Back To Church Sunday - how was it for us?

Well I guess we have to give BTCS some good marks because (for whatever reason) we had new people at all three main services (one was a Harvest Evening one so we didn't push the BTCS idea too much for that one).

I am not sure how high over the horizon the BTCS advertising and air play was seen or heard, but the important element (for us at least) is to encourage people to actually take the time and care to invite people any time, not just BTCS. It is really amazing how unwilling most seem to be to doing this. We made a real effort to encourage inviting when we rejigged our Carol Service a couple of years back and lots of folk were brought, but then people said they thought there were too many there so didn't invite people the next year (or assumed somebody else would).

I loved the simplicity of the invitation process ("here's something I love, will you come with me?") but it would be a shame to think we do that on BTCS.

Having said all that one or two absolute pearls - the lovely older lady who invited the younger mum next door (we'd already had contact with her through one avenue, but into Church was good too). 

We will be doing some more encouraging to invite in the weeks ahead. Let's make BTCS every week!

Comments

[David Keen]

Great to hear that, well done. Often inviting the first person is the hardest thing, then when it works and people's confidence rises, it gets a little easier.