Three short videos: Halloween is more than a candy grab;Volunteer motivation for Halloween; Something to Consider at Halloween
Each one of these short videos is under two minutes. They are VERY different than the teaching webinars. They are little music videos with moving images and music, honestly lots of fun to do after the hard work of the teaching webinars.I created them using www.animoto.com, a program that is free to try and then [...]
What About Halloween? A search for Halloween origins and how Christians should respond
This article shares the story of a church communicator Pam Finck, who took her concerns about Halloween and turned them into careful research. Her results and commentary about them are in this wonderful article she wrote. She was kind enough to sent it to me and I wanted to share it with you.
For Successful Fall Outreach Publications: Clarify and Coordinate
Fall and winter are two prime times for churches to plan outreach events for their communities. Large amounts of time and money are spent on these events and often the church gets a great community response to the free Harvest Festival or Family Thanksgiving Dinner or Community Caroling and Hot Chocolate Party. But seldom do [...]
Halloween Outreach, such an extraordinary opportunity to engage people in spiritual searching, a Webinar On-Demand
Halloween has the potential for all kinds of spiritual interactions! People are obsessed with death, the spirit world, and the afterlife at this time of year, so why not make use this interest to turn this interest into a discussion about the only person who ever died and came back on his own power Jesus! [...]
Charging for outreach events, what’s wrong with that?
There may be legitimate reasons for charging for some events, for example if you are bringing in a professional Christian comedian or speaker—someone has to pay for their time and expenses. However, in most instances, I believe strongly that it communicates an incorrect message if a church charges (or even asks for donations) at a [...]
