Ho, ho, yes! It's VBS!
It’s fun seeing people get excited in December. There’s anticipation in the air. There’s an almost audible buzz about what’s coming. Folks start watching their mailboxes and looking out for the FedEx and UPS trucks, waiting for that special delivery.
But, surprise … I’m not talking about Christmas.
I’m talking Vacation Bible School 2010!
The VSB 2010 Saddle Ridge Ranch Samplers and Super Samplers have hit the roads and the skies and are being delivered to churches every day.
The LifeWay VBS Facebook page is filled with posts and comments about VBS. Amber Lynne Ferrell posted: “… got our super sampler today – YAY!” Sounds like she is a happy Saddle Ridge Rancher! There is also a growing excitement about the VBS Previews that are coming up in January. If you do VBS but have never attended one of these preview events, you are missing a great opportunity! You get to hear the new music, make the crafts, sample the snacks and find out how you can make your VBS the very best in your church’s history.
Carmen Nunez is one of the VBS leaders who is looking forward to the preview. She posted on Facebook: “ … will be having a great time at Ridgecrest. Surely can’t wait.”
The previews are happening at LifeWay in Nashville, Tenn.; LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C.; Green Valley Baptist Church in Henderson, Nev., and Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Click here to find out more about those and how to register.
For the past eight years, I’ve been fortunate to get to visit churches around the country and do an article on their VBS experience. Each year we select one church – usually in a location that has a connection with the theme – go there and do an article, photos, video, the whole works. It is so much fun. As different as each church and each VBS experience can be, they all have a lot in common. Last year, for Boomerang Express, we went to Sidney – the one in Arkansas, not Australia – and had the best time with the leaders and the kids covering their event.
An article written from a LifeWay Research study said: “By far the most common outreach event conducted by Southern Baptist congregations is Vacation Bible School. Eighty-five percent of pastors say their churches held VBS in the past 12 months. The next most common event, registered by 58 percent of pastors, is a prayer emphasis focused specifically on outreach or unbelievers.
VBS works!
Entry by Polly House
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