We have changed the traditional thinking about VBS in our area. We do a huge three day production we call Kids’ Camp that takes a minimum of five months planning to pull off. Do we do it to reach more families in our area? You bet we do, but that is not the first reason. Do we do it to grow our church and children’s ministry? Absolutely, but still not the big reason? These are both great reasons to tackle any huge outreach projects you may have planned but we have another reason. Volunteers, volunteers, volunteers! This year we had over three hundred volunteers from our church (a church of 1500) come out for three mornings in July to serve at our Kids’ Camp Adventure Island.
Our camp volunteers are asked to serve for three mornings from 8 to 12, no experience and no long term commitments required. We make sure the energy and enthusiasm starts the minute the volunteers show up for training and carries straight through until our camp wraps up on what we call camp Sunday. Our camp volunteers are immersed in all the excitement and fun that the kids are having. Once camp is over and they have had the best three days of their summer they can't wait to sign-up to be a part of our Sunday morning children's ministry. Can you think of a better way to build excitement and recruit volunteers?
Check out the camp video below!
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