VBS at Night

Mike threw some pretty cool questions at me today about doing VBS at night. So I sauntered over to my children’s minister – Darci – and see what she had to say about the issue.

Why do we do VBS at night?

Darci: It’s really about our volunteers. We can get more volunteers at night than we can during the day. Dads can participate more, high school students as well.

How is it working out?

Darci: Just like any other VBS – except it’s at night. I’m sure some parents prefer the day but we actually do have quite a few that love the night VBS.

Do you like running it at night?

Darci: That’s a tricky question. There is a lot to cram into one evening. We shorten the time to 2 hours – combine some stations, keep things moving at a very quick pace. We alter the curriculum a bit to fit it all in BUT it all goes back to the volunteer issue. If we can’t get the volunteers during the day, then we couldn’t do any of it anyway.

At night, we can get more volunteers and more kids. It does make for a long day for our younger ones but it gives the kids something cool to do at night. They like staying up.

My two cents: I love it. There’s a neat energy and vibe to it. My only complaint is that we still don’t have a Wipeout course for it. I’m still asking for that and hopefully the children’s ministry will do that for us next year.