wow, what a great event! no publicity or advertising - we just put a welcome message on the church sign and set up in the parking lot - we just wanted to meet our community and have them meet us - we wanted to let them know we weren't a cult or anything
of course we had a couple of things to get their attention, a huge inflatable slide rented by a couple in the church was the big attention-getter - and yes i took a quick slide before the night was over - free hot dogs and corn dogs (we even had a 10 year old girl who had never tasted a corn dog!), cokes and of course candy - and tons of people came through our parking lot
no we didnt collect names and addresses or require them to sit through a sermon - that was not the purpose - we just wanted to meet our community and have them meet us - period - and that we did, in an amazingly successful way - because we stayed on point
the 29:11 reason for existence is to engage the community - we're working hard to not forget that and lose our focus
result? mission accomplished - engaged dozens and dozens of people we didnt know - and had the opportunity to share the 29:11 dream with a lot of people
of course we had a couple of things to get their attention, a huge inflatable slide rented by a couple in the church was the big attention-getter - and yes i took a quick slide before the night was over - free hot dogs and corn dogs (we even had a 10 year old girl who had never tasted a corn dog!), cokes and of course candy - and tons of people came through our parking lot
no we didnt collect names and addresses or require them to sit through a sermon - that was not the purpose - we just wanted to meet our community and have them meet us - period - and that we did, in an amazingly successful way - because we stayed on point
the 29:11 reason for existence is to engage the community - we're working hard to not forget that and lose our focus
result? mission accomplished - engaged dozens and dozens of people we didnt know - and had the opportunity to share the 29:11 dream with a lot of people
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