GO, VISIT, AND WITNESS

AFTER VBS

After VBS, visitation should focus on new

members and prospects who already have

been cultivated through VBS. Visitation

should continue until all VBS learners not

attending a Sunday School have an

opportunity to enroll in your Sunday School

or to decline to enroll.

Each person enrolling in Sunday School

should receive a letter from the pastor

expressing appreciation for becoming a

part of the Sunday School. The

appropriate Sunday School department

director or class teacher should visit to

get acquainted with the person enrolling

and the family members.

Churches that use the FAITH evan-

gelism strategy will find strong support

in following up on all VBS attendees not

enrolled in Sunday School, and those

who have not accepted Christ. VBS

prospects should be included for FAITH

team visits. Results of visits should be

reported to appropriate age-group

Sunday School leaders if the leaders are

not on the FAITH team.

LOOK FOR WAYS TO

INVOLVE PROSPECTS IN

THE LIFE OF THE

CHURCH

Invite family members to be your guests

for the Wednesday night supper.

Invite adult prospects to your home for

a meal or informal fellowship time.

Permission is granted to duplicate this form.

Invite student prospects on student

trips, camps, retreats, and other events.

Invite parents of preschool prospects

to participate in Mother’s Day Out

or parent enrichment activities and

seminars.

Jerry Wooley

VBS Ministry Specialist

Fax: 615-277-8276

Email: jerry.wooley@lifeway.com

VBS to Sunday School

The key to reaching new people

for your Sunday School

through VBS

is to enroll as many unsaved and

unchurched children, students,

and adults as possible.

Then conduct the follow-up

actions necessary to cultivate

and assimilate them

into the life and ministry

of your church.

An Enrollment

and Growth Plan

280,693 Sunday School

prospects were discovered

during VBS 2006

www.lifeway.com/vbs

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GET A VISION FOR

GROWTH

When Vacation Bible School has been a good

experience for learners, an invitation to continue

that experience often is met with enthusiasm and

positive responses.

Vacation Bible School is a major strategy for

growth in many churches. Sunday School

enrollment increases can be dramatic when the

VBS to Sunday School—An Enrollment and Growth

Plan

is used. The concept is to transfer VBS

learners who are not members of any Sunday

School to your Sunday School roll.

When properly implemented, the

VBS to

Sunday School Plan

can help your church take

advantage of the evangelistic and outreach

opportunities of Vacation Bible School.

The VBS director, pastor, and Sunday School

director are responsible for interpreting and

leading the church to implement this plan.

GET READY BEFORE VBS

Preparation for using the

VBS to Sunday School

Plan

includes these actions:

Interpret the

VBS to Sunday School Plan

to

the Sunday School Council and propose

that it be adopted as an enrollment plan.

Present the plan to all Sunday School

workers. Enlist their participation in

enrollment, visitation, and other after-VBS

follow-up activities.

Train VBS leaders and others who are

involved in VBS pre-enrollment to get

complete information on each person when

filling out VBS enrollment forms.

Discuss with appropriate Sunday School

workers possible schedules for home visits.

This is the time parents would give their

approval to enroll preschoolers and children

in Sunday School.

Lead the VBS Promotion Team to plan

actions to reach unsaved and unenrolled

persons to attend VBS.

Use direct mail, the telephone, and personal

visits to pre-enroll in VBS persons who are

Sunday School prospects.

Provide transportation to VBS and advertise

the availability of this service.

Plan for follow-up letters to go out and

visits to be made within one week of the

enrollment.

GET SET DURING VBS

These steps, when taken during VBS, can

increase the potential impact of the

VBS to

Sunday School Plan

:

Let learners know that while VBS is for a

limited time, they can continue their Bible-

study activities in Sunday School each week.

Obtain complete information on every VBS

attendee. In some cases, workers may need

to meet parents on the parking lot, send

notes home with kids, or make phone calls

or visits to complete the necessary

information.

Begin on the first day of VBS to identify

prospects for Sunday School and to

complete prospect cards on all parents and

other unenrolled family members. Make

assignments to the appropriate Sunday

School class or department.

Schedule a joint meeting of VBS and

Sunday School workers for the purpose of

making visitation assignments. Request

visitors to make home visits within a certain

time period after VBS. Some churches use

Family Night to talk with parents and to

seek to transfer pupils and enroll family

members in Sunday School.

When permission is granted, those making

home visits may write the word

transfer

on

the VBS enrollment card and turn it in to

the Sunday School secretary, who completes

the enrollment process. If permission is not

given, the home visitors may write the word

prospect

on the card. Then the information is

entered on a prospect card and assigned to

the appropriate Sunday School class or

department for follow-up.

Keep church members aware of progress

through announcements, notices in the

bulletin or newsletter, and mailings.

Prepare and mail follow-up letters to new

Sunday School members and express

appreciation for them becoming a part of

the Sunday School.

Parents of preschoolers and children

should be asked for permission to

transfer their children from VBS to

Sunday School.

Older teens and adults not enrolled

in Sunday School