Concepts Concepts Concepts - 6 Week Campaign

In a few short weeks we will be starting our latest Church-wide campaign. But this time we are not calling it a campaign or treating it like the 40 day campaigns we have participated it and produced in the past. After completing last years campaign we did some internal searching and questioning of staff and volunteers. We found that our volunteers and leaders felt burnt out - enjoyed the great campaigns but burnt out. There is just a lot involved from research, design, music, graphics, sermons, small groups, and more and to make it all seamlessly work together takes a large amount of willing people.

Another thing we discovered is that we pushed small groups but yet scheduled church-wide events to take place when most small groups would meet. Impeding on a regular meeting schedule proved harmful to the success of new small groups that formed. So this time around we are going basic. The staff is still putting a ton of time and energy into planning and execution but doing our best to use a minimal amounts of volunteers and leaders.

This campaign is focusing on Spiritual Disciplines as Modeled by Christ. If we are really seeking spiritual discipline, then where better to look than the man whom led a perfect life and whom we base our entire religion around. Christ as a model for our spiritual life....hmmm sounds like a pretty solid idea.

I'll post more about this campaign at later dates but we have some amazing and creative ideas planned so far and I can't wait to see how this plays out. I know this is not a new idea but it is new to us given our space and facilities, but we are attempting physical props and stage design that reflect the series we are planning. Humans are very visual and being so we associate things better with visual stimulation. Our goal is to provide something not distracting but memorable that will help someone engage with and remember the messages from the series.

Above you see what, as of now, is a design concept for our campaign. We want to build an 8 foot replica of this directional sign where each week we put the sermon title on one of the directional arrows. Hope it works and keep tuning in for updates and pictures from this adventure. Share you ideas with us as well - the more people apart of the conversations, the more ideas that come to fruition.