We did it for the 5th time or so this past Sunday and it always blows me away. No matter how many people jump in... literally, it's always something that moves me. When you can combine the power of the gospel message with an opportunity void of excuses, something drastic is about to happen. We originally got the idea from Furtick and in August when they did it again at Elevation, then open sourced all their material. everything from Steven's talking points to instructions for the photographer.
If you've ever toyed with the idea of offering the opportunity to people to get baptized on the spot, download the file at the end of this post and check it out. It was very helpful.
What would have done differently? I think we need to change the feel of it next time. It's become redundant for the leaders. Fortunetly we have a lot of new people that haven't seen it as many times as we have, so they don't know any better. Next time I'd like to work hard at creating an environment that was more relaxing than a spa... somehow.
One thing that was huge this time though was passing off the responsibility to Marlene. She was A... wait for it... MAZING! She has a very blatant gift for caring and welcoming people and took this and ran with it. It's great to find people to do things that are better at them than you.
If you've ever toyed with the idea of offering the opportunity to people to get baptized on the spot, download the file at the end of this post and check it out. It was very helpful.
What would have done differently? I think we need to change the feel of it next time. It's become redundant for the leaders. Fortunetly we have a lot of new people that haven't seen it as many times as we have, so they don't know any better. Next time I'd like to work hard at creating an environment that was more relaxing than a spa... somehow.
One thing that was huge this time though was passing off the responsibility to Marlene. She was A... wait for it... MAZING! She has a very blatant gift for caring and welcoming people and took this and ran with it. It's great to find people to do things that are better at them than you.
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