The highlight of the summer calendar for most churches is Vacation Bible School. Regardless of whether your church uses a curriculum from Lifeway or another publishing company, V.B.S. continues to reach the unsaved. In 2008 (according to Lifeway sources), over 2.8 million people were enrolled in Vacation Bible School with more than 86,000 decisions to accept Christ as Savior. More people have come to know Jesus as Savior through V.B.S. than through any other single outreach event.
Now is the time to begin planning your church’s 2010 Vacation Bible School. To assist you in this effort, the Kansas-Nebraska Convention and the Heart of Kansas Southern Baptist Association makes available training opportunities for V.B.S. workers.
The Kansas-Nebraska training event will be on Saturday, March 6th at First Southern Baptist Church in Salina, Kansas. If you need additional information, contact the Convention Office at 800-984-9092.
Closer to home, the HOKSBA will offer V.B.S. worker training on Thursday, April 8th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Sharon Baptist Church in Wichita. Breakout sessions will be provided for: V.B.S. Directors; preschool; children (grades 1-2); children (grades 3-4) children (grades 5-6); crafts; music; missions; recreation; and for churches interested in utilizing the V.B.S. materials for Spanish speakers. All HOKSBA training sessions will focus on Lifeway’s “Saddle Ridge Ranch” curriculum with the exception of the V.B.S. Director’s training which will be non-curriculum specific. For more information on the HOKSBA training, contact Terry Beasley at 684-5156.
Terry Beasley is on staff at Sharon Baptist Church, and leads the Sunday School Committee for HOKSBA.
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