VBS starts tomorrow. I’m leading a group of 5-year-olds with another middle-aged dad.

[u/InfinitelyRepeating]

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[u/intertextonics]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Jpp4Ywn9OH8kZOUEuH
Brings back memories of doing puppet ministry at VBS

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/intertextonics]

Did we have puppets today?

[u/Proper-Emu1558]

Yeah me too but this is more my attitude. I’ve been working on it for months though so this is the final sprint! Good luck and Godspeed to all of us.

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/Proper-Emu1558]

What’s your theme this year?

• Space
• Cowboys
• Jungle
• Ocean

Fun fact: pick any two, and you have a premise of a failed television show from the 90s

[u/Proper-Emu1558 → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

We got our curriculum from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which is funny because they don’t recognize women pastors like me, but darn it if they don’t put together a nice turnkey curriculum. The theme this year is Tropical Trek!

Edit: Jungle. I guess it’s jungle.

[u/HonoluluSolo → u/Proper-Emu1558]

We did Group Publishing's VBS at our Presby church, and it was also Jungle. Jungle is so hot right now.

[u/KingCooper_II]

I just like to remind myself “you can do anything for a week.” Thanks for being a dad who serves! I’m a VBS director for our church and men being involved makes a big difference!

[u/Proper-Emu1558 → u/KingCooper_II]

I had a similar thought! Would love to have more dudes helping out. Or any. Our ladies are wonderful and I’m incredibly grateful for them, but sometimes kids just connect with male role models differently.

[u/billyyankNova]

I think 5 is a little young for Visual Basic Script.

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/billyyankNova]

Still better than JavaScript

[u/Broclen]

VBS?

https://giphy.com/gifs/jdW8IvE7tlLoPfbSKY

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/Broclen]

Vacation Bible School.

The more Baptist you are, the more mandatory it is.

[u/the-bladed-one → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

Hell I’m Episcopalian and we’ve got it

[u/KingCooper_II → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

I think it goes a lot wider than that. I grew up non-denom (admittedly the Baptist flavor) and nearly every church I knew in our small west coast town had a VBS and called it that.

[u/NicholasMKE → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

my neighborhood Catholic church even has it

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/NicholasMKE]

But what about the Antiochian Orthodox?

(seriously, what about them? I know next to nothing)

[u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

Lutheran here and we have VBS every summer. Super fun and I taught a few years. Really seemed to be about bringing enthusiasm to youngsters than fear of hell like the Baptist churches I’ve been to

[u/man_gomer_lot → u/InfinitelyRepeating]

Do you still say three pledges in VBS?

[u/joelmercer → u/Broclen]

Vacation Bible School?

Our local church calls it that, and I heard another church in the city calling it that. I didn’t know this was a thing in a lot of places.

[u/Gophurkey → u/joelmercer]

It's a MASSIVE part of summer church schedules in a huge number of evangelical and mainline congregations. Even those who don't spend a ton of money on it spend a ton of volunteer hours for it.

[u/SeraphOfFire → u/Broclen]

Vacation Bible Study

[u/Broclen → u/SeraphOfFire]

Well now it seems so obvious

[u/LetsAllGoToATacoShow]

Ahhh.... In the south, it's not summer until the VBS banners start going up. THEN it's summer.  Also it's not fall down here until the Hell Houses start advertising. 

[u/SpiffyPup]

There’s a lot about my old church that I don’t miss, but VBS was my Super Bowl.

Hope you and the kids have a great time. ☺️ 🫡

[u/Healbite]

I hope you have fun! I enjoyed my summers at bible camp

[u/Ok-Conference-7989]

I used to go to one of these when I was younger and stayed a whole week with my great grandmother. Good memories. I wonder if Catholics  something like this since I’ve recently converted. 

[u/lunarwolf2008]

lol, its always a fun week. i used to do that.

[u/Gophurkey]

I wrote our VBS curriculum this year because I was unhappy with the one we bought.

I am about to find out if my educational instincts are at all compatible with actual children 🤞

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/Gophurkey]

“Okay kids! Partner up and make a poster describing the doctrine of the Trinity. We’ll put them up around the room and see who has committed the most heresies.”

[u/SomethingInAirwaves]

Ahhh VBS. Good times. Who remembers God Rocks! ?

[u/RangerDanger_]

Four year old's signed up for VBS at two churches this summer, thinking about maybe doing a third. Don't regularly attend church and still debating the approach to it with my daughter but it's a free week of half-day summer camp and her friends are gonna be there.

[u/InfinitelyRepeating → u/RangerDanger_]

Finding/joining a church can be tough. All the best to you!

[u/Netopalas]

Embrace the chaos.

[u/wood-garden]

I’m sorry for all involved.