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.
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.
Most churches experience an influx of church visitors at Christmas time. Churches have special activities that are geared at increasing the number of personal invitations that members give. While your attendance may swell at Christmas time, the critical question is
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 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.
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 …
When the Christmas season approaches, your church calendar gets full. Volunteers step up for all the special activities.
As part of your planning, find ways to refresh the vision of great church hospitality and first impressions.
Here are 5 things we remind ourselves every Christmas season
