Vacation Bible School Ideas & Planning Help
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.
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We are interested in a one day VBS this year. Do you have any suggestions that would help?
Our church has been blessed to receive a lot of the materials for the Beach Party VBS theme. One thing that I desperately need, though, is the music CD for the songs. Does anyone have one that I can buy? Thank you.
I have the CD. I can copy it and send it to you if you would like. I am doing the same theme. Where did you get materials? I bought the starter kit, but I am unable to find any additional materials.
Please do send me the VBS lesson which was entitled ARMOR OF GOD. I was able to download the teachers manual but I failed to download the kids activities. thanks for all the lessons posted. they’re really very helpful in relaying clearly the messages of the bible. god bless!
construction zone is the name of the vbs. try christian book store online
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