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The Most Important Day of the Year for Your Church

March 31, 2011 — 2 Comments

Many churches are gearing up for Easter.  Check out this promotional video from my home church (James River Assembly)…

What creative ideas are you seeing churches use to promote their Easter services?

Undoubtedly, April 24th 2011 is one of the most important days of this year for your church.  However, I would suggest that May 1st is actually the most important date on the calendar. Why? What’s happening on May 1st? Nothing much… as far as I can tell.  (Apparently, it is the 8th annual celebration of “Global Love Day.”)

So why would I suggest that May 1st is more important than Easter?  Because, that’s the week (and the weeks following) that will measure the effectiveness of your Easter outreach.  And it’s the week where a lot of Easter visitors will decide if they should come back to your church and keep checking out what you have to say and who you are.   Unfortunately, many churches put a ton of time and energy into the 24th and forget all about the 1st.  So what are you doing to make sure all the time and energy that you invest in your Easter Celebration translates into visitors actually coming back to be a part of what God is doing at your church?

If you need some help, here are some ideas for you to consider:

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Can’t Be Done / Your DST Cure

March 22, 2011 — Leave a comment

No, impossible, and can’t be done… Those phrases have a way of making leaders cringe.  Leaders are interested in options, solutions, alternatives, plans, strategies, but not in dwelling on why progress is improbable or impossible.  And honestly that trait in leaders can be both healthy and destructive if it’s not managed properly.

I’m personally really intrigued by ideas that can’t be done and or churches that are implementing such ideas that were once shot down.  In fact, I’m so interested that I’ve decided to dedicate a category of my blog to such ideas.  If you know me, you probably know that I feel that one of my spiritual “gifts” is the ability to throw out a crazy, ridiculous, or silly idea that just might lead to a good idea.  Of course you have to know how and when to present such ideas, and have a team and a culture that allows you to do so.

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Seeing Slip-Ups As Opportunities

February 9, 2011 — Leave a comment
Seeing Slip-Ups As Opportunities

Ryan Webster is the lead pastor at Larned Assembly of God in Larned, Kansas. He is one leader that I have been fortunate to get to meet since I’ve been working with AG Financial Solutions. I remember the first time we visited with Ryan on a conference call that I was refreshed by his passion for reaching people and his vision for building the local church.

A couple weeks ago Pastor Ryan fell on some ice and broke his leg. Shortly after that he had to have surgery to put a plate in. Consequently he was confined to his home for a couple weeks since. However, the broken leg hasn’t stopped him. One Sunday he preached right into his computer from his recliner at home and used Skype to play the sermon live for his congregation. No one really knew how this would go over in rural Kansas, but the sermon was a success and God used it to speak to people.

I love how God sometimes uses our setbacks to open us up to new ideas and new possibilities to spread the gospel. No one knows if Larned Assembly will actually use this idea again, maybe to try broadcasting in multiple small towns in western Kansas, but we do know not to limit what God might do.

 

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