Thursday, May 22, 2008
Just read Mike's blog and he is paying close attention to the fires in Fla. He also has an update on the upcoming hurricane report. You can go to his Disaster Assistance blog and message at http://www.mikesmissionupdates.blogspot.com/
At the Howell Church we are working on our upcoming "Super Saturday" that is to take place Sat. July 26th. We are planning a three hour VBS followed by a cook out, followed by a hay ride. In preparation for this, we are encouraging our young people to make sure they invite their friends. We are also planning a door to door, house to house campaign. We plan to visit all of the houses in the community with a personal printed invitation to attend. We plan to put large posters up in many of the places of business. The names address and telephone numbers of all who attend will be taken so that we can follow up encouraging them to attend the church in Howell. We hope to set up several bible studies from this effort. We have found that these "Super Saturday" VBS's are an excellent way to engage the surrounding community. We are working now to put together a seminar that we can present on our mission work with other churches so that they too, if they desire, can make use of this "Super Saturday" method in Church Growth.
The material from the Sycamore Bible Bowl should be arriving anytime now. At Howell, we are looking forward to fielding a competitive team for the Bible Bowl that is in Sept.
It has been said, When you show an interest in people, they show and interest in you. Could it be, that as the church shows and interest in the community, the community will show an interest in the church? "I think so".
Good Night, Don
At the Howell Church we are working on our upcoming "Super Saturday" that is to take place Sat. July 26th. We are planning a three hour VBS followed by a cook out, followed by a hay ride. In preparation for this, we are encouraging our young people to make sure they invite their friends. We are also planning a door to door, house to house campaign. We plan to visit all of the houses in the community with a personal printed invitation to attend. We plan to put large posters up in many of the places of business. The names address and telephone numbers of all who attend will be taken so that we can follow up encouraging them to attend the church in Howell. We hope to set up several bible studies from this effort. We have found that these "Super Saturday" VBS's are an excellent way to engage the surrounding community. We are working now to put together a seminar that we can present on our mission work with other churches so that they too, if they desire, can make use of this "Super Saturday" method in Church Growth.
The material from the Sycamore Bible Bowl should be arriving anytime now. At Howell, we are looking forward to fielding a competitive team for the Bible Bowl that is in Sept.
It has been said, When you show an interest in people, they show and interest in you. Could it be, that as the church shows and interest in the community, the community will show an interest in the church? "I think so".
Good Night, Don
# posted by Missions with Don&Rosemary @ 5:07 PM 
