Share the Good New of Christmas

Research has shown that 85% of unchurched people say they would attend church during the Christmas season if invited by someone they know. That means that your church has a great opportunity to see new people come through your doors these next couple months if you can mobilize, challenge, and encourage your memebers to invite their friends and neighbors.

Crossway has put together a great opportunity for you to give out a New Testament along with a witnessing tract and an invitation to a church service for only $1.00.

That means that if you spend $100 to invite 100 people you can expect to see 85 new unchurched people (more when you factor in families) in your church! That is a great investment.

Watch the video to learn more.

Operation Worship Bibles

Ever wished you could say thank you to our service men and women? Tyndale Publishers has put together a great program to do just that. For only $4.99 you can purchase a bible, write a note of thanks in it and send it to someone serving in the military.

This would be a great program to do church wide. We can supply you with as many cases as you need and once they are signed you simply attach the enclosed shipping label and mail them back to Tyndale to be distributed. Currently Tyndale is paying the shipping back to them, but this only lasts through 2009. Starting in 2010 you will need to pay shipping to send them back.

Watch the video on the left to hear from service men and chaplains on how this ministry really matters.

Operation Christmas Child

The video speaks for itself so I will let it. But if your church isn't already participating in this but want to encourage your members to be a part of it, Lighthouse is a relay center. That means people can drop shoe boxes off to us any time between now and November 21st and we will make sure they get to the right place.

This really is a great ministry and it is amazing how much joy can be packed in one little box. We have lots of resources such as bulletin inserts, promo DVD's and more if you want to promote it to your church.

Advent Conspiracy

Worship Fully

Spend Less

Give More

Love All

Those are the four key points of Advent Conspiracy. It is a way of looking at Christmas that could radically change the way we worship and annouce to the world the birth of Christ. It takes the focus off of how much we spend and puts it on how much we love.

There is a book, study guide and DVD and it is perfect for a small group.