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Vacation Bible School Teachers TrainingVacation Bible School can be a major event for many churches that involves various components. The Bible lesson is just one part of the experience. Make sure VBS Teachers Training includes an understanding of the following:

VBS Requires Active Learning.

While active learning should be a part of all Bible teaching, Vacation Bible School particularly requires it. An excitement has already been building in the VBS environment and you don’t want to dampen that with “boring” teaching. Most VBS Curriculum should have active learning built into it, but you might want to emphasize this need with teachers.

VBS Teachers Need to Know How to Make Transitions.

Because students will often be active before beginning the lesson (i.e., games, crafts, singing, etc.), help teachers know how to make the transition from high energy to lower activity.

Vacation Bible School Curriculum Has Many Helps.

As with Sunday School, most churches will use a pre-fab Vacation Bible School Curriculum. Be sure teachers are well-acquainted with the curriculum so they can get the most out of it as most VBS Curriculum contains many teacher helps.

VBS Teachers are Part of a Team.

Possibly in more than any other teaching setting a Vacation Bible School teacher will work with a team. That takes coordinating their efforts and getting along with one another. Train them on being a good team player.

Vacation Bible School is a Great Outreach Tool.

Many Vacation Bible Schools will have people attending from the community who are not familiar with your church and who might not having a personal relationship with the Lord. Make sure your VBS Teachers Training includes:

  • how to clearly present the Gospel
  • how to respond to off the cuff questions
  • how to lead people to the Lord

More Helps on VBS:  Vacation Bible School Resource Page

 

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2 Replies to “VBS Teachers Training”

    • Hello, Mark. VBS is a combination of teaching and outreach. We tend to have both saved and unsaved people attend VBS. Often many from our own church attend but we also often invite people from the community. The Bible teaching part would be that which makes it part of Christian education ministry. Most lessons tend to lead toward a Gospel presentation because of the potential for the unsaved in attendance. Perhaps we could say Vacation Bible School is an outreach arm of Christian Education.

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