Yes, the Evangelistic Calendar creation is one of the most important activities we engage in all year. What is an Evangelistic Calendar? Everything we do is planned out carefully, weekend by weekend, to help us accomplish the mission. We do our best to plan "stuff" at times of the year that help us to create momentum, taking advantage of and recognizing the reality that the year has a "natural flow." We do … [Read more...]
Fall Refresher
Ten Key Planning And Preparation Areas Requiring Some Focus At This Time Of The Year
As a church leader, you know there's a "routine" to ministry related to the calendar. Our days are filled with various activities and different priorities depending, among other things, on the time of year. It's the fall season, and we are all focused on executing plans for the fall put in writing many months ago. Of course, we're also focused on planning for the coming calendar year. Church staffs are having … [Read more...]
Planning Big Events
Four Main Steps In Planning And Executing Any Sizable Event In The Church
Planning and executing big events is one of the most important activities every church leader should work to understand and do well. In response to a couple of comments a while back, I wrote a series of posts on the topic. Here are links to those four posts: Scheduling and Theme Logo and Promotion Production and Execution Evaluation Take a look at these posts and contact me with questions. … [Read more...]
The Big Event … Scheduling And Theme
An Important Part Of Planning And Executing Any Big Event
I wanted to share my thoughts on and our process for planning and executing big events. We're talking about events like our Easter Eggstravaganza, Easter weekend, Kids' Camp, Stretch (Middle School Camp), and Christmas Eve. Planning for an event like Kids' Camp begins late in the year with Strategic Planning. One of the activities we spend time on during our annual planning sessions is brainstorming and agreeing … [Read more...]