Lancaster Vacation Bible School 2011 Teacher Application Form

Dear Bible School Applicant,

Lancaster VBS will be Aug 1st through Aug 5th.

Welcome to Lancaster Bible School 2011! We are looking forward to another year of seeing God work powerfully in our lives and in the lives of the children of Lancaster city. Thank you to eachone who has contributed to this work in the past years and we look forward to seeing many of you return in the summer of 2011!

One of our goals for this application is to become a bit more acquainted with you before Bible School begins. We are continuously looking for ways to more effectively plant the seed of the gospel into the hearts of these children. You, the teacher, play a huge part in this effort. So the better equipped you are, the more effective you will be in sharing the gospel and ultimately bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to earth.

As a part of the application process, we are again asking for two references who we can contact to see if they could recommend you as a potential staff member for Lancaster Bible School. However, we do want you to understand that a bad reference would not necessarily disqualify your participation. We will certainly try to work with each applicant and those in your realm of authority to ensure that you will have the opportunity to come to LBS. Other details on the application will allow us to get to know you better before you arrive for orientation and will make it easier to assign leaders and teaching partners. Please be honest and understand that this is not an interrogation procedure! We are not trying to find fault with what you write for a reason to exclude you. Rather our aim is to create an atmosphere where together we can do our jobs in the best possible manner. We really want this experience to be a positive and spiritually up-building experience for each one involved.

The application fee is one way we hope to involve you more in the work of the Kingdom. This $50 fee covers only a portion of the cost of Bible School and if you want to contribute more you are most certainly welcome to do so. Please send the application fee along with the application. If you cannot make the payment online, send it by mail at the same time you send the application. If for some reason you are unable to come, we will gladly give you a full refund at your request. Once you have submitted your application, you should be getting a response from our staff within a few weeks. Obviously, last minute applications will need to be processed much quicker, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible. (If you know you’re coming, sign up sooner rather than later, it makes our lives much easier. )

We are again planning to use Lancaster Country Central Park, or as many of us call it, County Park. For those who don’t know, it is located just outside the southern edge of Lancaster City. This beautiful park has been a huge blessing the past three years with lots of wide open space for our daytime activities, the evening recreation, and the staff supper as well.

One of the largest issues that used to give LBS a bad name in the years past was the late night partying. We appreciate the maturity we’ve seen in the past two years. When we put the work of the kingdom before our personal fleshly desires, God will bless our work. We do not believe it was coincidence that when the staff started putting their ALL into the work we were able to really impact the children for Jesus. And from personal experience the feeling that comes with sharing Jesus to a hurting world is way more fulfilling than hanging out and partying. We also ask that while at LBS you would respect the staff commitments which are found at WOJ Staff Commitment. Lest we sound depressing there still is time to spend with fellow teachers and to have an awesome time serving God.

Finally, Jesus said that our first and foremost responsibility is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Secondly, we should love our neighbor as ourselves. If we consider Bible School in light of Jesus’ teaching, then our primary goal for the week at LBS should be to “love God.” Then we need to love the broken, torn and bleeding young souls that God brings to Bible School— our neighbors. Our goal is that LBS can be a place where we can make friendships with fellow soldiers, love and bless the children and most importantly grow in our love for God!

We look forward to working with you at LBS 2011!

From the Board and the LBS Committee

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