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Looking for a VBS alternative do an Open House.

4 Comments / January 31, 2011

(Tickets we used to promote the event) One of the outreach/in reach activities we do at our church for our kids ministry is an Open House. Why do we do it? – We do an open house every year for a few reasons. 1. We want to take a weekend service to specifically address why […]

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4 responses to “Looking for a VBS alternative do an Open House.”

Marti

January 31, 2011

So you don’t have VBS? I’ve been thinking for a while that VBS has run it’s course. So many parents are actually from other churches (so the kids aren’t really unchurched) and they just use it as free/cheap “camp.” Plus, the parents really don’t get introduced to the church at all. I’ve never seen a church do a good job of follow up or outreach after VBS. It’s hard to explain this to older generations who think VBS is the cornerstone of any good kidmin.
At my last church our budget had been cut drastically but not VBS. We were at the point where 1/3 of our yearly budget was spent on the week of VBS. Crazy. Would be better spent on this open house thought.

samluce

January 31, 2011

Call me sometime. To much to comment. 315-235-3624

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Jonathon Mitchell

January 31, 2011

Great stuff. I'm actually having this conversation with volunteers about VBS alternatives. We have a group of key volunteers that believe we should start one.

John Mullis

January 9, 2013

Hey Sam – Is the video available to watch somewhere?
Happy New Year 2013!
Do you do this annually? Recently? What have you learned since this post?

John