At our church, we always ask on the enrollment forms, if the kids who are visiting are involved in or members at, another church. If they say yes, we leave them alone. If they say no, at the end of VBS we write them a note and tell them that we enjoyed having their children and enclose a brochure with other opportunities/activities for kids at the church throughout the year and it has a number you can call if you would like to have someone from the church contact you. We probably get three or four new families a year attending the church as a result of VBS.
Well I can tell you there were NOT a "couple of hundred kids" at this VBS. There might have been 50, not a big crowd as it is in the middle of the summer when many families are on vacation. This VBS was more FUN for the kids with a little learning, nothing being "pushed" down their throats.
Sorry, but I would rather not announce the "theme" as you know things can easily be googled :)
Not sure WHY you are asking if there was a "mass" at the end when I did state that already. The Sunday after the last VBS on Friday everyone was invited to go to hear the songs the kids learned. Nothing was done "over the top" and not insulting for any religious background.
Yes, I love VBS at our church. For the last four or five years, all but one year, I have been in charge of elementary storytelling, which involves presenting the story to the kids through interactive drama, then calling them in for a short worship period together. Then they run off to another station and we do it all again. My older son was the lead guy in the opening and closing drama last year, a character named "Max" who started out on the first day as a beach bum and gradually became a committed, caring Christian by the end of the week. All the little kids just loved him, it was so cute. For about two months afterward, he couldn't go to church without some little kids wanting to come up and hug him.
We'd almost forgotten about it by Christmas, but at the Christmas Eve services there was a family who probably belongs to the C&E crowd, and there was this little girl about four who looked at him, blushed, and then loudly whispered to her parents, "It's him! It's him! It's my boyfriend Max!"
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I agree with YOU now-lol!!
color me jealous....TWO WEEKS?
IME VBS is not intended for that reason.
Edited 5/14/2009 4:44 pm ET by coconutshrimp
You did?
PumpkinAngel
yes.
themes like friendship trek,science lab,etc.
<<Excludes how?>>
By just advertising only
PumpkinAngel
Well I can tell you there were NOT a "couple of hundred kids" at this VBS. There might have been 50, not a big crowd as it is in the middle of the summer when many families are on vacation.
This VBS was more FUN for the kids with a little learning, nothing being "pushed" down their throats.
Sorry, but I would rather not announce the "theme" as you know things can easily be googled :)
Not sure WHY you are asking if there was a "mass" at the end when I did state that already. The Sunday after the last VBS on Friday everyone was invited to go to hear the songs the kids learned. Nothing was done "over the top" and not insulting for any religious background.
Yes, I love VBS at our church. For the last four or five years, all but one year, I have been in charge of elementary storytelling, which involves presenting the story to the kids through interactive drama, then calling them in for a short worship period together. Then they run off to another station and we do it all again. My older son was the lead guy in the opening and closing drama last year, a character named "Max" who started out on the first day as a beach bum and gradually became a committed, caring Christian by the end of the week. All the little kids just loved him, it was so cute. For about two months afterward, he couldn't go to church without some little kids wanting to come up and hug him.
We'd almost forgotten about it by Christmas, but at the Christmas Eve services there was a family who probably belongs to the C&E crowd, and there was this little girl about four who looked at him, blushed, and then loudly whispered to her parents, "It's him! It's him! It's my boyfriend Max!"
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