CAN I VOLUNTEER FOR VBS THIS YEAR?

Yes! We love our VBS volunteers who give of their time, energy, and efforts for the children and this ministry. We will do our best to help all potential volunteers meet the requirements, understand our expectations, and have a memorable experience.

* Volunteers are not automatically accepted, even with prior history. 

What are the volunteer requirements?

Due to California’s mandate AB506 and the related requirements for child safety and security, we are only able to accept volunteers who regularly attend BOL at this time (attend BOL consistently for at least 2 months). ALL volunteers will be required to go through AB506 training on their own online, as well as our two mandatory VBS training sessions that will meet in person. AB506 also requires all adult volunteers to go through livescanning. Even if you have gone through the training and livescanning with a different organization, AB506 requires each organization to run through training and livescanning separately, so we are unable to use documents you may have from having gone through it elsewhere.

If English is not your first language and you may need translation assistance for the AB506 online training, please contact the VBS director to make arrangements.

In general, we are unable to accept partial-week volunteers this year (all volunteers must be able to volunteer for all the days of VBS). Contact the VBS director if you have a special situation.

What are the requirements for a brand new volunteer?

In addition, new volunteers are asked to go through an interview process to ensure VBS will be a good fit and experience for you.

Incoming 7th grade volunteers are required to volunteer with a parent/guardian as per church policy.

Is there volunteer training?

There are 2 in-person mandatory VBS training sessions for all volunteers:

• Tuesday, June 16 at 7:00-8:30pm
• Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00-8:30pm

Do volunteers get a choice what they do?

Certainly! The electronic volunteer registration form lists all the various opportunities, and all potential volunteers get to select areas that are of interest. A VBS planning team will ultimately assign volunteers to the various roles for VBS based on the volunteers’ preferences and overall need.

How much volunteers do have to pay?

Nothing. We value each of our volunteers and gladly cover all costs. Furthermore, we offer 1 complimentary child registration for volunteers to apply to their child or younger sibling attending VBS. Simply fill out your volunteer registration FIRST and wait for a volunteer discount code before registering your child/younger sibling.