Monday, April 14, 2008
It is always good and a real joy when we can report good news in out reach. We were talking a couple of days ago with a member of the Cape Coral Church where we were involved in a sojourn this past Feb. The church asked us to come up with an idea as to how they could get the community involved with the church. The have gospel meetings and for the most part members of the church attend but few members of the community. We developed an idea for a "Super Saturday" which included a three hour vacation bible school and a community cook out. The VBS was well attended and then another large group of people showed up for the cook out. The results were nothing short of amazing. The next morning- - Sunday- - the church had over a 25 percent increase in attendance over the previous Sunday. Many people came who had never attended the church before. Something else that is also great is that they now have at least 5 on going bible studies -- just from that outreach effort. A "Super Saturday " can be done in many different ways, but I believe they can be an excellent way to get community involvement. We leave in three weeks to work with the Hemly Rd. Church in Bayou La Batre in a mission effort. We are going to have a "Super Saturday" there. We will go thru the community with flyers and pass them out to every house making as many personal contacts as possible, inviting them to the Community Sing and cook out for the next Sat. We will also be endeavoring to set up bible studys as we make our rounds in the community. I might say at the Howell Church, we are planning to have a "Super Saturday" with a VBS, cook out and hay ride. We believe this will really involve a lot of people with the church. We are also having a gospel meeting. Again we will go into the community, house to house with flyers inviting people not only to the "Super Saturday", but also to the gospel meeting. If you have ideas about outreach that can help, please send them to me and I will share them with others. Good Night Don
# posted by Missions with Don&Rosemary @ 4:45 PM 
