Jerusalem

Ask God to burden the hearts of church members to host and lead backyard Bible clubs at their homes.

Pray for God to draw children to Himself as they hear Bible stories, learn scriptures and receive affirmation from children's workers.

Pray for opportunities to meet their family members and discover other needs to which you can respond.

Determine the number of locations you can use as host sites (remember local parks work well and have high visibility)

Will you need to request a short term mission team to help you? 

What age groups will you target?

Which families in your church have school-aged children?

Talk with parents who have children at home

Provide children with opportunities to share during your weekly services (they can sing a song, recite a verse or introduce a friend they brought to church)

 Post sign up sheets to host and help around your church

Hold a planning meeting to demonstrate what will happen, the materials you will use, etc

Have children's Sunday School classes outside the week before your Bible School to raise awareness

Ask for volunteers who have a heart for kids to coordinate crafts, storytime, recreation, refreshments and registration

Create eye-catching flyers and post them in prominent areas in your community (public pools, parks, schools, grocery stores, libraries, etc)

Design colorful posters to show the way to your site. Use wooden stakes and place signs along your site boundaries, use helium balloons the day before to increase excitement

Contact your local paper and radio station and ask to have your event advertised as a community event or public service announcement, many times these are free community services.

Set up a registration table with registration cards, name tags and church information

As children arrive, play short games with them while other children are arriving and registering

Welcome each child individually, play name games to familiarize children with each other

Tell a Bible story and share a Scripture verse

Help children make a craft to take home with them related to the story

Play games together and enjoy refreshments

Encourage kids to return with a friend at the next meeting

Invite each child to your church. Tell them about what their Sunday School class and other children's activities are like, provide directions they can take home to their parents along with church information

Provide each child with an easy-to-read Bible and tract containing the plan of salvation to take home with them

Plan something special on your final day to motivate kids to bring friends and family members

Seek God's direction, ask Him to provide you with adequate, high profile facilities

Pray for guidance in selecting a popular sport in your community

Ask God to bring enthusiastic Christian athletes and coaches to lead your camp

Lift up the lives of the children, youth and their families that will be touched by Jesus' love

Reserve equipment and facilities needed for your sport

Determine the age groups you will target, select skills and drills appropriate for each age

Understand how this event fits in to the overall outreach ministry of your church

Plan method of collecting information on each participant and conducting follow up

Request a mission team of energetic youth and college students to lead or provide support for your camp

Seek out Christian athletes in your sport, contact your local college, high school, city leagues, network through church members

Ask for volunteers to coordinate first aid, facilities & equipment, record keeping, refreshments, referees, skills and drills, testimony times and music

Check public and community sports calendars to minimize scheduling conflicts

Design eye-catching flyers to pass out door-to-door, for kids to share with classmates at school and to hand out at sporting events

Place an add in your local paper or on a local radio station as a public service announcement or item on the community calendar

Hang flyers on community bulletin boards and around local ballparks around town

Create a buzz - hand out ball caps, trading cards, balls, chewing gum, sports equipment, etc. at community sporting events as invitations to your sports camp 

Set up a registration table with registration cards, name tags and church information

Group children by age and introduce them to their coach

Teach kids the skills and drills in the selected sport and lavish them with praise and encouragement

Maximize break time. As kids stop to re-energize, have Christian athletes share testimonies, show videos of Christian athletes playing their sport and sharing their faith. Use tracts that have a sports theme to share the plan of salvation. Teach memory verses with sports concepts.

Send kids home each day with information about your church, the next day's activities and promote your final time together with something special (parent's night, awards, etc)

Attend a school or community game of athletes from your camp to show your love for and interest in them.

Host a game night at your home and invite kids and their families to watch a football, basketball, soccer, baseball game, etc.

Plan a family recreation night at your church and invite participants and their families.