Progress Report

As of late we have had quite a bit going on.  We are working our way through distributing literature to all the houses within one mile of the church six times.  We have distributed about 18,000 pieces of literature since the beginning of the year.  Of course this is not the most exciting news yet.  We just got our new church tracts in, and they look great!  We did some distribution last week with them and we were pleased with the results.

I want to invite everyone to take a look at the new tract, take a few, and get started handing them.  They have an excellent, clear plan of salvation written by Mark Tolson.  I have even sent out the design to other churches and there are some that are interested in customizing and ordering it.

Lastly, I would like to invite everyone to come out on Community Impact on Saturdays at 10:10.  We have bus route visitation to do as well as distribution of literature.  Also, we would like to make regular visits to those that have visited our church, shut ins, and those that are sick.  You may be thinking that there are other ways to outreach, and I would agree.  If you have any new ideas for outreach, please let us know.  Make plans to be a regular part of our outreach program.

Creativity in Outreach

I was thinking recently that we might need to get a little creative with our outreach.  I have been doing work with the doorhangers that are associated with the website.  But I want to try to expand on this foundation.  If you have any ideas about how to tie into this structure, let me know.  Things that I have been thinking about are billboards, radio commercials, and ad spaces.  Most people don’t make decisions about an organization in a single encounter.  So we will have to have multiple encounters.  I will be posting here when I have anymore thoughts.

VBS Visitation and Bible Club

It is going to be an exciting time over the next three weeks. We will need all of the resources possible, and I hope that you are ready to help make VBS a great time this year. We are going to of course be doing a lot of visiting and calling for VBS. I am hoping that we can start visiting in areas where we will be able to plan bus routes. This means dense populations like apartment complexes and trailer parks etc. The main event will be on the 23rd with a Bible Club at the Greenhouse apartment complex. This is a unique opportunity because the management there has given us permission to host a bible club and even go from door to door to invite people. For this event we will be meeting at the church at 10:10 then setting up at the Greenhouse at 10:30. After that we will have a Bible lesson time, game time, and even some food (hot dogs, chips, and soft drinks). I hope that you will plan to help us with this. Even if you are not able to make it every week, help in anyway would be great. Lets all keep in contact and let me know if you have any ideas.

Helping Plan Community Impact Events

I have been wanting to start working on some ways that we can better reach out to the people in our community.  I was reading something earlier today about the demographics of our area.  It is amazing the diversity not just of race and creed, but also in levels of income and qualities of living.  This means that we must employ many different ways to reach out.  I would like for us to begin tracking ways that we can plan Community Impact Events.  As we here of community events such as parades and fairs, we can plan to be apart of these by passing out flyers and atteding a booth.  So, that being said let me know if there is something coming up.

Change In Schedule

We have a change in scheduling. Due to easter we are going move the Bible Club to after Easter. We have a lot of distribution to do with the Easter cards. So please come out and help us on Saturday. We will be distributing 1500 or so postcards. This means we need as many people to help as possible. See you Saturday!

An Interesting Blog about Personal Evangelism

A Preacher With Wings: What Can Evangelism Do For Me?

Bible Club at Greenhouse Apartments

We are going to be having a special Bible Club at the Greenhouse Apartments on April 4, 2009.  We will be cooking hotdogs, playing games with the kids and having an evangelistic Bible time with everyone that comes.  We will of course need as many volunteers as we can muster, so please make plans to be there.  There will be a need for cooks, teachers, game leaders, flier distributers.  Let me know how you would like to help.