Comments on: Fall Push? http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/ theology. church. culture. life. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt P. http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/#comment-4481 Matt P. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:35:49 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=957#comment-4481 We do have a ton of big churches in our area. I toiled greatly about mailing anything. A pastor friend told me that the mailer is not to get "cold visitors" but rather to give your people something to talk about. So, we will send out a mail piece that hits the second week of Sept. The verbiage on the piece is something to the effect of "no fluff, all bible." We'll see.... We are relaunching our small group ministry... we have put a couple "momentum building" opportunities on the calendar... our area is very tied into the school district's calendar so we have had many people gone over the summer and expect more consistency with the fall. Our marketing, aside from word of mouth, has been pretty non-existent. However, it has produced healthy organic growth that fits well with the vision God has given. We are in an extremely consumer driven culture and the marketing approaches by most churches fit right into that mold. We do have a ton of big churches in our area. I toiled greatly about mailing anything. A pastor friend told me that the mailer is not to get “cold visitors” but rather to give your people something to talk about. So, we will send out a mail piece that hits the second week of Sept. The verbiage on the piece is something to the effect of “no fluff, all bible.” We’ll see….

We are relaunching our small group ministry… we have put a couple “momentum building” opportunities on the calendar… our area is very tied into the school district’s calendar so we have had many people gone over the summer and expect more consistency with the fall.

Our marketing, aside from word of mouth, has been pretty non-existent. However, it has produced healthy organic growth that fits well with the vision God has given. We are in an extremely consumer driven culture and the marketing approaches by most churches fit right into that mold.

]]> By: jason http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/#comment-4480 jason Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:31:12 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=957#comment-4480 Oh, and we don't have the dilemma you described. We don't have tons of big churches in our area. And no one really utilizes direct mail (so it's actually been a valuable tool for publicity for us). So for us what we're doing this fall is really trying to take into account our area and not just mimicking what other, bigger churches are doing. Oh, and we don’t have the dilemma you described. We don’t have tons of big churches in our area. And no one really utilizes direct mail (so it’s actually been a valuable tool for publicity for us).

So for us what we’re doing this fall is really trying to take into account our area and not just mimicking what other, bigger churches are doing.

]]> By: jason http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/#comment-4479 jason Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:46:17 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=957#comment-4479 We're a young church (6mo into it). We've been building some grass roots momentum this summer. We're starting a new teaching series in September that we're utilizing for publicity. We have a mailer we're sending out in the area. We're publicizing via craig's list (free and worth a try) We're serving at a city-wide labor day festival in our town. We've created an interactive CD-Rom to give away (sound more impressive than it really is but looks really cool). We're passing out flyers at local venues (our series relates to the music scene). We're placing an ad in an alternative newspaper. Through this paper we're sending out an ad in their email newsletter. We're hosting a family event at our school this Saturday. Word of mouth. This is some of what we're doing. We’re a young church (6mo into it). We’ve been building some grass roots momentum this summer. We’re starting a new teaching series in September that we’re utilizing for publicity.

We have a mailer we’re sending out in the area.
We’re publicizing via craig’s list (free and worth a try)
We’re serving at a city-wide labor day festival in our town.
We’ve created an interactive CD-Rom to give away (sound more impressive than it really is but looks really cool).
We’re passing out flyers at local venues (our series relates to the music scene).
We’re placing an ad in an alternative newspaper.
Through this paper we’re sending out an ad in their email newsletter.
We’re hosting a family event at our school this Saturday.
Word of mouth.

This is some of what we’re doing.

]]> By: Thursday Links | Subverting Mediocrity http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/#comment-4478 Thursday Links | Subverting Mediocrity Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:32:44 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=957#comment-4478 [...] Joe Thorn looking to find out what churches are doing for the fall push.  Check it. [...] [...] Joe Thorn looking to find out what churches are doing for the fall push.  Check it. [...]

]]> By: Nat http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/14/fall-push/#comment-4477 Nat Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:57:57 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=957#comment-4477 We actually had a Teacher Training Day and have been pleasantly surprised by the excitement that has trickled into the church and beyond. Our church had never had a plan or strategy for our teachers and what was being taught. Thankfully, that's all changed now. We actually had a Teacher Training Day and have been pleasantly surprised by the excitement that has trickled into the church and beyond.

Our church had never had a plan or strategy for our teachers and what was being taught. Thankfully, that’s all changed now.

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