Easter and Visitor Ideas – Build Stronger Relationships in Your Church

Easter “E” Ideas

Important: Schedule the “Spell It with an “R” Seminar at your church in weeks *& months immediately following Easter. Then the crowds see the church prioritizes Relationships. Feel free to use a new name like “Relationship Revolution” – whatever combination they feel will help the church best connect with their community.

Now Here You Go! The Big “E” Idea List for Easter!

• Find & use the “R” word in newer translations (example: 2 Cor 5:19-21 – use the included attachment as a great example).
• Apply the “Pastor of the Pew” idea – just for Easter or for ALL March/April.
• Give your Easter Message & plans a total “stem-to-stern” M.R.I. – A “Magnetic Relationship Image”. Look for an enriching a greater “R’ Emphasis in your weekly and post-Easter emphases, media, print items, ads, etc.
• Put the “R” intentionally into your Easter Salvation Sinner’s Prayer & Literature.
• Explain to your congregation: “People are not looking for a friendly church, they are looking for a Friend”. Can you unpack this briefly & help them to “get it”?
• Warm up tired phrases. Change “Newcomer” to “New Friends — or — “Newcomer/Vistor Reception” to “New Friends Center”.
• Use Testimonies of “Fruit That RRRRemained” – testimonies of those who gave hearts & lives to Christ last year.
• Remember your/ (& our Product) is “Changed Lives” and Life-change, not services, programs, or mere Christian information. Our product is Christ.
• Talk transparently & vulnerably. You as pastor and leader are the “C.R.O.” – Chief Relationship Officer. Share how and what God is doing in you and in your own personal RRRRRelationship with Jesus.
• Collect “What I like best about our church” one and 2-liners from the congregation about what they like best regarding your church. Pastor Mark
• Compile gifts to give to your new friends such as “Funniest Stories of Pastor Craig” – models from Shadow Mtn Communi Church, and Pastor David Jeremiah. They create a new one every year. Get a sample my good friend Pastor Craig Andrus. He includes one of these in every “New Friends” packet at Christian Heights AG, Sonora, CA. E-mail or call for more details.