May 19, 2008
The summer recruitment of children begins soon
That tradition of summer in churches, vacation Bible school, is soon to start and churches will be competing with each other for recruits.
Many congregations in Roanoke are already handing out flyers and promoting their schools via Web site. Recruiting dozens of kids is a crucial strategy in furthering the growth of church youth programs--and thus the church itself. As Myron Atkinson, pastor of Penn Forest Worship Center said, VBS "helps us to reach out to the community and our church has grown as a result of it."
Atkinson's church will hold VBS from June 16 to 20. Most of the schools run a week or more.
The ante on getting the VBS formula right is rising. Rising food costs are making snacks more expensive and fees for educational religious materials are up too. Ordering too many coloring books or interactive CDs is a more egregious miscalculation than in years past.
If your church is trying something new this year in VBS curriculum, please let us know at Focus on Faith.
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