And the final winner is…

Drum roll please …

NAOMI ANDRS!

(my mole from Lifeway will email you with information about the prize!)

Naomi Andrs says:

June 11, 2010 at 10:25 am

After reading everyones posts, watching the videos several more times, looking at the pictures that were on the Lifeway site, I would have to guess – New York, Big Apple.
I am so excited about this years VBS. One month and 1 day until Saddle Ridge Ranch for Lake Point Church!

You’ve won the 2011 Big Apple Adventure Sampler.

Have you gone to check out the new Big Apple Adventure website?

Start spreading the news! I’m leaving TODAY!!!!

I wanna be a part of it – VBS 2011!!!!

Tomorrow is the Big Day!

We are so close!

I love reading all your comments and seeing how excited all of you are! But I don’t think you can compete with my excitement! You remember that feeling you used to get on Christmas eve? Remember how you felt that your excitement could literally explode out of your fingertips? That’s how I feel right now. Except multiplied by a million.

For those of you in the middle of Saddle Ridge Ranch, how are things going? Any tips or ideas that you may have for those of us who have yet to start!?

Have you seen what’s going on over at Lifeway’s VBS blog? They’re trying to figure out who my mole is! And I hope they do! Because he (SHE?) hasn’t given us enough clues for us to figure out the theme. But I was promised that I would find out the theme TOMORROW so the next clue better be a really good one!

Could this be my mole?

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the last video and the exciting news!

Saturday Morning Cartoons

How’s your weekend? I’m really enjoying all the comments. You guys are a bunch of detectives!

My mole decided to go to the pool today and a have a “Fun” day. This is not the time to be having fun! We are so close to figuring this out but he wants to go work on his tan?! Ugh. Considering I’m not going to uncover anything important today, I thought I should try to find something exciting to do…but then my stomach starting feeling terrible. I probably shouldn’t have eaten the hot dog he sent me just to see if there was a clue inside. (There wasn’t one by the way).

Now that I’m inside all day, I’ve been watching cartoons because that’s the only thing on TV right now. I figured I’d share my favorite cartoon from the world wide web.

Go have a Saturday fun day for me! I’ll be back with more tomorrow!

Video Number Two!

UPDATE! : According to my mole SOMEONE who posted in the comment section is getting really close to next year’s theme! He didn’t say who or how many of you were close but I can say that the concept behind next year’s theme has been mentioned!

Only a few more days until we uncover the truth behind next year’s theme. I can’t wait. I’m sure some of you are getting a bit anxious (I know I am)!

Before we move on to my next video…it’s time to announce the winner of the first “Guess the Theme Contest”!

And that person is….. Marsha Boyd (my mole from Lifeway will email you with information about the prize!)

She commented at 8:09 on 6/8 and said: I am thinking along the lines of High School Musical/Hannah Montana theme. We are in the middle of SRR right now and having a yeehaw good time!

Congratulations! Hope you enjoy the free sampler! Send it to me if you want!

And now…Video Number Two! Keep those guesses coming! There’s another sampler to be given away!

A BALLOON?!

This is driving me crazy! What does a balloon have to do with the theme? Agh!

I’m not sure my mole understands the concept of what a mole does. This whole thing would be a lot easier if he just TOLD US WHAT THE THEME WAS!

But alas, we have to keep guessing away. Speaking of which…

Here are a few concepts that I created from your comments on the last post:

“I would really like to see a dinosaur theme some day.”

“ninja/warrior theme…”

Does anyone think we’re getting closer? I hope so! Be sure to check back tomorrow for my newest video! Hopefully my mole will give us a better hint at next year’s theme. He better not send me another balloon!

Until next time, don’t forget to leave a comment with your guess for the 2011 theme to be entered to win a 2011 VBS sampler! See this post for more details.

The winner will be announced tomorrow, so be sure to leave your comment by midnight tonight!

Video Numero Uno!

(scroll down to view video)

Great guesses on that last post! A lot of you had some really great ideas that I wish Lifeway could use in the future!

For instance, Ty-man said:

“i think it could be something on a boat. they’ve never done that before. like pirates seekin’ god’s treasure or a cruise line livin with God is a luxury.”

What a great idea! And the kids could do all kinds of treasure hunts for prizes. Or they could have their picture taken in front of a backdrop of the ocean on the first day of VBS  just like they do before a cruise!

And I love all the ideas about musicals! I think that would be so much fun!

Moving on!

My official search has begun! Like I said earlier, this year is going to be harder than last year but I’m not going to let that stop me!

Check out my first video! We’re getting closer! And don’t forget to leave a comment with your 2011 theme guess to be entered to win a 2011 VBS sampler! See this post for more details.

Win Something!

I can’t tell you how I was able to pull this off but Lifeway is allowing me to provide a prize for our little guessing game!

That’s right! All you lucky people reading this have the chance to enter! Except you Thom Rainer, you can’t enter!

To win, all you have to do is guess the theme for 2011 VBS. I know what you’re thinking, “That’s why I’m here, Donny. I want YOU to tell ME the theme for 2011 VBS!”

My response to that is: Don’t think that! You don’t have to guess the actual theme, you just have to submit a guess here on my blog. By simply guessing, your name is put in the drawing. But you only get one guess per email address!

If you want, you can read the “official rules” here: Official VBS Theme Sweepstakes Rules

The lucky winner will receive a 2011 VBS sampler. Kinda like this one from Saddle Ridge Ranch:

So let’s get started!

I’m Back!

How is everyone? My church is month away from the kick-off of VBS! I can’t wait until we get started but I also can’t stop thinking about next year’s theme!

As we all know, I went undercover last year and smuggled myself behind the lines of the Lifeway building. After a few attempts, I was able to uncover this year’s theme (Saddle Ridge Ranch) and reveal it to the WORLD!

And now it’s time for round two!

That’s right! It’s time to uncover the 2011 VBS theme! But, I have a feeling it could be a little harder than last year.

Why do I say that? Well, someone sent me an anonymous tip and told me that Lifeway had these installed as a new security feature:

You may not think that’s a big deal but I’m actually EXTREMELY allergic to cats. I can’t even be in the same room as them for longer than 15 seconds or I’ll sneeze for five weeks. It’s awful.

They’ve also added other security measures to keep me out of the building so I’m in the process of figuring out what I can do to get around them…

But don’t worry! I wont let those little balls of fur or anything else stop me from uncovering next year’s theme. I will figure it out!

In the meantime, if you were to come up with the theme for VBS 2011, what would it be?? Leave a comment!

And check out the Lifeway VBS blog!

Success!

Alright Kiddos!

Can you believe it actually happened?! We did it! I made it in to Lifeway one final time (as promised) (I mean, who thought I wasn’t going to make it in!) And I couldn’t be happier with the results! I wish I had some prizes I could give away to those of you who pretty much guessed it right on the nose!

Now that we know the theme, I’m that much more excited about VBS this summer!

The western theme is getting me really excited! I think the kids will get into it because there aren’t many television shows or movies that they can watch that involve this sort of theme! So, it’ll be a lot of fun to see how they react to this whole new world that they are rarely exposed to!

And I’m sure Lifeway will be unveiling some really cool props to go along with this great theme….

So, What do you think of the NEW 2010 Lifeway VBS THEME??