1. Pray a lot and ask God to give you a vision for what Branch Sabbath School can be.
2. Talk the idea up and find someone else who will join you in leading the program.
3. Prayer-walk (or ride) the neighborhoods you are thinking to serve. Ask God to help you decide the location. Include the pastor in your dream; ask him/her to pray about it.
4. Take your plans to the church board. Listen to their counsel. But do not give up the dream if the dream does not take. Repeat steps 1-4 until it does take.
5. Recruit volunteers and purchase the VBS program to start. Meet together every week to pray and begin working out plans and responsibilities. Delegate, delegate, delegate.
6. Make arrangements for a meeting place, set a target date. Get the church board to vote your program and date.
7. Two months before the target date, ask your church to make this project a matter of daily prayer.
8. One month before the target date begin advertising.
9. One week before the target date plan a trial setting-up and a team meeting at the site,. Then go out and invite people personally to come.
10. Pull out all the stops for your first program.

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