Easter Outreach Ideas

I am addressing Easter cards this afternoon and plan to invite some of our neighbors for a local sunrise service and also for our church’s Easter service. As you probably know, Easter draws a lot of people to church services who otherwise would not go to church during the rest of the year.

I have given the “Jesus” film as a gift at Easter time, but realized today that I have not been that creative in using Easter as an open door for reaching people. Fortunately, I received two emails recently with a lot of good ideas that I can share with you today.

Campus Crusade’s website has an article entitled “10 Outreach Ideas for Easter“. The ideas range from gifts, to Easter egg hunts, to Facebook ads, to a strategy your church might consider (Prayer on the Porch).

Some of the items mentioned can be ordered at one of Campus Crusade’s online stores.

Our staff at our main store suggest two new resources.

1) The Case for a Creator is a new DVD based on Lee Strobel’s book of the same name. According to the email I received, “The Case for a Creator DVD is one of the most compelling arguments for the intelligent design theory useful for believers and skeptics alike.”

Click here for more infomation or to order your own copy.

2) 6 Reasons for Faith distills the essence of the Gospel into 6 points and 55 pages so you can take it anywhere. You could mail it to family or friends, hand it out when shopping, or use it for a community outreach.

Christmas

As you are shopping this month, remember that people are especially open to talk about God at Christmas time.

You can also give gifts or cookies to neighbors. (See story)

You might want to give a card and a tip to your mailman, newspaper boy, or others. You could include a Gospel tract.

Another very effective way to present the Gospel is to host a Christmas Gathering. This site will help you with all the details to have a successful evangelistic party for your neighbors and friends.

The Trick-or-Treaters

Every year, I set up a little table by the door with a bowl of candy and stacks of tracts. And then I wait.

We are on a dead-end street so we never know if we will have many or a few trick-or-treaters come to our door.

Some tracts that I use are:
In Search of the Greatest Treasure,
Have You Heard of the Four Fantastic Facts and
the Good News Comic Book and Glove
which can be found at Campus Crusade’s online store.

This year, the store is offering Scripture candy with 75 tracts of your choice.

If teenagers or adults are also at your door, you may want to have
Connecting with God
What You See is NOT All You Get
Who is He? Mini CD

You can find these at the online store as well.

I just learned that Athletes in Action is also offering some great booklets with changed-life stories from athletes. These could work for almost any age group at any time of the year, but are a great idea for giving out at Halloween.

Click here for a real-life story about witnessing on Halloween.