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Halloween Outreach Materials: postcards, invitation cards, bulletin inserts, sign-in and follow up cards

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Cover of Overview of the Editable MS Publisher Files
Click here to download the PDF. It is an overview of the editable MS Publisher files and how to use them for effective Halloween Outreach.

This publication is from several years ago, yet it has some materials that are also useful and the process is very useful also. You can change images or the media, but the strategy of what to do before, during and after a special event to get the most out of it remains the same.

The publications illustrated here cover every aspect of preparation for, what to use during and follow-up for effective Halloween outreach including:

***Motivational bulletin insert
***Invitation Cards
***Case-study, volunteer recruitment brochure
***Sign-in cards
***Cards to give out as people leave your event

Click on the PDF for a free overview of all the communications with ideas on how to use them. [Read more...]

A non-scary way to share your faith at Fall Festivals and Halloween

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Use Halloween to share your faith
Halloween and Fall Festivals are a great time to share your faith that isn't scary! Use these flyers to encourage your church to make the most of it.

Halloween is a fantastic time for outreach and many churches make the most of it with Trunk or Treat, a Fall Festival and similar outreach activities.

In addition to that, it can also be a great time to encourage your people to invite their friends to these events. To do that, I did up a flyer or bulletin insert that encourages your congregation to use this time of year and the events of your church as a great time to share their faith. Below are images of the flyer, a podcast that I did for it, and below that the text of the flyer you can use in whatever way you want.

Click the link that follows to download a ZIP file of the flyers: PDF Halloween Sharing

Podcast that talks about the handout and how to use it:

Text for the flyer to use however you'd like:

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Successful Seasonal Strategies for Halloween and Fall outreach

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This video builds on the basic course Successful Seasonal Strategies with specific resources and strategies for Halloween and Fall Festivals.

Though there are many things about this time of year that are offensive to many Christians, it is a fantastic time for outreach and not only because it provides a time to give away free candy and keep kids out of trouble, but because with its emphasis on death and the afterlife it is a great time to introduce people to the ONE individual who conquered death and is alive and that is Jesus. This video gives you ideas on how to make the most of this and outreach to your community with links to FREE templates you can use Before, During, and After your event.

To get the resources mentioned in the video go to:

https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates

https://www.Bible805.com

https://www.payhip.com/Bibleverseshop

Why everything sinful about Halloween makes it perfect for Outreach!

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Halloween outreach
How to take what is evil about Halloween and turn it into a reason to share about Jesus!

Lots of churches don't do outreach events at Halloween because they think they are sinful--but this brief video shows you how the very things that make Halloween sinful and repulsive to many church people--the focus on death, the supernatural and similar things are what make Halloween a PERFECT time for outreach.

We can use these topics and the interest people have in them as bridges to conversations about Jesus. The video here shows you how the Apostle Paul did that and how we can use this time of year to do it in our communities.

CLICK HERE TO go to LINKS to motivation and tools to help you share the good news about Jesus at Halloween

Free resources for last minute Halloween Outreach

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Halloween, use it for Outreach!
Halloween can be a great time for outreach--here are free resources that can help.

Though there are many things we may not like about Halloween as Christians, people are thinking about death at this time and it is a great opportunity to take the interest already created in the topic to share with them, or at least to get them to think about the only person who conquered death--Jesus.

The first link below will take to a FREE card you can print and share to challenge people to think about Jesus. Sometimes we hesitate to share our faith--but the reality of someone who doesn't come to know Jesus is far worst than the most terrifying Halloween horror. Make the most of every opportunity to help people spend forever with Jesus with these resources:

FREE Outreach Card for Halloween, a challenge to think about life after death

Click on the link below to go to a FREE PDF of a card you can slip into any Halloween treat or use for outreach.
https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/free-outreach-card-for-halloween-a-challenge-to-think-about-life-after-death/

Halloween Outreach Videos and how to use them to reach unchurched people for Jesus

Here are two very powerful videos, under two minutes each that challenge people at Halloween to think about Jesus. For Effective Church Communication Members, you can download the HD versions of the videos. Everyone can link to or embed the YouTube versions on your websites for Halloween Outreach.

https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/halloween-outreach-videos-and-how-to-use-them-to-reach-unchurched-people-for-jesus/

Video review of PicMonkey, A very FREE, FUN, EASY, and Creative tool for Halloween graphics

This program is quick, easy-to-use and the intro version is FREE! Lots of fun to modify some pictures for Halloween.

https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/a-very-free-fun-easy-and-creative-tool-for-halloween-graphics/

LINKS to motivation and tools to help you share the good news about Jesus at Halloween

The Effective Church Communications site has lots more material to help you make the most of Halloween as an outreach time. Here is the link to a list of links:

https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/links-to-motivation-and-tools-to-help-you-share-the-good-news-about-jesus-at-halloween/