still-fulfilling-its-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-221 MInTheGap Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:54:51 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/?p=591#comment-221 We've had some teens present puppet presentations during VBS before, but we don't have an active team, per se. Our pastor wants to start one, but it's one of a lot of things he's trying to do. We’ve had some teens present puppet presentations during VBS before, but we don’t have an active team, per se. Our pastor wants to start one, but it’s one of a lot of things he’s trying to do.

]]> By: Mary http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/23/vbs-vacation-bible-school-is-it-still-fulfilling-its-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Mary Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:45:32 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/?p=591#comment-220 Sounds like something CEF would do. Or maybe I'm thinking of their back yard Bible schools. Which I've always wanted to do... Sounds like a good way to go. I used to direct our puppet team at church and we'd go to the park, set up our stage and sound system and go to town. Great times, the kids loved it, and people in the community started inviting us to perform at their church events. Do you all have a puppet team? Sounds like something CEF would do. Or maybe I’m thinking of their back yard Bible schools. Which I’ve always wanted to do…
Sounds like a good way to go. I used to direct our puppet team at church and we’d go to the park, set up our stage and sound system and go to town. Great times, the kids loved it, and people in the community started inviting us to perform at their church events. Do you all have a puppet team?

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/23/vbs-vacation-bible-school-is-it-still-fulfilling-its-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-219 MInTheGap Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:46:40 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/?p=591#comment-219 The material isn't very good this year for the one I'm doing. It doesn't have a strong salvation message, but should it (per my discussion earlier)? For Good News Clubs, we have material and we take a few people out and do VBS in an open air park or in a entertainment center. We give a story, have a craft, give out prizes for verses, etc., but totally with people that are unchurched rather than trying to talk to a churched audience. Now we just have to take those and transport them to church. The material isn’t very good this year for the one I’m doing. It doesn’t have a strong salvation message, but should it (per my discussion earlier)?

For Good News Clubs, we have material and we take a few people out and do VBS in an open air park or in a entertainment center. We give a story, have a craft, give out prizes for verses, etc., but totally with people that are unchurched rather than trying to talk to a churched audience. Now we just have to take those and transport them to church.

]]> By: Mary http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/23/vbs-vacation-bible-school-is-it-still-fulfilling-its-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Mary Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:24:12 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/?p=591#comment-218 Here's my take on VBS... It's pretty expensive and takes a WHOLE LOTTA effort. That said, I have great childhood memories of VBS. My girls do too. Gotta love getting Bible stories, crafts, snacks, games, puppet shows, skits with all your best church friends for 5 nights in a row! Right? I'd like to hear more about your Good News Clubs. I know our VBS committee was a bit disappointed in the curriculum we chose in that its emphasis on evangelism was nil. In fact, by the 3rd night the Bible story teacher (we do site-based) and I put our heads together and figured out how to work the salvation message in because, frankly, it wasn't jumping out at us! In every other way, it was an awesome program. But that's a pretty significant thing to leave out. We did attract quite a few children that don't normally attend our church, so we felt it necessary to bring it up. Maybe this program was taking into consideration that most VBS kids are churched? Here’s my take on VBS…
It’s pretty expensive and takes a WHOLE LOTTA effort.
That said, I have great childhood memories of VBS. My girls do too. Gotta love getting Bible stories, crafts, snacks, games, puppet shows, skits with all your best church friends for 5 nights in a row! Right?
I’d like to hear more about your Good News Clubs. I know our VBS committee was a bit disappointed in the curriculum we chose in that its emphasis on evangelism was nil. In fact, by the 3rd night the Bible story teacher (we do site-based) and I put our heads together and figured out how to work the salvation message in because, frankly, it wasn’t jumping out at us! In every other way, it was an awesome program. But that’s a pretty significant thing to leave out. We did attract quite a few children that don’t normally attend our church, so we felt it necessary to bring it up. Maybe this program was taking into consideration that most VBS kids are churched?

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