Use case
Give VBS families a simple place to start.
Help parents share the basics for Vacation Bible School, and help your kids team organize the next step. Start with grade, session and parent contact, then tailor the form to your church's program.
Try a real form · sample only
Use fictional details only, including for children and prayer requests. Answers stay in this page while you try it. Nothing is saved, registered, emailed or sent to an integration.
Grace Community Church (example)
Vacation Bible School signup
Interactive sample for a fictional church
This demo uses the same fields and validation as a public Forms for Church form.
Why churches use Forms for Church for this
The basics in one place
The template asks for a child's first name, grade entering, preferred session and parent or guardian contact. Edit your session and grade options before sharing.
Easy to share with families
Send parents a link, print a QR code on your invitation or embed the form on your VBS page. The form works on phones.
Prepare your team
Review signup responses and export a CSV to help plan groups and communicate with families. Track follow-up with statuses and private team notes.
Collect only what you need
Start with the essentials. Your church should review its child-safety, permission and privacy requirements before publishing. This template isn't a complete child check-in process.
Planning Center People · Pro
A next step for parent follow-up
When your church connects Planning Center on Pro, a routing rule can send a selected respondent's name and email to People. You can also choose a workflow for the new person.
Map the adult contact
Choose the parent or guardian name and email fields for follow-up. This does not create a child record, household or VBS enrollment in Planning Center.
Ask permission and check matches
Your church can require an explicit Yes/No permission answer before sending. If People already has the email, delivery stops for your team to review; existing people are never changed.
Keep the boundary clear
The connection sends only the mapped name and email. It doesn't import your People directory or sync form responses back. This sample never connects to Planning Center.
Name-tag printing for your welcome table
Tell us how your team would like to print name tags from an iPad to a Brother label printer. We can discuss the integration work, printer support and setup your church would need. Printing, Planning Center Check-Ins and check-in labels aren't included in the form workflow.
From template to a shared link
Step 1: Start with the VBS Signup template
Choose it when you create your account, or later from Templates. It opens as a draft that only your team can see.Step 2: Make it yours
Every question can be edited, reordered or removed. Add your church's logo and colors, and choose who is notified.Step 3: Publish and share
Publish to get a link and a QR code for the bulletin or screens, or embed the form on your website.
What the VBS Signup template asks
Every question can be edited, reordered or removed before you publish.
Child's first name (required)
Short text
Grade entering (required)
Dropdown
Preferred session (required)
Dropdown
Parent or guardian name (required)
Name
Parent or guardian email (required)
Email
Parent or guardian phone
Phone
Start with the VBS Signup template
It opens ready to review and publish. Change anything before it goes live.
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