Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill HOW ORGANIZE IT FREQUENTLY a Community Daily Vacation Bible School is conducted under the auspices of some permanent organization like a church federation, a ministerial association, a Sunday School superintendent’s union or a county Sunday School association. In that case the president of the organization, in consultation with the other officers, usually appoints the necessary committees, but in many a community there is no permanent organization to assume responsibility. How, then, are the necessary steps to be taken? First of all, there should be at least one person in a community who really wants such a school. If there are two or three who are enthusiastic over vacation schools, all the better. But one person who believes in it and who keeps at it, and who secures the co-operation of others, can in most cases bring things to pass. Not Mere Talk One time a conference was held to discuss vacation school plans. Among those attending were two men who came from neighboring towns. One appeared more enthusiastic and talkative than the other, but when he went home he did nothing but talk. The other one called together representativeworkers who appointed the necessary committees and the school became a reality within 30 days. In the other town the other man is still talking about what he hopes to do some day. Any man or woman who wants a vacation school badly enough can get it. It will mean lots of hard work. In calling together representative workers it is best to include pastors, superintendents and primary leaders. After discussing the advisability of holding such a school, and after deciding to make it a good one (for the best is none too good), appoint a permanent committee of three or five or seven and ask this committee to appoint the subcommittees, such a…
