1. Church Leader Tool: Your Best Christmas Ever
Print checklist as well

2. Beginning Thoughts

3. Beginning Thoughts Plan Early
A little less than 50 days, right now if have best Christmas ever!

4. Tap Into Societal Christmas
Beginning Thoughts
Plan Early
Tap Into Societal Christmas
No other time of the year will society also be gearing up, so tapping into this and building on it
Some of that is gift giving and the commercialization
But the hymns of faith are playing in the mall, people are more generous to charities so some of the real meaning of Christmas is there
And you’re capturing some of this!

5. Tap Into Societal Christmas Lag vs Lead Metrics
Beginning Thoughts
Plan Early
Tap Into Societal Christmas
Lag vs Lead Metrics
How many at Christmas Eve? Not the real question, only after the fact,
How many resources did you provide your members
How many Facebook ads

6. Tap Into Societal Christmas Lag vs Lead Metrics Big Day Concept
Beginning Thoughts
Plan Early
Tap Into Societal Christmas
Lag vs Lead Metrics
Big Day Concept
Searcy

7. Beginning Thoughts
Plan Early
Tap Into Societal Christmas
Lag vs Lead Metrics
Big Day Concept
Prayer

8. Preparation

9. Preparation Team Planning
staff, council, evangelism, creative worship idea..share video and checklist w/ them

10. Theme-Tradition and Unique
Preparation
Team Planning
Theme-Tradition and Unique
Challenge of old story that people want to hear, but in a new way, sideways story, first person narrative-shepherd or Joseph, unique perspective like heaven on Christmas

11. Theme-Tradition and Unique Worship Planning
Preparation
Team Planning
Theme-Tradition and Unique
Worship Planning
music, preaching, special, special but not over the top, more services even if not full-gives options, Excellent but normal

12. Theme-Tradition and Unique Worship Planning Anything Special?
Preparation
Team Planning
Theme-Tradition and Unique
Worship Planning
Anything Special?
Anything special like family photo idea, giveaways-baby blanket swatch we had dosed in baby powerder,

13. this past year manger stones, what Jamie said

14. Theme-Tradition and Unique Worship Planning Anything Special?
Preparation
Team Planning
Theme-Tradition and Unique
Worship Planning
Anything Special?
Children’s Ministry Planning
Often not, but something special

15. Theme-Tradition and Unique Worship Planning Anything Special?
Preparation
Team Planning
Theme-Tradition and Unique
Worship Planning
Anything Special?
Children’s Ministry Planning
Christmas Countdown
Pretty much everyone knows, but a countdown on a way or in publicity, especially for inviting, “It’s ?? Days to Christmas. How people have you invited?”

16. Christmas Outreach
Ask to write down who invite and pray over them

17. Invest Time and Finances
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Reinterate big day, worth investing in
Will take some time and money if can afford it (even if not, do it anyway)
Keep swinging, may not hit, but if no swing, definitely not hit

18. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
7 ways, especially in our busy world, list of methods story
Link to out list of communication methods, how came to this, ok not to use all, just do it intentionally

19. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
They are your best ability, give them something to give, example of business cards or postcards, this year smaller so can put in Christmas cards
67% of Americans say if receive a personal invite from someone known very or somewhat effective in getting to visit

20. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Invites, postcards, business cards, flyers

21. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Social Media Resources
franquiz bulletin idea, youtube, facebook, also easy to advertise on facebook, honestly still trying to use Google but ask man who knows

22. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Social Media Resources
What and How to Communicate
On them have addresss, website, times
Communicate to unchurched, no churchy language
In advertising avoid churchy language, think like unchurched, benefit to them, remove fear, interest

23. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Social Media Resources
What and How to Communicate
Provide Training and Encouragement
Time in worship to explain how to use
Maybe story or testimony of invite and how made a difference
Urgency, someone needs a relationship with Jesus and this community
Also good time to model, share this

24. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Social Media Resources
What and How to Communicate
Provide Training and Encouragement
Advertising
Advertising-air cover for invites and those no one in church knows/Franuiz

25. Invest Time and Finances Communicate In Multiple Methods
Christmas Outreach
Invest Time and Finances
Communicate In Multiple Methods
Resource Members’ Invitations
Print Resources
Social Media Resources
What and How to Communicate
Provide Training and Encouragement
Advertising
Accountability and Prayer
Ask to write down who invite and pray over them

26. Sermon Preparation

27. Sermon Preparation Start Planning Now
You’ll be exhausted then, but planning now will let God start speaking to you
Already have the theme, one leader lets it “crock pot”

28. Churched and Unchurched
Sermon Preparation
Start Planning Now
Churched and Unchurched
All people, tap into being human, churched and unchurched
To use the line from O Little Town of Bethlem, all have hopes and fears,
Speak to that in plain language, speak to everyone

29. Churched and Unchurched Offer A Faith Invitation
Sermon Preparation
Start Planning Now
Churched and Unchurched
Offer A Faith Invitation
Know and feel and be something more than are
Like how Stephen Baldwin when became a Christian would be at party, people amazed, know a peace never known before
Look at strange, but later come back and want to know more

30. Sermon Preparation
Start Planning Now
Churched and Unchurched
Offer A Faith Invitation
Offer Easy Next Steps

31. Be Ready for Guests

32. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
(Outreach jumpstart, esp connection card, greeters, building

33. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
Gather Contact Information
Guest reception or new members class) or some event to come back

34. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
Gather Contact Information
Food and Fellowship
Guest reception or new members class) or some event to come back

35. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
Gather Contact Information
Food and Fellowship
Small Groups
Guest reception or new members class) or some event to come back

36. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
Gather Contact Information
Food and Fellowship
Small Groups
Next Series
Guest reception or new members class) or some event to come back

37. Be Ready for Guests Welcome System
Gather Contact Information
Food and Fellowship
Small Groups
Next Series
Next Step for Guests
Guest reception or new members class) or some event to come back

38. Wrap Up

39. Wrap Up
Celebrate

40. Wrap Up Celebrate Metrics
Metrics, total attendance, but new guests, invites given

41. Wrap Up Celebrate Metrics Thank You!
Thank you to team, share with them, thank those who invited and brought people, went above and beyond

42. Wrap Up
Celebrate
Metrics
Thank You!
Evaluate
same team

43. The description section below has a link to downloadable handouts and original documents, resources to go deeper, and reflection/discussion questions. Now who should you forward this to in order to grow their leadership?