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  1. Hey Bill,

    I hear you on this one, but I think it’s “just one of those things”. We have the same program year round and the numbers still drastically drop. Kids want to play outside and parents just want to relax. In a way, I think it’s good that families are spending time together, but are we conveying there’s a time for church and a time to take a break? This year, we’re ampting up the programming to make it better and more interactive, so we’ll see how it goes. I think no matter what you do though, the numbers will be down.

    • Lindsay, Thanks for sharing what you are doing and your experiences. The one thing about the church I referenced was that when they had a better promoted and run program during the summer, the numbers were good. Of course they also required more volunteers. One idea which seemed to work well the one summer they did it was to run a VBS program on Wednesdays during the summer (instead of a focused week). That seemed to work real well.

      Yes, I would expect lower numbers as people take vacations and all, but I would hope they would not drastically drop.

      If you remember, let me know how things go this summer as you amp up the program to try to draw more kids.

      Again, thanks for sharing 🙂

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