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| |  Posted 7/9/2007 11:50:36 PM | |
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| I need any ideas you have about the lightbulb segment. I don't think I can let 175 kids walk up and plug in their bulb. Even coming up in small groups will take forever and the kids waiting will be bored. Help!!!!
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| | | Posted 7/10/2007 7:36:36 AM | |
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| We had over 200 and it worked! But you need to read carefully--the kids don't screw in the lightbulbs, the crew leaders do! (It took me awhile to catch that.) So it's really not a problem.
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| | | Posted 7/12/2007 11:20:24 AM | |
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| | I was looking for the same thing.. I watched a group of less than 60 do it last night at a friends church and it was a nightmare!! we have approx 200 each year and I just dont see this working in our time frame.. I really need a different idea as well! Our round up leader is awesome and may be able to do this on her own.. but I would love to have some ideas for her to mull over! Please help if you did somthing different! Hugs Katie
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| | | Posted 7/12/2007 12:04:38 PM | |
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| | I think a lot of people miss what Peggy mentioned above - the CREW LEADERS screw in the bulbs. Haven't done it yet, but from all the posts it obviously works fine. |
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| | | Posted 7/12/2007 1:13:13 PM | |
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| Don't miss this!! Thats all I can say. It is so moving and touching. Can you have more than one cross. I had my station leaders up at the cross and when the crew leader brought the lightbulbs up we helped screw them in. As Peggy said the kids only touch the bulbs in their crew row. It is the crew leader that comes up to the cross.
If you feel this will not work because you have so many. Put lights on the cross . Have kids write a sin on a 3x5 card during snacks. The the crew leaders will bring the cards up and lay at the foot of the cross. As the last leader comes up, have some one behind the scenes plug in the lights. It should still be impressive.
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| | | Posted 7/18/2007 8:49:30 AM | |
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| I have my lights, but the light bulbs do get hot...even for the crew leaders...wondering whether I should keep them unplugged until all the bulbs are in, or would that not have the same effect? What do you think?
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| | | Posted 7/18/2007 11:40:47 AM | |
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| | We had 22 crews (103-134 children each night). We used a strand of 25 lights and had each light bulb represent one crew. I held up a plain bulb and explained how it was dark and empty just like our hearts w/o Jesus. Then I told them that when we accept what Jesus did for us on the cross and ask Him to forgive us and come live in our hearts, He fills our hearts and lives with light and makes them beautiful. I had all the lightbulbs in an upside down cowboy hat and had the crew leaders come up, take a bulb and screw it in while we sang. It was beautiful! I,too, thought it would take too much time to screw in over 100 bulbs. This was perfect. |
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| | | Posted 7/19/2007 3:17:57 PM | |
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| Ours went great, except for one thing: the only crosses with bases that we have taller then 3' are about 9 feet tall. Even with a stepstool at the foot of the cross, we had trouble getting all of the lights in. But it sure looks great now that it's finished!
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| | | Posted 7/21/2007 8:24:11 PM | |
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| | Sarah Are you kin to the LaGrone's from Lockhart, TX? |
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| | | Posted 7/22/2007 11:24:31 AM | |
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| | Here's what my Round-up Leader did to save time because you really don't have to put every single bulb on the cross. The kids are sitting back away from the cross and won't actually know which bulb was theirs, but it still makes the point and looks beautiful. The kids will assume that their bulb is up there because they're not going to count them. Another words, you use fewer strings of lights on the cross than the number of strings that would actually be required according to the number of bulbs given out to all participants from the entire VBS. That way you can cut down on the number of bulbs actually placed upon the cross, the cross is still completely lit up without any empty sockets and it won't take as long for you to put the lights on.
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