fresh & practical ideas for your journey to the summit
8 last minute recommendations for your Christmas services to make guests return in January
If you are wondering this week, “Are we doing everything we can do to reach and connect the new people coming to church for Christmas this weekend?”, then this post is for you.
5 simple but effective hacks for increasing attendance at your Next Step program this Fall
Your “One Program” for guests is always going to require the best kind of invitational promotion you can create to connect the most people possible to your church. Here are 5 hacks for this that we did recently that really made a HUGE difference…
Two ways to handle political division like Jesus did (Facebook Live summary session 11).
To say this is a challenging year to be a spiritual leader would be an understatement. After quarantining for months, protests breakout that have polarized the culture we serve so severely that it has politicized whether your church even reopens or remain closed. How can we stay focused on the right thing when forces are pulling us to one extreme or the other, especially when so much is at stake for guests?
What if your online giveaway isn't working with guests anymore? (Facebook Live summary session 10)
For years, most churches offer a welcome gift in exchange for a guest’s contact information so they can start building a relationship with them. But what if that giveaway no longer works in an online service? Here are 3 reasons a guest will share their contact info with you online.
How to connect with guests who are watching your services on demand instead of live (Facebook Live summary session 9)
Amazing. People are now finding a church in the same way they find a show they want to binge on Netflix. This has given me 3 realizations about connecting with them as “on demand viewers”.
5 principals & strategies to make sure you’re reopening right (Facebook Live summary session 8)
When it comes to defining principles and strategies for reopening our churches, I have to say that Gene Appel our Lead Pastor and the Executive Team have led us well. I decided to simply share Gene’s explanation of our strategy on video followed by a bullet point summary.
7 things I just learned for creating an online program that connects guests to your church. (Facebook Live summary session 7)
I was cohosting our first ever Next Steps Online. As we let in the guests from our zoom waiting room, all the squares with real people inhabiting them populated the screen of my laptop. That’s when Lynette’s face appeared. I was about to get schooled on what becomes possible when you create an online space to connect guests at your church.
How to deal with inappropriate comments on your live chat, and more (Facebook Live session 5 summary))
At my last Facebook Live last Tuesday, we talked about 2 things: One, the importance of creating a clear engagement pathway for your online services and two, the need to have a plan for problem people and their comments on live chat. Here is the summary of that discussion and a preview of topics we’ll cover together tomorrow at my weekly Facebook Live 8am (PST) Tuesdays at Facebook.com/gregcurtis63.
Online services, live chat hacks, & new decisions to follow Jesus (Facebook Live session 4 summary)
These days we are helping guests climb the “Cyberssimilayas” because the summit of full connection for them has become a virtual destination during this extended quarantine. The learnings from Easter weekend fell into 3 categories: Your overall online experience, live chat hacks, and using text to share their decision to follow Jesus. Explore it all here.