Most groups come and do backyard Bible Clubs with us during Spring Break and the Summer.

Most teams lead one mission from 1:30- 3:30 pm and a second mission from 3:30-5:30pm. So if your group is 30 people you will have three teams and cover six locations. My preference is to have a ratio of 1 missionary (you guys!) to 3 residents of the complexes. I don’t like too many more missionaries than that because then people in your group start to feel like they are not needed.

Most of the apartments have an average of about 20-25 children who participate. They range from 1st through 7th grade. Three or four moms with their pre-schoolers is also common. There will be some high schoolers as well.

The best scenario is to start after lunch. Most teams start at the missions around 1:30 PM.There is a good reason for that – the kids that live in the apartments aren’t up till around then! Perhaps 1:30-3:30PM for the first mission group then 4-6 pm for the second group.

Recreation starts most sessions. Usually it’s best to tell the Bible story, give the snack out and then do the craft. The craft should relate to the story. The cookies are leverage for attention so tell the story before you give out the treats. Ends up the day with more recreation time and more cookies or goodies if you have some left over. We will go over all of this with the whole team during the briefing on Monday.

 Team Size 

A good missionary team size will have 6-8 youngsters and 2 adults.

Each team will cover one location. Most teams lead one mission from 1:30-3:30 pm and a second mission from 3:30-5:30pm.

So if your group is 30 people you will have three teams and cover six locations. My preference is to have a ratio of 1 missionary (you guys!) to 3 residents of the complexes. We don’t like too many more missionaries than that because then people in your group start to feel like they are not needed.

Example of Bible Story Schedule