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No matter how you decide to hold outreach fall events this year, the following generic templates might be useful.
Following the Link are images of the Templates. They are in both ready-to-print PDF format (where you can personalize them on the back) and editable MS Publisher files.
HERE is the link to the FALL Templates: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates/templates-harvest-festival-and-halloween/
One of the most horrifying memories I have of a church leader is when he told me and my husband, who was the Single Adult Pastor at the church, that we needed to be “targeting young professionals more” because those were the types he wanted coming to the church.
He would have been appalled I’m sure, had he come to a party at our home that included (in addition to some “young professionals” because we didn’t want to discriminate against them) a number of homeless people, an exotic dancer, and addicts of various substances, plus many of what might be termed ordinary singles.
We didn’t follow his advice for our party or our ministry. Our group was made up of a large variety of people and everyone was welcome, not just at that party, but all the events of our Single Adult Group.
I hadn’t thought about that situation in years, but was recently reminded of this verse:
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:12-14, ESV
As I thought about it, I wondered how many of our churches actively invite people outside our “target” group, people who can contribute little to the church, who don’t look like us or smell like us, who may be more trouble to the church than a positive contribution to our bottom line or image.
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Kids love to get mail especially in the days of almost all electronic communications and social media. A letter or postcard addressed to them is something very special because they almost NEVER get anything like this.
To celebrate fall and back to school and church time, I have a GREAT set of postcards for you to share with the kids in your church! They are in both full color to print on full-color printers and separated spot color for you to print with your in-house inkjets, laser printers, or a RISO Digital Duplicator or similar technology.
What follows is a set of postcards for Fall, but you can use this idea any time of the year when you want to give a little boost to attendance at your children's ministry or to advertise a special event.
At the end of this article, you can download a ZIP file that has PDFs like the one to the left that are ready to print for all the cards, plus you also get the original, editable MS Publisher file so you can modify them any way you like for your church.
Just put the child's name on the front and on the back add in all the details of your children's program at church, print and you are set to go.
We all need inspiration and this week I got a catalog in the mail that greatly inspired me with new designs and color combinations. I decided the best way to tell you about it (it is about visual design after all) was to do a little video, which I did and which is below.
Below the video are links to the websites I reference in the video.
Enjoy!
https://www.flor.com/area-rugs/show-all
https://glowsly.com/pantone-fall-2019-colors-trends/
August is the last month of vacation for many and in many churches the time when attendance drops to an all-time low.
Though understandable, sometimes all people need is a reminder that God doesn't take a vacation and neither does the church. The set of postcards here are part of a FREE ZIP file (link below the images) that you could send out to people who perhaps have been sporadic in their attendance during the summer. The cards are upbeat and encouraging and an easy way to let people know you are thinking about them.
You could also make up extra cards for members of the congregation to address and send to friends that they know may have missed church in the summer.
The FREE ZIP file below the images has ready-to-print PDFs of the cards, an editable MS Publisher file, and images of the cards you could use on your website or email newsletters.
Click the following link to download the cards above: SUMMER POSTCARDS church reminder
