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| |  Posted 3/25/2008 7:32:23 PM | |
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| | If anyone is going to be doing Power Lab VBS over a weekend, I would love to have ideas from you. We have traditionally done our VBS over 5 days, in the evenings, but numbers are low and we are looking for a new format. I don't have any ideas in how to lay out the program in such a condensed time frame, so any help would be appreciated. Specifically, do you use all 5 days worth of materials-crafts, skits, Chadder, etc.? Thanks for the input! |
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| | | Posted 3/28/2008 10:06:12 AM | |
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| I have worked with churches that have done a weekend format. Some of it depends on your time schedule. I know one that did two of the days' lessons on a Saturday, but you could break it up to Friday night (one lesson), Saturday (2-4 lessons), and then finish Sunday morning. The snacks could be incorporated into meals, such as a side or dessert item. Email me if you have any questions.
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| | | Posted 4/1/2008 9:59:00 PM | |
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| | A few years ago we did our VBS on a Saturday/Sunday. Overall it went ok, but we decided not to do it again. If I remember correctly, we did day 1 and 2 on saturday morning, day 3 on Saturday afternoon and day 4 and 5 on Sunday morning. It was a LOOOOONG weekend. Most of our volunteers were so pooped by Saturday afternoon I didn't know if they were going to come back on Sunday! The kids got tired too. We found by the end of saturday that doing 2 sing and plays and 2 finales was just too much, so on sunday we combined sing and play to teach day 4 and 5 and did all the rotations for the two days with a break in between and then did one finale. I don't think our Day 4 point was made as well doing this. And it required a lot of changing of the script for our leaders when we did it this way. I remember suggesting to our church that we do day one on Friday night, Day 2 on Saturday morning 9-12), Day 3 on Saturday evening (5-8), and 4 sunday morning and 5 sunday evening. The weekend might still be long but at least there is a long break in between. One big problem I see with this is kids not showing up for the second event in one day, as parents might not want to bring them back, they get tired at home. It reminds me of the way some churches do a morning and evening service on Sundays though, so if you really want to try it, I suggest it and then just push the importance of attendance so the kids don't miss out on anything. |
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| | | Posted 4/2/2008 1:35:10 PM | |
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| | Or just pick 3 or 4 of the days and do that. Friday night- Day 1 Saturday - AM Day 2 Lunch (and if you want to) PM Day 3 Sunday - Day 4 (never skip day 4!) You could even show the last segment of Chadder at the end of the Sunday event OR The following Sunday you could do Day 5 (or portions) and entice the kids to come back for their final buddy and Chadder! 
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