MISSION VBS OFFER

REQUEST FORM

Name of Church making request: _________

______________________________________

Mailing Address: _______________________

______________________________________

City/State/Zip: _________________________

______________________________________

Person making request: _________________

Phone #: _____________________________

E-mail: _______________________________

Description and location of Mission VBS

(describe setting): ______________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

Date(s) of Mission VBS: _________________

______________________________________

Target group: __ethnic (specify) __________,

__low income, __bilingual, __other (specify)

______________________________________

Ship to: ______________________________

______________________________________

Street address (for UPS delivery): _________

______________________________________

City/State/Zip: _________________________

______________________________________

Complete the back of this form and send it

to Jerry Wooley at the address on the back

panel of this brochure.

Permission is granted to duplicate this form.

REPORTING YOUR

MISSION VBS

Upon completion of your Mission VBS,

please send a report with the following

information.

ƒ

Name of sponsoring church/mission

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Contact information (including name,

address, telephone, e-mail)

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Date(s) of the Mission School(s)

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Location of Mission VBS(s)

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Number enrolled

ƒ

Average attendance

ƒ

Number of prospects discovered

(including family members)

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Summary of follow-up procedures

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Summary of Mission VBS

accomplishments

ƒ

Summary of how the free Mission VBS

materials were used

In addition to this report, Mission VBS

information should be compiled with your

church VBS and reported on the regular

VBS report form.

VBS Ministry Specialist

Fax: 615-277-8276

Email: jerry.wooley@lifeway.com

2008

Grice Memorial

Offer

Financial help for churches

planning Mission VBS

as an outreach ministry

and their families

www.lifeway.com/vbs

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WHAT IS THE GRICE

MEMORIAL MISSION

VBS OFFER?

Homer L. Grice was called to the Sunday

School Board (now LifeWay Christian

Resources) in 1924 as the first Convention-wide

promoter of Vacation Bible School work. Along

with his wife, Ethel, he developed VBS into one

of the most evangelistic ministries of Southern

Baptist churches.

Upon their death, the bulk of their estate was

distributed through the Cooperative Program of

the Southern Baptist Convention. A portion of

this gift established a trust to help churches

conduct Mission Vacation Bible Schools in areas

that would not have a VBS without the

assistance.

Interest from this trust ($2,500 in 2007) is

used to provide free VBS curriculum materials to

Southern Baptist churches and established

missions. Materials must be used to conduct

Vacation Bible Schools to reach economically

disadvantaged people groups.

A Mission VBS is designed to provide Bible

study to those who are usually not enrolled in

Sunday School and have little or no background

knowledge of the Bible.

A Mission VBS is usually planned for two

hours a day for five consecutive days, although

scheduling can be flexible to reach the most

people possible. Each session includes Bible

stories, music, prayer, Scripture memory

activities, and worship. Refreshments are often

served.

A Mission VBS may be conducted in a

variety of settings either in a building or

outdoors, at a church or in a park.

Priority for this offer will be given to

churches and missions attempting to reach

families in their own communities. The

amount of free materials provided will

depend on the need and availability of funds.

Requests from groups desiring materials for

use as part of a mission trip will only be

considered if funds are available after all other

requests have been met.

CHURCH’S OBLIGATIONS

To qualify for free materials, a church must

agree to:

ƒ

Use them in Bible study and ministry with

underprivileged children and their families;

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Provide to LifeWay the date and location of

each Mission VBS;

ƒ

Plan for appropriate follow-up to each

prospect and for each decision made; and

ƒ

Send a report of each school to the address

given on the back of this brochure.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

To receive the free VBS materials:

ƒ

Complete both sides of the request form in

this brochure;

ƒ

Indicate the number of faculty that will

need teaching materials for each age group;

ƒ

Estimate the number of pupils expected in

each age group to receive learner (pupil)

guides; and

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Mail the request in an envelope to the

address given on the back of this brochure.

CHOOSE A CURRICULUM:

____VBS 2008

Outrigger Island™ VBS

(Indicate number of teaching items needed

below.)

Age Group

# Leader

# Learner

Guides

Guides

English Materials

Preschool

Babies

–

2

_______

_______

3s

–

Pre-K

_______

_______

Kindergarten

_______

_______

Children

Grades1-2

_______

_______

Grades 3-4

_______

_______

Grades 5-6

_______

_______

Youth

_______

_______

Adult

_______

_______

Special Ed

_______

_______

Spanish Materials

Preschool

_______

_______

Children

_______

_______

____

Club VBS: Cactus Canyon

™

(Indicate

number of teaching items needed below.)

English Materials Only

3s

–

Kindergarten _______

_______

Grades 1-3

_______

_______

Grades 4-6

_______

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