Vacation Bible School

Your child’s experience at VBS will consist of the following:

• Your children will arrive to an exciting large group environment. (More registration/drop-off information below)
• We will open the day with a large group rally consisting of an introduction, upbeat worship and dance, and an exciting drama.
• Children will then move through their daily rotations consisting of games, snack, craft, and Bible story.
• The day will end with a closing rally consisting of an engaging lesson and competitions.
• Parent pick-up concludes each day at VBS. Parent pick-up begins at 12:00pm

• Registration will open on Monday June 2nd at 8:30am. Please enter through the main doors of The Road Church where you will be greeted by our Registration Team.
• You will be given a Parent Registration Card and each of your children will be given a wristband which will match the parent code on the card.
  • The Parent Registration Card will be used each day for child drop-off and pickup so that each child is being released to the correct
  • Please keep wristbands on your child for the duration of VBS so that children will not need to go through the registration process every day.
• Tuesday June 3^rd through Friday June 6th registration will open at 8:45.

• Your child will be assigned to a team for the duration of VBS. These teams are assigned a color for easy recognition. Your child’s wristband have the color of their team written on it. After check-in, you can take your child into the sanctuary and drop them off at their Teams will have their color banner waving.  You will need to touch base with the captain of that team at drop-off to ensure that they have marked your child on their roster.
• At pickup, go into the Sanctuary via the designated entrance door.Parents will go directly to their child’s team and show the parent registration card to the team captain to pick up their child. There will also be a designated Sanctuary exit door to help with flow. For additional security, registration team members will be at the Sanctuary exit doors to check a second time to ensure that the wristbands match the Parent Registration Card.

• It is preferred that the individual who signed up the child for VBS be the designated pick-up person each day.
• If the need arises for another adult to pick up your child, the parent registration card must be given to the designated adult.A picture of the parent registration card is also valid.

• Please have your children wear athletic/fast drying clothes (Some days of VBS may involve light water activities) and closed toed shoes.
• Please have your children bring a spill proof water bottle.
• Children are encouraged to leave cell phones at home, to reduce distractions and reduce risk of damage to the device.

• Each day of VBS our snack rotation team will be providing gluten, tree nut, and dairy free alternatives.
• If your child has more severe allergies, our team encourages you to bring an alternative snack. The alternative snack can be given to registration team upon arrival. Our registration team will ensure your child gets their snack during the snack rotation.

Your child will be encouraged to engage in team competitions to win points towards a grand prize.

Some competitions are as follows:

• Take Home Activities: Each day of VBS, children will be given a take home activity page/booklet. They will be encouraged to complete the activities and memorize their memory verse in order to earn points for their team towards the grand prize. Parents are encouraged toassist their child with this activity at home.
• Team Color Day: Day 3 of VBS, Children are encouraged to sport as much of their team color as possible for a chance to earn points for their team.
• Team Spirit Day: Day 5 of VBS, Children are encouraged to wear costumes representing their team.