MAXIMIZE THE DEVOTIONAL'S IMPACT
Here are a few ideas on how you can make the best use of them:
Overall Distribution
The best way to ensure Success with your “personalized” devotionals is to assign one person to oversee distribution.
Distribution and Uses within your church:
- Coordinate a staff volunteer to make sure the devotionals are placed where members can pick them up – by every doorway/entry/exit.
- Mention in your announcements that they are available.
- Include in new visitor packets or in follow-up letters.
- Get your business people to take a quantity for their employees, customers and clients.
- Offer them in your book store.
- Sunday school teachers can use them to teach or illustrate in class.
- Hand out to members to give to unsaved friends, family and co-workers.
- Distribute them at special events in the church (plays, concerts, etc.)
- General outreaches from your church
- Food pantries
- Nursing home ministry
- Hospital visitation
- Hospital lobbies
- Intensive care unit packets
- Retirement home lobbies
- Doctor’s office lobbies
- City missions
- Outside supporters of your ministry (as a thank you)
- Prison ministry
- University outreaches/ministries
- Send to military personnel friends/family in your congregation.
- Target an area of 200 or 300 homes. Mail the devotionals and invite the families to church with a letter.
- Local community visitation
