{"id":2137,"date":"2021-11-05T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/?post_type=resource&p=2137"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:08:34","slug":"3-tips-for-effective-event-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/resource\/3-tips-for-effective-event-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Effective Event Follow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a post with 3 tips for reaching out<\/a> during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. However, it\u2019s also important to follow up with those who attended or were served by your events or service projects.<\/p>\n

Many churches held some sort of fall festival or \u201ctrunk or treat\u201d over Halloween weekend. So it\u2019s possible you already have in hand contact cards from that event. If so, now is a great time to think through how you\u2019ll follow up with the folks who attended.<\/p>\n

1. Phone call, note, or personal visit<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is, perhaps, the simplest of follow-up strategies. If you have a large number of people who attended an event, such as a Fall Festival or vacation Bible school, you might consider splitting them up among the church members who volunteered at the event. This would take the burden of follow-up off of church staff or children\u2019s ministry volunteers alone.<\/p>\n

A simple phone call, note or visit saying, \u201cThank you for attending our event. Is there any way we can pray for you?\u201d can go a long way in remaining connected with folks throughout the year.<\/p>\n

2. Invitation to an upcoming event<\/strong><\/p>\n

The great thing about November and December is there are so many opportunities to connect with folks! If your congregation hosts a church-wide Thanksgiving meal, invite folks who attended VBS or a Fall Festival (with an RSVP request, of course, so you\u2019re not overwhelmed with folks you didn\u2019t expect).<\/p>\n

As you follow up with those who attended previous events, you may discover needs your church can meet during Thanksgiving and Christmas, through food boxes or by buying gifts for a family or two (more on those in the previous post I mentioned at the beginning).<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t forget to share the gospel!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may have included a gospel tract in bags you handed out during Fall Festival. If that\u2019s the case, you can follow up by asking if they\u2019ve had a chance to look it over. I\u2019d suggest training your follow-up volunteers to share a quick gospel presentation based on that tract, or another simple tool like the 3 Circles.<\/a><\/p>\n

After all, the whole reason we do outreach events is so we might reach out<\/em> to our community with the gospel! Sometimes, we can get so focused on upcoming events and weekly ministry activity that we forget to make sure we are clearly presenting the gospel to those who come to our events.<\/p>\n

Do you have some other creative outreach or follow-up ideas? Share them on our social media channels!<\/p>\n

facebook.com\/churchreplanters<\/a> and twitter.com\/churchreplanter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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