Comments on: Getting tricked into volunteering for VBS.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:33:50 +0000

I am a working mom as well and that was always a pet peeve of mine as well….now our vbs is 9-5 with option of before care….we do 1/2 day the vbs program and the other 1/2 day is a field trip. works GREAT!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:51:05 +0000

Rebecca,
Our church does provide a morning and evening vbs option to help reach as many kids as possible. I have seen this as a growing trend among churches who continue to hold vbs. Maybe there is a church in your area that offers this option or maybe your church would be able to give you some of the stories and projects to do at home with your own kids and you could be there very own vbs teacher!

By: Daniel James

Daniel James — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:03:13 +0000

I did! They trapped me!

By: sgartley

sgartley — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:41:28 +0000

We have people taking vacation time during VBS week just so they can be involved. Most of our youth are involved and recruiting workers is as simple as sending a sign up sheet through the congregation. People are eager to be involved. It’s a wonderful, fun, phenomenal week! If yours isn’t, something needs to change!

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:58:49 +0000

At our church, as soon as a kid graduates from VBS (going into 6th grade/middle school), s/he is eligible to volunteer for VBS. Middle schoolers have to volunteer alongside a parent; high schoolers can volunteer on their own.

High schoolers handle all the recreation, some of the music — middle schoolers are all over the place so proud to have some authority — they’re all overflowing with energy — they feel like they’re truly a part of the church — it’s great!

(And our church’s VBS generally has close to 300 kids attending, so we *need* the volunteers!)

Grab your middle/high schoolers and ask *them* to volunteer — I highly recommend it!

By: AprylZA

AprylZA — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:19 +0000

We don't 'volunteer' for VBS, we ARE VBS! I just got home from the Picasso regards Cézanne expo… wait'll you see the crafts this year ;0}

AIXplorers: Digging for the truth!

Great blog, by the way! I still cringe when I remember my formative years.

By: Travis, Rosey and Zipporah

Travis, Rosey and Zipporah — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Volunteer?? You bet!!! In the last two year I've:
-directed VBS
-written the 5 day program complete with all crafts and puppet plays
-been the clown
-taught memory verses
- gone door to door to hand out invitations (which i designed)
-found volunteers

. . . and it was FUN!!

One year in a suburb with no churches, we had 120 kids plus some parents turn out each day.

And what would I do without my wife?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:05:00 +0000

You betcha! I love VBS! We even dress up like Bible times people and do themes like the 12 tribes (those are the groups). You blog made me laugh quite hard, but just remember that without those volunteers, it wouldn’t get done…

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000

Love this post. I am one of the planners. I help write the curriculum and put together the music, and direct the skits. But I am not artscraftsy, so you won’t see any glitter on me. I’ll sneak right up and nab you before you know it!!

By: diannanicole

diannanicole — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:38:00 +0000

i was voluntold into running the entire middle school VBS, but i really don’t mind. i love VBS and it is kind of fun doing it for older kids.