Answers VBS

Giveaway — Promotional Posters

smckeever — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:22:36 +0000

This week enter to win one pack of IncrediWorld promotional posters by leaving a comment on this blog post (not on Facebook) answering the following question!

Once you have your volunteers in place, how do you train your volunteers?

This Friday (March 2, 2012), we will randomly draw one winner from those who comment on this blog post. Entry deadline is Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7AM(ET). No purchase necessary to win. Only one entry per person.

Giveaway–Volunteer recruitment fliers

smckeever — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:46 +0000

This week enter to win one pack of IncrediWorld volunteer recruitmet fliers by leaving a comment on this blog post (not on Facebook) answering the following question!

How do you motivate your volunteers? What’s your favorite method for encouraging people to get involved with VBS?

This Friday (February 24, 2012), we will randomly draw one winner from those who comment on this blog post. Entry deadline is Friday, February 24, 2012 at 7AM(ET). No purchase necessary to win.

Giveaway–Save the Date postcards!

smckeever — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:56 +0000

This week enter to win one pack of IncrediWorld Save the Date postcards by leaving a comment on this blog post (not on Facebook) answering the following question!

How will you first announce IncrediWorld? What fun things will you do to get people excited and ready for fun?

This Friday (February 17, 2012), we will randomly draw one winner from those who comment on this blog post. Entry deadline is Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7AM(ET). No purchase necessary to win.

Giveaway — Logo Stamp

smckeever — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:56 +0000

This is it–our first giveaway of this VBS season! This week enter to win a set of five IncrediWorld logo stamps by leaving a comment on this blog post (not on Facebook) answering the following question!

We’re excited about the possibilities for using the fun IncrediWorld logo stamp! What are some ways you can think of to use the stamp at your VBS?

This Friday (February 10, 2012), we will randomly draw one winner from those who comment on this blog post. Entry deadline is Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7AM(ET). No purchase necessary to win.

Decorating for your volunteer workshops

smckeever — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:37:33 +0000

Have you started thinking about how you’ll decorate your spaces for IncrediWorld Amazement Park? It’s such a fun theme to play with (if we do say so ourselves!)! Here are a few photos of decorations from the teacher workshop at our test church last year. Enjoy!

IncrediWorld Drama Sets

smckeever — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:45:13 +0000

We pilot each Answers VBS program in a small, medium, and large church to make sure that a church of any size can use and enjoy the program. Each of our pilot churches has a blast with decorating their VBS, as you can see from the following photos of the IncrediWorld Amazement Park set!

The set from a smaller church. They reach about 30 kids at their VBS each summer!

The set from a larger church. They reach about 300 kids each summer!

The set from our largest church. They reach about 1,200 kids each summer!

Building a VBS set

smckeever — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:13:02 +0000

Have you started thinking about how you’re gonna build the IncrediWorld Amazement Park set yet? We’ve posted a series of videos that show how to assemble the frames for your set pieces. Check them out!

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

What’s in the IncrediWorld Super Starter Kit?

smckeever — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:24:41 +0000

Have you ordered your IncrediWorld Amazement Park Starter or Super Starter kit yet?!? If so, it will be arriving at your front door sometime in January. That means you’ll get to have some fun on a blah, dreary winter day going through all the pieces and goodies!

In the meantime and for those who can’t wait to find out what’s in the kit, here’s a sneak peek. Eddie Lutz, our Mid-West representative, got to go through a Super Starter Kit the other day!

Eddie is available to help you with all your Answers VBS purchasing needs! Contact him by phone (888-582-4253 ext 377) or email (elutz AT creationmuseum.org).

IncrediWorld Articles

smckeever — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:12:10 +0000

The content of IncrediWorld Amazement Park may be new to you. So check out the following articles and FAQs that give more information on how we know God created in six actual days and that He’s the creator of all! You can find out more about dinosaurs and the gospel, too!

Day 1

How do we know God created in six actual days?

What is an animal “kind”?

Day 2

What is a worldview?

What is a biblical worldview?

Does the big bang fit with the Bible?

Couldn’t God have used molecules-to-man evolution?

Hasn’t evolution been proven true?

Why shouldn’t Christians accept millions of years of earth history?

Does the Bible teach an age for the earth and universe?

Is there scientific evidence that the earth isn’t millions of years old?

Giraffe video

Day 3

Does the gospel depend on a young earth?

When did Satan fall?

How did defense-attack mechanisms come about?

The first gospel

Good designs gone bad

Design in the Curse

Day 4

Hummingbirds

Penguins

Toucan

Day 5

What really happened to the dinosaurs?

Kachina Bridge Dinosaur Petroglyph

Calvin’s Dragons

Dragons of Peru

Dinosaurs: alive after Babel?

Doesn’t radiometric dating prove the earth is old?

IncrediWorld Drama Costumes!

smckeever — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:04:49 +0000

For those who would like to get a head start on compiling their costumes for the IncrediWorld Amazement Park VBS drama, here’s the list!

The following costume descriptions are suggestions only. Costume stores and thrift shops are good sources for clothing and accessories. Volunteers willing to sew can make costume items from fabric store patterns. When a particular item cannot be found inexpensively or made easily, simply make an appropriate substitution.

MR. PETERSON (Park Director ) Dress pants or khakis, short-sleeve dress shirt or polo shirt, wristwatch, ID badge. (Because Miss Ryan and Mr. Peterson are both employees of IncrediWorld, it is suggested that their outfits match.)

GABE & CODY (“The Extreme Team” Show Hosts ) Matching cargo shorts, bright solid-colored T-shirts, hiking boots.

MILLARD GROVER (Industrial Spy ) Days 1 & 5: Nerdy shorts, short-sleeve shirt with collar (buttoned all the way up!), dark socks, plain white tennis shoes, thick black frame glasses. Days 1–4: (IncrediWorld Sweep Staff uniform) coveralls, matching baseball hat, ID badge.

MABEL MAGOO (Park Guest ) Flower print dress or culottes with a flower print blouse, button down sweater, gray wig, clip-on earrings.

MISS RYAN (Administrative Assistant ) Dress pants or khakis, short-sleeve blouse or polo shirt, ID badge. (Because Miss Ryan and Mr. Peterson are both employees of IncrediWorld, it is suggested that their outfits match.)

VICTORIA HATHAWAY (TV Network Executive ) Dark business suit, wristwatch.