Sample: Flyer for volunteer recruitment for a Thanksgiving outreach, a useful example for any seasonal ministry
It is challenging to plan a ministry outreach for any holiday and even more so when we want to recruit volunteers to help with it. Because there are so many things to do for a successful outreach and our minds are pre-occupied with the event, it is easy to short-change our congregations in how we [...]
Recipe for Greek Easter Bread, an outreach treat for Easter guests
Which would you rather get to encourage you to come to church for Easter? A postcard that tells you how wonderful the church is or a really great recipe? Of course churches are going to talk about how wonderful they are at Easter time, but a great recipe for free–that’s different. Everybody loves recipes and [...]
Effective Easter Outreach: Door-hangers, ready-to-print PDFs and MS Publisher templates
One of the most powerful reasons door-hangers can be effective Easter outreach is because often the person reading them is alone and may not be thinking about anything else. This is a FREE DOWNLOAD PDF door-hanger. There are 3 of them to an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet. If you need blank door-hangers, go to [...]
Why it matters if you invite friends to church for Easter and a FREE bulletin insert to help you do it
It doesn’t matter much if you merely think of Easter as a time for chocolate and brunch. It isn’t really important if your Easter service is primarily about fun things for kids and a musical extravaganza as uplifting as that might be. But it does matter tremendously if you believe the message of Easter that [...]
Canvas Salvation Book, a tangible way to share the gospel
Note from Yvon: This is one of the most wonderful and caring ideas I’ve ever seen on how to share the gospel. For those of you who remember the “Wordless Book,” a little booklet that told the gospel story through colors as you explained it, this is an expanded version of it, done up in [...]
Great example of Olympic outreach in church communciations
The Winter Olympics of 2010 just concluded their final ceremony, but the love of Jesus and his people that was communicated by one church will have a lasting impact on many people. Trinity Lutheran Church opened up their parking lot, facilities, and hearts to thousands of visitors this week and one of their members, Ewald [...]
