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“ ‘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.” - BPNews

Discussion

Thu, 03/14/19

If I’m not mistaken, Lifeway sells a ton of VBS materials every year. Call me crazy, but I wonder if that has anything to do with this.

Thu, 03/14/19

I would have thought that the appropriate metric for success at VBS would be “growth in Christ” and/or “people coming to Christ and being integrated into the Church”, but what do I know? Let’s be honest; if you get kids together with music and games and hop them up on sugar for a week, most of them will have fond memories of that completely apart from whether they learned anything.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

Thu, 03/14/19

I have great memories of VBS, and I ended up saved and a Baptist pastor.

Several years ago, a college staff worker told me he had gotten saved about 50 years before at an area Baptist church’s VBS. He is a very active church member.

The stories are innumerable. And, VBS teaches about the greatest Book in the world.

So, yes, VBS is worth it.

David R. Brumbelow

Thu, 03/14/19

Like any other outreach, it can be done well or done poorly, depending on the resources put into it, the curriculum used, etc.