If you have a Christmas Party night for your youth ministry, make this one of the games in your game night, maybe after an outing or a mall scavenger hunt, or simply a party ice breaker. Find creative ways to reward the winners. Your Christmas party can be evangelistic with some intentionality.
44 Scriptures that might be useful in a Father's Day Sermon or Message. Think about your church visitors on Father's Day
Will they hear the gospel clearly that day? Will the gospel impact their life? Will the sermon and worship experience leave your visitors wanting to come back next week and bring a friend?
I’ve been the first time visitor to churches during the Christmas season. I have been the first time visitor to a Christmas Eve service where I didn’t ever want to go back. On the other hand, I visited a church on Christmas Eve and was so impressed I wanted to invite friend the following week. …
Many of our churches will experience an increase in attendance this Christmas. Last week, I consulted with an outreach team of a church that moves from three services to five services to accomodate all the people, family and friends for the Christmas Eve service. There are many who will come Christmas Eve that haven’t been …
Listen in as one church tells the story of getting their Christmas events out to a few thousand people during a town Christmas event. I interview Kevin Cunningham, outreach pastor of a church in Nashua New Hampshire, a town of about 80,000.
This article on using Facebook events is reprinted with persmission from Christian Webtrends (blog.ourchurch.com) to edit for Christmas. It was originally aimed for Easter, but it’s just as true for Christmas. The images refer to an Easter service, but you get the idea. The original article appeared in 2011, and Facebook may have changed the …
Here is a sample Christmas Party icebreaker and conversational guide that is similar to the one found on page 38 of Christmas Party Games from Creative Youth Ideas. You can use this icebreaker as a Christmas party game for adults, for youth, and for kids. You can probably find this party game for Christmas everywhere …
Have you ever been “sandbagged” at a party where the organizer had a hidden agenda? To sandbag your Christmas party guests is to unexpectedly thrust your guests into a socially awkward or highly uncomfortable situation where they are unable to escape, metaphorically speaking.
Are you prepared for to receive new church visitors at Christmas time? I want to give you 5 areas to consider improving your church welcome for your first time visitors when the come this Christmas Season.
Most churches experience an influx of church visitors at Christmas time. Some are out of town guests. Other church visitors seek out the Christmas traditions of their youth. Others are awakening to their spiritual thirst. Churches have special activities that are geared at increasing the number of personal invitations that members give. While your attendance …
Many people check out a church’s website or Facebook page prior to visiting your church at Christmas. If you are having special events at Christmas to attract new church visitors, ask yourself these questions while at your church website: What time is your Christmas Eve Service? What should I expect on Christmas Eve? Is there …
Since Christmas is coming soon, our church is in the swing of planning our Christmas outreaches. Your church might be in the planning stages as well Small Groups or Life Groups having Christmas parties for their fellowship Members having Christmas parties for their neighbors as their outreach Youth Groups having Christmas social outings or Christmas …
Christmas is coming! You’ve likely seen stores already putting Christmas stuff out, and the shopping season gets longer. I started seeing Christmas stuff in late September. . . During this time of year, many churches put together various outreaches to care for their community. We have done various shoebox programs and angel tree programs – …
Your Christmas Eve church hospitality can make a big difference in a visitor’s decision to come back. Your Christmas Eve Outreach is a wonderful opportunity to invite first time church visitors! Your members can invite their friends as well as strangers they meet out in public. Visitors come through your doors. Some will be out of …
Below is a guest article from my friend Mike Neeley, a minister with Tierra Nueva Ministries, an ecumenical ministry located in Burlington, WA, serving migrant farmworkers and inmates at Skagit County Jail. Tierra Nueva is dedicated to proclaiming the Good News of God’s reign (on earth as it is in heaven) in solidarity with the …
Mother’s Day is the third most attended church day in the U.S., just behind Christmas and Easter.
Let some of these Bible Verses shape your prayer and preparation as you prepare your sermon.
Mother’s Day 2009 may be a time to conduct special weekend event outreaches. I know several pastors that will give a sermon related to motherhood. But it’s also an opportunity for churches to engage their neighborhood. Some links have since broken.
At my kids Christmas school musical this year, the emcee said “No matter what holiday you celebrate this time of year, it’s all about giving back.” Our kids school is multi-cultural, made of immigrants from more than 30 countries and likely just as many different religions.
Over the next few days, I will be sharing some articles from guest contributors, as I will be away in Venezuela to conduct pastors training for a couple of days. Today’s article is from a close friend of mine, Rob Burns of Crestwood Presbyterian Church in Richmond Virginia. ________________________________________________ “This is the best thing that’s …
Tom Bandy writes us a reminder that our churches need to have their hospitality teams in gear for this Christmas season. Is your hospitality team prepared for visitors? We need to remember that the success of the Christmas season will largely be measured by how many ‘significant conversations’ we create between seekers and mentors. . …
Dare to Share Youth Ministries has posted an article about How to Share Your Faith Using Thanksgiving (link broken). It has a few good spiritual discussion questions that can be used during Thanksgiving celebrations. Thanksgiving weekend in America typically involves large family gatherings, more food than one could eat, and for some families, hours of …
