“I like to go around the community to different size churches and see how it relates on a big or small scale,” Marino said. “It really is a blessing to see it be used by a church that only has 10 kids going through it, to a church that has thousands going through it.”
Johnson recently visited VBS at Brentwood Baptist Church near Nashville. He described the scene as kids were walking from one activity to the next and the instrumental version of the theme song began to play. Without being prompted, the kids spontaneously began singing the words of the theme song while transitioning to different activities.
“That was an incredibly rewarding experience for me, and to see that many kids singing Scripture was just so overwhelming,” he said.
Johnson said although topping the charts is a great achievement, the ultimate goal of VBS music is much deeper.
“This lets us know a lot of kids are listening to this music, which is very encouraging and exciting,” Johnson said. “It’s really cool to be recognized out in the world for what we do in writing these songs for kids … it’s a very humbling assignment and it’s very rewarding, but the most exciting statistic for us to hear every year is how many kids give their lives to the Lord.
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“Our ultimate goal is for the music to soften the kids’ hearts and for them to be open to hearing the Word of God and how much He loves them. It’s more than just entertainment or an album just to listen to, it is God’s Word that has the power to change kids’ lives forever.”
This article originally appeared at Baptist Press.
