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4 Practical Ideas for VBS Follow-Up

Strategic follow-up plays a huge role in making the most of your VBS. In fact, intentional follow-up should be an important part of your regular VBS planning, right from the…

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Free 4-Week VBS Planning Guide

Plan VBS in just 4 weeks! So you’re a little behind on planning VBS? No worries, we’ve got you covered. With this FREE 4-week planning timeline, you can pull off…

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A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS

Once the dust settles following VBS, you may worry about whether your weary volunteers will stick around. Never fear! They will continue serving when you employ a strategy for volunteer…

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“I Was a VBS Kid!” An Interview With a Former VBS Kid Turned Current VBS Director

Do you ever find yourself wondering if VBS truly makes a difference? If Jesus really uses VBS music, decorations, Bible discoveries, and volunteers to transform lives? It’s natural to ponder…

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3 Tips to Keep VBS Visitors Coming Back for More

Vacation Bible school season is almost here! What can you do to have VBS visitors coming back for more? Keep reading to find out!  We hear from children’s ministers all…

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9 Vacation Bible School Kickoff Ideas You Don’t Want to Miss

Check out these 9 VBS kickoff ideas you’ll love for another amazing VBS this year! Don’t start with a fizzle—start with a sizzle! So you’ve got everything lined up for…

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3 Ways to Make Life Easier for Your VBS Volunteers

From Group Publishing’s vacation Bible school editors, check out these 3 ways to make life easier for your VBS volunteers! We know that volunteers are vital to making VBS a…

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How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School

Need help recruiting for your vacation Bible school? These three tips can help! Let’s face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school and almost every other children’s program…

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Mix It Up! How Mixed-Age Groups Improve Your VBS

When it comes to organizing kids at your VBS, mixed-age groups may seem like a good idea…but how do you actually pull it off? Read on to hear one former…

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10 Easy VBS Tips That’ll Make Leading Vacation Bible School a Breeze

VBS doesn’t have to be so hard; use our 10 easy VBS tips to make your VBS even easier! Hold on to your hats! Before you know it, vacation Bible…

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The Complete Guide to Choosing the Best VBS for Your Church

Use our complete guide to choosing the best VBS to ensure maximum outreach in your community and impact in kids’ lives. Choose the best VBS by using the following the…

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The 3 Most Important Ideas from VBS to Copy for Sunday School

An excellent vacation Bible school experience always leaves kids and ministry leaders delighted about Jesus and your children’s ministry program. But you don’t have to wait an entire year to…

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5 Fantastic Follow-Up Tools for Children’s Ministry Events

Use these 5 fantastic follow-up tools for children’s ministry events—to get families to return next week. Outreach events can be a lot of work, but they’re worth it when done…

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Creative Ways to Find Volunteers!

Where in the world can you find VBS volunteers? When it comes to recruiting volunteers for VBS, the obvious place to start is with your regular weekly children’s ministry volunteers…

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5 Reasons the Best VBS Teams Come Back Every Year

You worked hard to recruit an amazing team of VBS volunteers. How can you ensure they’ll want to join your VBS teams year after year? Maybe you can even recruit…

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5 Can’t-Miss Success Tips for Vacation Bible School

It doesn’t matter which VBS curriculum you use, with our top 5 VBS success tips, you’ll run your program more smoothly, publicize your church in your community, and interest the…

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5 Major Tips for Your Summer Outreach Programs

The desks have been cleaned and the report cards handed out, but there’s only one thing on every child’s mind—the sound of the last bell that rings out loud and…

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Free VBS Prayer Cards

With VBS season fast approaching, now is the perfect time to pray for your VBS program with your congregation. No matter where you are in your planning process, you can…

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3 Simple Steps to Say “YES!” to VBS, Plus a FREE Guide!

Kids are hoping and praying for VBS this year…And if we know you, you don’t want to disappoint! Use this free VBS guide to jump-start a successful, COVID-friendly VBS. It’s…

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FREE Downloadable Guide: Tips and Tricks for Preparing VBS This Year

Vacation Bible school is full of energy, fun, and faith-building experiences. But we know a lot of hard work happens before VBS week rolls around. For more than 25 years…

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VBS Kickoff: An Interactive Bible Museum (With 8 Exhibits!)

This VBS Kickoff: An Interactive Bible Museum is an exciting publicity tool to hook kids using eight exhibits into awaiting adventures at your VBS! Vacation Bible school is just around…

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