The Bible Society’s Jesus All About Life campaign is about to get under way. Here are some key dates:
September 7 – Viral Campaign (that means, it starts on the internet through Digital media).
September 14 – Outdoor Advertising (you’ll start to see the ads popping up at bus stops around NSW)
September 27 – TV Advertising (our ads will be featured on prime time TV and run for 4 weeks)
We hope NACers and WACers will be involved in three ways. First, pray. Praise God for all the good works he has done leading up to the campaign. Pray for Church Leaders and spokespeople, to give them wisdom and the right words to say when responding to the press regarding the campaign
Second, our banner will be going up on 14th along with hundreds of others. Point it out to people you know. Ask them if they’ve seen the ads when they come on. Ask them what they think. In the next couple of weeks we’ll give you some ideas about how to get from the ads into conversation about the gospel.
Third, give a copy of The Essential Jesus to your friends. It’s Luke’s Gospel with other helpful stuff added. We have ample copies and can get more. I gave away two copies to strangers on Wednesday afternoon without even being there. I asked some shop-keepers we’ve been building relationships with for nearly 20 years to put some freebies on the counters. Two went within an hour.
You might offer to read it with your friend/neighbour you’ve been praying for all year. You might suggest that some neighbours get together to study it, a sort of reading group. You’ll think up lots of ways to use it if you’ve been connecting with your neighbours all year.
If you haven’t been praying and connecting, then start now. You can always give someone a copy of The Essential Jesus at some later date.
In fact, we can all keep making connections with neighbours so they might connect with God right up until we die. Connect09 is just the beginning. Please don’t wait until you die to make a beginning at connecting. Then it will be too late!
Neil
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