00:14:30 Susan Schuster - Group Team: Welcome! Susan from Group 00:14:46 Ileen Grebner: Hello from Washington Il 00:14:46 Chris Varnell: Chris from Lancaster, Ohio 00:14:50 Jamie Edelman: Jamie from Laurys Station, PA 00:14:54 Brian Russo: could I have permission to record? 00:15:05 Michelle Graham: Michelle Graham from Fairhope, AL 00:15:07 Danielle Vaughn: yes from me 00:15:08 Jennifer Okano: Jennifer from San Francisco, CA 00:15:08 Kate Dunphy: Hi from southeastern Michiagn 00:15:11 Laurie Paulson: hi from Laurie in WI! 00:15:13 Carmela Chy: Carmela Chy from St Charles, Livermore CA 00:15:17 Kimberly Jackson: Hi from Mountain Home, AR 00:15:18 Jeannie Baker: Hi from Syracuse, NY (Jeannie Baker) 00:15:18 Amy Leonard: Hello, this is Amy from Mechanicsville, VA 00:15:19 Danielle Vaughn: Danielle Vaughn, Grand Rapids, MI 00:15:23 Tracy - VBS Team: We are recording and will post later. 00:15:30 Becky Diaz: Hi from Becky in Carlsbad, CA 00:15:31 Fran Arline: Aloha I’m Fran from Honolulu! 00:15:35 Susan Drake: Hello from Susan Drake in Murray KY 00:15:35 Cookie Speet: Bethany, Coopersville, MI 00:15:37 Melissa Harkness: Hi from Medford, OR 00:15:37 Janitzy Spencer: Hi, this is Janitzy Spencer in Tucson, Arizona 00:15:37 Candice Parascando: Candice from Staten Island NY 00:15:37 Alec Siemens: Hello from Killam, Alberta 00:15:41 Debbie Dohne: Debbie from Littleton, CO 00:15:41 Jillane Tonner: Hi from Jillane in Killam AB 00:15:44 Keri Lyda: Keri from Hillsboro, Oregon 00:15:45 Michelle Martin Petaluma, CA: Hi from Petaluma, Ca 00:15:52 Kristen: Hello from Torrance, CA 00:15:53 Lori Moore: Hi from Allen Park MI Lori Moore 00:15:53 Lisa Adams: Hello from Michigan! 00:15:53 Heather Seratte: Hello from Heather in Lawrence, KS 00:15:54 Lauren Jauregui: Hey ya'll from Fort Worth, Texas! 00:15:59 Sherry Perrine: Sherry Perrine Eldersburg, MD 00:16:00 Rene Barringer: Rene from Hillsboro Oregon 00:16:04 Lorraine Couch: Hi, Lorraine from Imperial, California 00:16:05 Jolyn Dickerson: Good morning all, from Salt Lake City, Utah 00:16:07 Betsy Deakin: Hello from Whitefish Bay. WI 00:16:08 Ashley DAngelo: Hi from Ashley and baby Briella in mercer pa 00:16:08 Amy Dunlop: Hello, from Lewis Center, Ohio 00:16:09 Stephanie Sneller: Hello from Stephanie in Oswego, IL 00:16:11 Yvonne Kern: Hi from Yvonne in Calgary, AB. Hey to those from Killam - yay!! 00:16:11 Brenda Underwood: hello from Lincoln, Illinois 00:16:16 Ashley Wachter: Hello from Lancaster, PA! 00:16:23 Kelly Carpenter: Hello from Salt Lake City, Utah!! 00:16:26 Jennifer Vickers: Hi from Aston, PA! 00:16:27 William Shepard: Greetings from Michigan! 00:16:30 Gayle Meyer: Hello from Wisconsin- Gayle 00:16:31 Noelle Allison: Hello from Parker, Colorado 00:16:36 Joel Zander: Hi! Joel from Grand Blanc, MI. 00:16:40 Tracilla Carroll: Hello from Morristown in East Tennessee! 00:16:40 Rick Barbour: Hello from Morton, IL 00:16:41 Stephanie Rudd: hello from Kalamazoo Michigan 00:16:46 Pastor Cha - RUMC Children's Ministry: Hi! I am Eun Ok Cha from Ridgewood UMC in NJ 00:16:47 Jessi Robb: Hello from Calgary AB Canada! 00:16:47 Myrna Ferguson: Hello from Martinsville VA 00:16:51 Amanda Rackley: Hello from Fuquay-Varina, NC! 00:16:51 Hannah Harwood: Hi! From Georgia 00:16:56 Lynn: Hello from Lynn in Homosassa, FL 00:17:00 Laurie Zimmerman: Hello from Maryland 00:17:08 Ileen Grebner: Hey Rick Barbour! 00:17:15 Leslie McCoy: Hello from Davenport, IA 00:17:21 Eric Malamma: Hello from Anacortes WA 00:17:21 Isabella Pagano: Hi! From Long Island ny! Anyone else here from Long Island?? 00:17:24 Kari Keith: Good afternoon from Western Kentucky!! 00:17:30 Geraldine Pratsch: Hi from Bayfield CO 00:17:31 Irene Jai: Hello from Moraga, CA! 00:17:32 Margarita Sims: hello from Galveston TX 00:17:32 Amber Bryant: Hello from Winston-Salem, NC! 00:17:32 Lori Houskamp: Hi from Spring Lake, MI! 00:17:40 Rhonda Crosser: hello from Iowa city iowa 00:17:45 Kirstin Bare: Hi from Wausau, WI! 00:17:45 Erin Hartman: Hi from Naperville, Illinois! 00:17:51 Stephanie Cleye: Hi from Mission Viejo, CA 00:17:54 Michelle Vincent: Hello from Champaign IL 00:18:00 Cookie Speet: Hi from Coopersville, MI 00:18:01 Laurence Hunn: Larry Hunn - Lakewood Ranch, FL 00:18:12 Sondra Burch: Hello From Sandia Park, New Mexico 00:18:15 Betsy Keefe: Hi, from Louisville (Prospect, KY) Land of snow right now! 00:18:17 Terri Ward VBS Director: Hi from Northern NY 00:18:26 Margarita Sims: have we started? I only hear music 00:18:40 Richard Carlson: Hello from Maplewood, MN 00:18:49 Sharon - VBS Team: We will start in a minute 00:18:50 Vera Juhlin: Hi from Roscoe IL 00:19:07 Jeff Stinson: Hi from Colorado 00:19:26 Debra Cole: Hello from Elgin, TX 00:19:27 Rufina Chissek: Hi from CA 00:19:35 Andrea Hazel: Hi from Hercules, California 00:19:48 Becky Dabney: Hi from Corinth,Tx 00:20:04 Michelle Emmons: Hello from Saint Paul, Minnesota 00:20:15 Tammie Sawicki: Hello from Denver, Colorado 00:20:17 Sophia Angeles: Hello to everyone, from Whittier, CA 00:20:23 Cindie PC: Hello from Fincastle VA 00:20:23 Jennifer Rowell: Hello from Ellicott City, Maryland 00:20:37 CJ Sambueno: Aloha 00:20:51 Stella Butala: Hello! Stella from Falls Church, VA 00:20:54 Carmel Hall: Hi everyone from Knoxville, Tennessee! 00:21:24 Melissa Chapman: Melissa Chapman Northern CA :) 00:22:12 Shari Grover: Hi from WA :) 00:22:38 Stephen Moser: Hello from SW Misouri! 00:25:09 Dereem Hoff: Greetings from Tacoma, WA! 00:25:48 Morag Sell: Hello from Wimberley and Blanco Tx 00:33:42 Stephen Moser: I'd like to hear more about how Scott will combine an in-person VBS with a virtual component. 00:34:19 Anita Brocker: Question: how about face masks with preschoolers? 00:34:32 Isabella Pagano: how are in person vbs”s getting volunteers? 00:34:55 Meghan - VBS Team: We'll have him expand on that, Stephen 00:35:09 Isabella Pagano: Looking for modifications for low volunteers 00:35:24 Anita Brocker: Question: what about singing? 00:35:34 Margarita Sims: pk 3 and up are required to mask in our building. we have had ZERO problems in Sunday School or worship. 00:36:06 Kate Dunphy: Yes, agree with modifications for low volunteers. Biggest concern is not enough workers! 00:37:08 Meghan - VBS Team: Get started with your "why" and your plan with this guide: http://www.mediafire.com/file/pckflwp2103vhq1/VBS_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf/file 00:37:43 Morag Sell: More info on combo in person/virtual vbs,please? 00:38:01 Rufina Chissek: can you discuss more on doing both VBS in person and online? 00:38:14 Tracy - VBS Team: We'll have them cover that more. 00:38:18 Stella Butala: For us, it's time up for, Go out and fish! we want to try community VBS or back yard...families have made friends with neighbors more than before and they want to share the love of Christ. Any ideas to make it possible? 00:38:27 Lori Moore: We use face masks weekly with our kids age 3 and up. They have done wonderfully well! Hardest part is finding face masks that fit properly for their comfort. Once we did, they don't even touch them 00:38:35 Tammie Sawicki: More info on tech needs for both in-person and online. 00:38:56 Monica Lazaro: Can you explain the copyright laws for streaming Group VBS videos for an virtual VBS? 00:38:56 Andrea Hazel: Are you offering individual kits for a virtual vbs for families that want to stay at home? 00:39:08 Lynn Merkel: One frustration with doing Rocky Railway as a virtual option last year was that we were not able to use some of the songs. What is the situation with the songs for Treasured? 00:39:58 Stephen Moser: Did anyone do a family-focused VBS? If so, how did it work? 00:40:04 Tracy - VBS Team: Monica- here's some info on licensing and online VBS pack. https://www.group.com/product/1210000321374-rocky-railway-online-supplement-pack.do 00:40:50 Tracy - VBS Team: Lynn- yes, the songs are all available for 2021 via the online pack. We've negotiated the licensing for all for 2021. 00:41:16 Gayle Meyer: Thank you for that. 00:41:25 Amanda Rackley: We’re planning on doing virtual and in-person. We are planning on having individual boxes for EACH child and those that are doing virtual can pick up ahead of time. We are planning on streaming live elements and teachers teaching to a private page. We just did a campaign and installed streaming equipment. This way, our in-person kids can stay in “bubbles” yet have the large group portions streamed in and the virtual families can have the same material. We are planning on keeping kids in their same bubble/rooms instead of moving from station to station. This will be harder, but we think it will be safer and help parents feel safer about it. 00:41:51 Michelle Martin Petaluma, CA: Stephen Moser - we did a weekend VBS where families stayed together. It was a great opportunity for parents to step up and lead discussions on campus and online 00:41:54 William Shepard: will there be an online supplemental pack for Treasured? 00:41:56 Tracy - VBS Team: Andrea- we don't have individual packs for kids but we have student sets with special pricing 00:42:20 Meghan - VBS Team: William, yes, here's the link for the Treasured Online Pack: 00:42:21 Meghan - VBS Team: https://www.group.com/product/1210000319937-treasured-online-supplement-pack.do 00:44:16 Margarita Sims: Amanda rackley, we have a lot of inner city kids without family involvement. they used to get "dropped off " at vbs before covid. any idea how to serve them in this model? we typically have 200 kids 00:45:15 Betsy Keefe: A lot of our volunteers are older and we are not doing our VBS until June, possibly July, so we are praying that most everyone will be vaccinated by then. How do we get volunteers to have peace volunteering? 00:45:37 Kate Dunphy: I would love to know how many of the churches that are planning on having in person VBS also have schools meeting in person. 00:45:39 Amanda Rackley: Margarita, if you are planning on doing in-person, too, they could probably still be dropped off. One of the things were are thinking about is the possibility of only doing 2-3 days per grade (PK, k-2, 3-5)…although I really don’t like that idea, it could keep kids AND volunteers from re-exposing each other for more than 2-3 days! 00:46:16 Betsy Keefe: I love the idea of packaged snack. We have already purchased Rocky Railroad, any ideas for packaged snacks if you are doing this program? 00:46:47 Jeannie Baker: How can we get a printable version of this chat? Lots of links to be able to use!!! 00:47:01 Meghan - VBS Team: We'll be sharing all the links in a follow-up email as well 00:47:03 Amanda Rackley: For some of the super cute snack ideas, I was thinking of sending home instructions for families to do it together. Kid LOVE cooking in the kitchen, so that could be a great take-home activity! 00:47:08 Morag Sell: thanks Amans 00:47:33 Morag Sell: Thanks Amanda! 00:47:47 Amanda Rackley: Absolutely! :) 00:47:52 Gayle Meyer: We did a similar method. They loved taking them home and making them 00:49:52 Maxine Langford: what is a quick overview of in-person vbs - replacing singing - I.e 00:49:55 Amanda Rackley: That’s great to know, Gayle! I figured that would be fun. My kiddos LOVE cooking in the kitchen and then to have specific snacks that go along with the lessons would be a win-win! 00:50:07 Shari Grover: We even sent home the food items needed to make the snacks for families to make at home... a bit costly but if you can do it, folks appreciated it! 00:50:26 Amanda Rackley: Shari, that’s a great idea, too!!! Then it is more likely that families would do it! 00:50:49 Margarita Sims: would love to know your survey questions, Gloria! 00:50:54 Meghan - VBS Team: Amanda and Shari, these are great ideas! 00:51:11 Meghan - VBS Team: Margarita, we'll see if we can get that info and send it in the follow-up email 00:51:19 Tammie Sawicki: Would love to have survey questions Gloria. 00:51:54 Meghan - VBS Team: We'll get the survey questions and send them out in a follow-up email! 00:51:59 Dena Sowden: When we did virtual last year, our Bible Adventures were told by our volunteer in a pre-recorded messages. 00:52:08 Shari Grover: YES, for picking up materials - we loved seeing families thru' windows who we hadn't seen for months.... some of our leaders were outside, too, and waved to the families and kids as they drove up... BUT praying for in person this summer!! 00:52:27 Gayle Meyer: That's what we did too Shari. All things were individual item to make a complete snack. 00:53:34 Amanda Rackley: I am currently working on our survey right now for volunteers and am planning on asking what conditions need to be for them to volunteer: outside only, inside only, either, neither. Also, I wanted to know if volunteers are wanting to wait until they are vaccinated or not. I am also planning on especially sending the survey to my youth PARENTS. I rely SO much on youth and really it’s going to be their parents that will determine their participation and I would need to know! 00:53:49 Margarita Sims: are buddy masks available now? 00:54:05 Kim McIntyre: Our student leaders did all of the packing for our take home Rocky Railway kits. Feed them and them will come! 00:54:54 Meghan - VBS Team: Buddy Masks: https://www.group.com/product/1210000319395-buddy-face-masks-for-kids.do 00:55:54 Becky Diaz: Will there be buddy face masks for Treasured? 00:55:57 Jill Frahm - VBS Team: Student leaders are awesome, so many are looking for community service hours! And they've very used to masks and handwashing...they bring the energy and set a good example for the littles! 00:56:52 Erin Hartman: in our packs we gave them snack ideas, game ideas, crafts for each day, coloring pages, music cd, watch for God bracelet. 00:56:53 Lynn Merkel: I found that pre-recording and editing the station videos for virtual VBS is very time consuming. We spread it out over several weeks so that is was manageable. I wouldn't do it the same way though. 00:57:00 Kim McIntyre: Love our student leaders! Their love of past VBS's ignites the rest of us! 00:57:05 Gayle Meyer: We packaged each day separate and gave them out the week before. They could craft right along with us 00:57:15 Phil - pdaily@group.com: Buddy Masks are kids size...trust me I tried to wear them 00:58:02 Meghan - VBS Team: Phil, we need to see a picture of that 00:58:28 Melissa Harkness: Bags seem a bit spendy if a church is on a limited budget 00:58:52 Jeannie Baker: What pre-recorded videos are available for Rocky Railway? 00:58:53 Betsy Keefe: How much do you charge for VBS? Especially when you are making those bags with Bible Buddies? Not cheap! We try to NOT charge, but given where our church is financially...thank you COVID...I am working on a tight budget! 00:59:16 Elizabeth Wolfe: Alpaca shoes?? 00:59:18 Tracy - VBS Team: Jeannie- we have videos for Bible and Imagination Station 00:59:21 Melissa Harkness: We do not charge either 00:59:24 Margarita Sims: we don't charge, so... yeah. 00:59:29 Jody-VBS Team: If you're doing all virtual, think of the things you're NOT purchasing, though. Snacks, decorations, Tshirts for staff, etc... 01:00:18 Erin Hartman: We typically charge $35 for in person, last year we charged $25 for first child and $10 for each additional child. this helped cover some of the costs for our virtual vbs 01:01:05 Shari Grover: We did a VBS pre-registration on our church web page, and charged just $5 for a donation if they were able to pay that.... we plan to do that again this summer. For me as a bit of a planner, it really helped to get organized, and helped prevent disappointment. 01:01:14 Kim McIntyre: Grocery Stores will often donate paper bags if you ask or their plastic bags. It good advertisement for them also. We've had Pizza boxes donated from local businesses also. 01:01:36 Phil - pdaily@group.com: VBS brings hope and something to rally around 01:01:40 Meghan - VBS Team: This post has some creative ideas on how to fundraise for VBS: https://vbstools.group.com/best-practices/how-to-budget-for-vbs/ 01:01:40 Margarita Sims: does anyone here do inner city work or serve kids without families? we have a TON of kids that do not have families to do this 01:02:17 Lynn Merkel: We charge $35 and it really doesn't cover the expenses. We have always relied heavily on supply donations from our congregation. We did not charge anything last year. 01:03:42 Shona Heineman: Are supplies for Rocky Railway still available? 01:03:53 Gayle Meyer: We did in person and online live streaming 01:04:21 Jody-VBS Team: Shonda Heineman, yes! Rocky Railway supplies are available 01:05:53 Kristen: If VBS is outside, how do you show the videos so that they are visible during the daylight? 01:07:01 Shari Grover: So do you get in person kids' parents' permission ahead of time, letting parents know that their kids will be on video, and might be online, via YouTube, or something similar? 01:08:27 Hannah Harwood: I would recommend that you always get a photo release anytime you have children from your community 01:08:36 Sheila Stewart: Shari Grover we added a line at the bottom of the registration form saying by registering they were giving permission to have their kids pictures taken. 01:08:48 Isabella Pagano: Shari, we have online registration and some printed out for parents with a release form being pat of it to take pics and post 01:08:52 Gayle Meyer: We include that on our registration forms 01:09:20 Meghan - VBS Team: https://www.group.com/category/ministry-resources/childrens-ministry/vbs/training-lab.do 01:09:31 Shari Grover: Thanks everyone :) 01:09:38 Lynn Merkel: so the training lab is $49.99 and anyone in my church can access it? 01:09:39 Myrna Ferguson: what is the additional cost 01:09:44 Margarita Sims: interested in that lab 01:10:09 Lori Moore: Hi Magarita We are not an inner city ministry but we are in a neighborhood. Traditionally, about 80% of our VBS kids are not from our church body. We are having to think and pray through how to minister safely in a "group" setting. Perhaps by streets or schools within your community. They are probably already in a "pod" of sorts. Just a thought 01:10:27 Jocabehd Lobos: Will it be available in Spanish? 01:11:33 Tracy - VBS Team: Jocabehd- unfortunately we don't have the training in Spanish 01:11:49 Margarita Sims: lori, creating a pod by school is helpful thanks 01:11:54 Sheila Stewart: The songs are going to be online again? 01:12:13 Lynn Merkel: How do people feel about crews being composed of siblings, if possible, to minimize exposure? 01:12:46 Shari Grover: Good idea, hadn't thought of that! 01:12:52 Isabella Pagano: Are games this year modified for Covid? 01:13:05 Tracy - VBS Team: Lynn- that's a good idea. We recommend multi-age crews anyway so siblings works. 01:13:15 Margarita Sims: Lynn, that was my plan, to have family pods this year, but then I thought about all the kids who don't have family. so school pods are an idea to think about 01:13:27 Andrea Hazel: oo good question about games! 01:13:49 Margarita Sims: good question about games! 01:13:54 Gayle Meyer: We kept family units together and had a parent be their leader. 01:14:04 Ashley DAngelo: I’m new to group! 01:14:13 Jaimie Gorman: I am new to group! 01:14:14 Jody-VBS Team: There are modifications for games in the Rocky Railway Online Modifications Supplement Pack. 01:14:59 Gayle Meyer: You will love working with Group. Always helpful and motivating 01:15:12 Melissa Harkness: I am new to group! 01:15:15 Jennifer Okano: Is there modification for Treasured? 01:15:15 Isabella Pagano: thankk you Jody. What about treasured? 01:15:18 Betsy Head: We gave families who wanted to stay together in a crew or had what they called another family that they had played with through the summer have priority of being together in a crew. This worked really well and actually helped us get more volunteers that were parents 01:15:26 Amber Winter: I am a new VBS Director. Was asked to plan it last year until it was canceled due to Covid. So this year will be my first year. Would love any help or trainings! 01:15:35 Lynn Merkel: I also would like to know about the games (Covid style). That is one component we did not do last year because so many of them require multiple people. And they usually require touching or sharing items 01:15:54 Sondra Burch: Thank you so much for all the helpful hints!! 01:15:55 Meghan - VBS Team: new to group overview: https://www.group.com/category/ministry-resources/childrens-ministry/vbs/vbs-sampler-general.do 01:15:58 Melinda Casteloes: please send out the chat box log so we can see all the ideas. 01:17:16 Melissa Harkness: You can save the chat. Three dots at the bottom of the chat feature. 01:17:18 Betsy Deakin: Thank you for all the great ideas! Now I really feel like we CAN DO THIS! Thank you! 01:17:24 Amber Bryant: Thank you everyone! 01:17:25 Rufina Chissek: Thank you VBS Team 01:17:28 Melissa Harkness: Thank you! 01:17:28 Betsy Keefe: Thank you so much everyone...God bless you! 01:17:33 Keri Lyda: Thank you! 01:17:36 Becky Morris: Thanks - I missed the first part, but will tune in and watch! 01:17:36 Margarita Sims: thank you! 01:17:38 Irene Jai: TY 01:17:46 Lynn Merkel: Thank you for this webinar. Was this recorded so that others could watch who were not available today? 01:17:47 Carmel Hall: Thank you guys!! Good bye 01:17:47 Carmela Chy: Thank you