As you may know, I’m planning a new Universalist Christian church, and I’m working on a document that describes it shape and mission, particularly in light of the by-laws revision that passed at General Assembly this year. It’ll take a second passing vote — pretty darn likely — and conceives of non-local congregations within the… Continue reading Interested in giving feedback? Looking for help with new church
Category: Evangelism
Commuting to church: D.C., elsewhere tool
The folk wisdom about getting to church is that people will go as far to a church as they will go to work. That makes commuting data important for church plants, but failing that assume that someone won’t take more than a half-hour to get there. There’s a new interesting tool that maps how far… Continue reading Commuting to church: D.C., elsewhere tool
Effective evangelism observed
Last weekend, Hubby and I observed a clever and (I think) effective episode of personal evangelism. Take notes. The up-escalator was out at the Dupont Circle Metro station, so we waited with a small crowd at the elevator, some of whom had been there a couple of minutes. Two women — who had a visiting… Continue reading Effective evangelism observed
I, for one, welcome our new UUA overlords
Fans of The Simpsons will get that title. PeaceBang opined that First Parish, YouTube from yesterday’s post might be First Religious Society, Carlisle, Massachusetts, but the video meetinghouse is missing Carlisle’s distintive clock. Not that I knew that from sight; instead, I went to UUA.org to get a link to FRC Carlisle’s Web site. But… Continue reading I, for one, welcome our new UUA overlords
UUA using Google Ads
While I still think the Time magazine campaign is a costly mistake, I am heartened to see evidence (among the ads at PeaceBang) that the Unitarian Universalist Association is using Google ads, which would have been my first choice. That ad points to the special welcome page the UUA has set up. So I wondered,… Continue reading UUA using Google Ads