Invite!
My good friend Michael shared a variation of this on his blog last week. I loved it enough to steal it and share it with you.
Regardless of all the marketing we do – the vast majority of people who show up at Freedom Church each week do so because of a personal invitation. Each week we give out invite cards to help you invite your friends and you do an incredible job of doing just that! Freedom is the most “inviting” church I have ever encountered. That being said, here are a few tips to take it to the next level.
- Hand them to people you meet and say “I’d love to invite you to my church.”
- Give them out in drive thru lanes.
- Put a stack at your office, store or place of work.
- Ask if you can set a stack out in a business that you frequent.
- Give them to neighbors, friends and co-workers.
- Leave them on tables at restaurants to invite your server (with a GREAT tip. If you are a crappy tipper – save the invite card for someone else – and stop eating out at restaurants. Please).
- Make a list of five people and go seek them out.
- Ask God to give you an opportunity to give them out.
- Give them out in the lunchroom or before class begins.
- Keep a few in your wallet, purse or car – and give them away as you get the opportunity.
Don’t underestimate the power of a simple invitation! You don’t have to have all the answers in order to help share the good news of Jesus or invite someone to church! It’s an incredible opportunity!
