Stories tagged with: vbs

• VBS continues despite Hurricane Michael devastation

  by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Friday, August 02, 2019 (22 days ago)

  

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  PANAMA CITY, Fla. (BP) -- Uprooted dead trees line the ground. Uninhabitable apartment buildings are empty. Street signs are missing. Businesses are closed. Families have vacated their homes.

  It might sound like a war zone, but this is Panama City, Fla., and the surrounding community that was devastated by Hurricane Michael in October 2018. Much of the area is still being rebuilt many months after the Category 5 storm swept through the area. Read More

• 15-foot giraffe shows church goes 'extra mile' in VBS

  by Grace Thornton/Alabama Baptist, posted Wednesday, July 31, 2019 (23 days ago)

  

  WARRIOR, Ala. (BP) -- It's hard for Robert McAvoy to fathom that there was once a time when he didn't know what Vacation Bible School was, but if he looks far enough back he can remember it.

  "My wife told me she was volunteering for VBS one year and I said, 'What is VBS?' I'd grown up around church but had never been around VBS," McAvoy said.

  As his wife Angela got more involved so did he -- and the more he helped out the more he was hooked. Read More

• 7th- & 8th-graders experience a VBS of their own

  by Sue Sprenkle, posted Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (one month ago)

  

  Photo by Sue Sprenkle

  SATANTA, Kan. (BP) -- Imaginary waves lapped at their feet as the young teenagers surveyed an obstacle course dotted with blue papers. The goal was to walk on water — the blue paper — without falling into the sea.

  It wasn't a straight and easy shot. The course zigged, zagged and went on top of second-hand (maybe even third- or fourth-hand) worn-out furniture. When Oscar San Juan's foot touched blue, the paper slid across the floor, spilling him into the imaginary sea and back to the start. After several attempts, San Juan tiptoed from paper to paper with arms stretched out to keep balance and finally crossed the finish line. Read More

• Sutherland Springs finds healing through VBS

  by Joy Allmond, posted Tuesday, June 25, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  Screen capture from LifeWay video

  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (BP) -- When First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs kicked off their annual Vacation Bible School the week of June 3, it looked profoundly different from two years ago.

  On Nov. 5, 2017, a gunman entered their sanctuary, opened fire, and took the lives of 26 people. Several of those who lost their lives were instrumental in the VBS ministry of the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Read More

• LifeWay leaders report VBS successes in Birmingham

  by Joy Allmond, posted Friday, June 21, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  Photo by Aaron Earls

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Is Vacation Bible School worth it?

  This is the question church leaders around the country ask themselves every year. And it was the theme of the LifeWay Christian Resources breakfast at the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Read More

• 2020 VBS helps kids build on the love of Jesus

  by Aaron Wilson, posted Thursday, June 06, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  LifeWay graphic

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Next summer, kids will grab their hard hats and head to the construction site with "Concrete & Cranes," the 2020 Vacation Bible School theme from LifeWay Christian Resources.

  In "Concrete & Cranes," kids will discover how towering skyscrapers are carefully constructed on a rock solid foundation. And by studying five stories from the life of Jesus, kids will learn how they too can build their lives on a sure foundation -- Christ and His Gospel. Read More

• VBS: Her starting point in faith & now her calling

  by Lonnie Wilkey/Baptist and Reflector, posted Wednesday, April 10, 2019 (4 months ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ashley Virto was a teenager 10 years ago who knew about Jesus Christ, but didn't know Jesus Christ.

  Thanks to a bus ministry and a Vacation Bible School, Virto, now 24, is a Christian serving Jesus Christ in her church and the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and is now helping to train Spanish-language VBS leaders. Read More

• VBS is 'Worth It,' shows new book based on study

  by Joy Allmond, posted Tuesday, March 12, 2019 (5 months ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Many of today's American adults have fond memories of Vacation Bible School (VBS). Memories range from Bible stories and fun songs to flower-shaped cookies and Kool-Aid in Dixie cups.

  "It's Worth It" -- a new release from LifeWay Kids in partnership with LifeWay Research -- notes that nine in 10 American adults say they have overall positive memories of the summertime mainstay. And the book goes on to explain why the memories go beyond cookies and Kool-Aid. Read More

• Seniors say 'yes' to VBS

  by Chris Doyle/Oklahoma Baptist Messenger, posted Monday, July 23, 2018 (one year ago)

  

  Photo by Chris Doyle

  OKLAHOMA Okla. (BP) -- Demonstrating that no one is too old to learn, Portland Avenue Baptist Church hosted a senior adult version of Vacation Bible School (VBS), July 9-12. By midweek, the church had nearly 20 seniors saying, as the popular VBS song goes, "Y-E-S to VBS."

  Gina McKean, director of children's ministries at the church located in Oklahoma City, Okla., said a church member went to a senior adult VBS at nearby Cherokee Hills Baptist Church last summer and asked her if they could do one at Portland Avenue. Read More

• Survey: VBS remains popular among American parents

  by Bob Smietana, posted Thursday, May 24, 2018 (one year ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Back in the 1890s, a pair of Sunday School teachers -- D.T. Miles of Hopedale, Ill., and Virginia Hawes of New York City -- both had the same idea.

  School kids were off for the summer.

  Why not invite them to church to study the Bible? And maybe sing a few songs and have some fun along the way?

  The idea was a hit. Read More