Yesterday was a great day in God's house. One of the blessings for me was to see how readily people took invitations to go out to their friends, asking them to come back to church on "Back to Church Sunday".
We had 100 invitations ready to be sent out at the start of the day. By the end of morning tea, I had at least two families asking me whethere we had any more. Sadly, yesterday we didn't.
While we see if we can get some more, can I encourage everyone to push on anyway! Use some of the prayer bookmarks and adapt them to be invitations. Or, use another means altogether - letter, phone, visit, Facebook, email.
Most of us know people who used to go to church but for a variety of reasons have stopped. Research indicates that most of these people would be open to an invitation to return. Back to Church Sunday is simply a means by which we are intentional about letting these people know that we remember them, value them, and wish they were sharing with us again. Let's use the opportunity to its maximum potential.
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