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Small Church Outreach

Dave Jackson — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:42:18 +0000

Outreach has come out with their Small Church America issue with tips and insights from small churches and what they are doing to build their members, and lead other to Christ.

You can buy the issue here

Here is a sample as the fourth of July was a few weeks ago.

Fourth of July Parade
“One of the most effective outreaches for us has been our town’s Fourth of July parade,” says Pastor Shane Frazier. “Here in our county of 55,000 people, the parade is a big deal, and 25,000-30,000 people attend. Knowing this, our church goes all out and participates in the float-decorating contest, tying it in with an upcoming message series. For a $10 entry fee and the cost of the giveaways we pass out, we’ve seen a lot of people give church a try.

“Last year, the parade theme was ‘Lights, Camera, Boone County,’ and we just happened to be launching a new series called ‘At the Movies’ the following Sunday. We made a huge rotating movie reel that showed what looked like movie scenes, which actually were pictures of Freedom [Church] attendees. We attached a large popcorn box imprinted with the date of the message series. About 50 volunteers passed out microwave bags of popcorn with an insert in them about our church and the new series. It was a huge hit! We won first place in the overall floats. Now, we have a sponsor this year.”
—Freedom Church, Lebanon, Ind.

Small Church Outreach is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

The Courage to Stand Up

Dave Jackson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:38:00 +0000

You rarely hear anything good about Christianity, let alone someone saying it can save someone’s life. Well Bret Hume did just this on a recent Fox news message. Now I’m sure this will set off a bunch of scoffing by the media, but it was inspiring to see someone in such a public place stand up for their faith.

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More Uses For Twitter

Dave Jackson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:34:45 +0000

I just read a great article about using Twitter as an outreach tool. I mentioned in a previous episode about how I use twitter to share prayter concerns, and announce events (remember many people receive “tweets” on their phone).

This article talks about how using the advanced search features you can filter by zip code to see tweets from your area. Thats is really cool. You can do this via search.twitter.com

To read the article click here

More Uses For Twitter is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

Special Pricing on Christian T-Shirts

Dave Jackson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:53:26 +0000

Kerrusso (one of the more popular Christian T-Shirts companies) us running a special. Beginning 12/6-12/12/09 ALL T-SHIRTS ARE SPECIALLY PRICED AT $15.99 These include:

Silent Night T-Shirt

God Is My Hero T-Shirt

Silent Night T-Shirt

Fearless T-shirt

Lifeguard T-Shirt

Tougher Than Nails T-Shirt

Pick Jesus 2 T-Shirt

just to name a few.

Special Pricing on Christian T-Shirts is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

The Blind Side – Great Movie Night

Dave Jackson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:02:12 +0000

My wife and I went out last weekend. She is a huge Sandra Bullock fan (so I’ve seen my fair share of chic flicks). This weekend we found a great movie called “The Blind Side” that is based on a true story of a upper class Christian family that takes in a poor African American boy.

The story is great and pulls at your heart strings. Tim McGraw does a great job as her husband. The best part is it depicts Christians – not as purple haired freaks that point at the sky when they sing- but as loving caring people who you might enjoy getting to know. I highly recommend the movies and we plan on making a church outing to make it a fun event.

For whatever reason the movie company won’t let me imbed the video, but you can watch the clip at you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khtBvQdxta4

The Blind Side – Great Movie Night is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

Great New Resource “Fish With Trish”

Dave Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:43:30 +0000

I’m not sure how I found her, but I just discovered Trish Ramos. She has an awesome site called “Fish with Trish” that has all sorts of evangelism ideas. I really like some of her short youtube videos that show you just how easy (and safe, and non threatening, etc) it is to share your faith. This video shows her “two for one” deal at the fast food drive-thru.

Great New Resource “Fish With Trish” is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

Got Style Review Coming

Dave Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:06 +0000

Recently I attended a small group session on evangelism. Here are a few things I learned:

1. Evangelism isn’t somethng that happens at 7 PM on Tuesday nights.

2. Evangelism has a goal of introducing people to the truth – not so much converting them to Christ (the holy spirit will take care of that).

In the session I took a survey that had all sorts of different questions about my preferences in different situations. Well my next small group meeting is in Janurary and I didn’t get the chance to evaluate my answers. The survey was out of the book “Got Style – Personality-Based Evangelism” by Jeffery Johnson. The description at amazon.com states:

”Identify the evangelism style that suits your personality, learn from biblical and contemporary role models who employ the same strengths, and discover the joy in introducing family, friends, or strangers to the life of faith.”

So I bought the book, and will be reviewing it in the future. If you would like to read along with me you can order the book here (affiliate link)

Got Style Review Coming is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

2012 Movie Piggy Back Party

Dave Jackson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:52:18 +0000

A new movie came out this weekend called “2012″ in it it depicts the world coming to an end (with fabulous special effects – see the trailer below) on December 21, 2012. I have not seen the movie, and can’t give a review, but it will get people thinking, “What if it’s true?” People will start to ponder their mortality.

What is true is Jesus Christ. He said he came to testify to the truth. So why not “piggy back” on all the money the studio is spending on advertising, on all the hype and “water cooler” talk, and find a place at the theater where people come when they come out and hand out flyers that ask “What if today was December 21, 2012, would you go to Heaven? Something to point them to Christ.

2012 Movie Piggy Back Party is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

It’s Never Too Late To turn Around

Dave Jackson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:27 +0000

I was following the drumer from Casting Crowns on twitter and he shared that a director from planned parenthood had quit and went to work for a pro-life organization. Check out the video.

It’s Never Too Late To turn Around is a post from: Grow Your Church Show

7 is Greater Than 1

Dave Jackson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:26 +0000

I just came across this video. It realy shows that

1. The church is not the building.
2. God called us to serve
3. If you want to help the world realize that Christians are all right wing nut jobs who sit and judge others as a hobby, go out and prove it.

You have six days left on your calendar. What are you going to try in those spots?

7 is Greater Than 1 is a post from: Grow Your Church Show