Outreach Ideas

Our church worships at a school, so we can’t put up any banners permanently.  However, we want to raise visibility while we are there so people can easily find us.  We put up banners on the chain link fence Zip ties work great if banners up permanently.  However, We have to ours up and down each week.  We found that these D-Ring Carabiner Hooks from Walmart (they cost 99cents for a pair) work great for this!  W

At my church, we have found the banners are a great cheap way to promote sermon series and and special events (like Christmas and Easter services).   They are the third most popular way people find us (personal invite and internet search are the top two).  Since we worship in a school, we aren’t able to put banners up during the week.   Thankfully, local land / business owners have given up permission to hang b

Different View Points of Halloween:   We are aware that in the Christian circle there are VASTLY different opinions on how Christians should treat Halloween.  Some Christians ignore it all together because of its pagan and evil roots.  Other Christians embrace the fun side of it and allow their kids to trick or treat and share with them how Christ came to save us and defeat the evil in the world.  Churches also handl

Looking for a great gift to give to first time visitors at your church? At CrossWay Church, we created a CD of a few of our favorite worship songs or songs that we sing that may be unfamiliar to them.  It not only make guests feel appreciated, but it helps them learn the songs we sing.  We made our own the cases from 11 x 17 inch card stock. They look very professional.  People are usually surprised we created them o

How should your church use social media?  Is it fad or could it have great potential for outreach and building a deeper sense of community? Our friends at Church Juice have created a how to manual that explains the ins and outs of Facebook.  It is great for Facebook newbies and folks who have been on it for years.  They give practical tips on how churches can set up their own Facebook page and use it to publicize eve

Banners are a great way to let people in your neighborhood know what is going on in your church.  You can create them for fun events or make your community aware of a new sermon series.  We have found banners to be the second best way to get new people to check out our church.  (Our website is number one.)   They are easy to store if you want to reuse them-just roll them up and tuck them away.  Here are some tips abo