In most churches, Vacation Bible School is their largest summer. It typically takes the form of a day camp including games, crafts, bible lessons, and other activities. This page offers planning help for your church based VBS.
Choosing Curriculum
- Browse our current 2012 VBS themes
- Read our how-to article about choosing a Bible School Theme
- Consider our free Fruit of the Spirit VBS and an Armor of God VBS materials
- How to find Spanish Language and KJV curriculum for VBS
General Planning Help
- Print out this 9 step plan for organizing a VBS
- Consider working with other churches in a community VBS
- Listen to our podcast with VBS planning tips
- Considering day versus night schedule
- 10 Tips for VBS Directors
- Read about a church that was sued because of a VBS injury
VBS Promotion & Outreach
VBS Budgeting
- Read our guide for doing VBS on a small budget
- Consider Chick-Fil-A donations for VBS
Finding & Training Volunteers
- How to find volunteers for VBS
- Our post about training Teen VBS volunteers
- Don’t forget spiritual preparation
Rotation Specific Help
- VBS games on a budget
- 8 VBS Game Ideas for Preschoolers
- Tips for Bible School Crafts
- Vacation Bible School Decorations?
- High Energy game ideas for VBS
VBS Follow Up
- sample VBS follow-up letter
- 4 essential tasks for after VBS
- more follow-up advice
- Printable forms for VBS evaluation
Here are a few more articles that might help you plan Vacation Bible School.
- Vacation Bible School Forums
- First read 10 reasons why VBS still matters and then check out
- Bible School Trends & Reflection
- For a brief history of Vacation Bible School, check out this page on Wikipedia.
