Last year we looked at the Church of England’s national campaign “Back to Church Sunday”, albeit a bit too late to join them on their chosen day. Instead we focused on the Advent and Christmas Season to be the occasion when we encouraged each member to invite someone along to church. Either someone who had never been before or someone who was returning home. The focus of the service was not to be on those who came (always a great fear), but on the One whom we were preparing to welcome. Invitations were available to hand out if people found it too difficult to give a verbal invitation. (They also included our full Christmas programme). I’m not saying we were inundated with people, but we saw some new and some returning friends.
Our challenge is getting people to recognise that every Sunday is “Back to Church Sunday”. Any suggestions on how to do this?
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