Here is how you get started
- Start planning now to launch a sermon series with the Official A.D. Church Kit, and invite your community to attend
- Make the Official A.D. Study & Guidebook available to your congregation to help them go more in depth into the stories of Acts
- Encourage your church members to host A.D. viewing parties in their homes, and invite their neighbors, friends, and co-workers
- Social media: Spread the word about your A.D. sermon series through social media!
Key Planning Dates for Churches
March 5—Four weeks before Easter
March 5—Four weeks before Easter
- Get the Church Kit and utilize the Campaign Planning Guide to start preparing for maximum outreach impact through your sermon series and viewing parties. Plan to launch your A.D. campaign on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, the day of the series premiere on NBC.
- Send out customized A.D.-branded direct mail postcards to invite your entire community to attend your sermon series and viewing parties.
March 22—Two weeks before Easter
INREACH:
OUTREACH:
INREACH:
- Show the A.D. series trailer or one of the Church Kit video clips at your weekend services to cast the vision with your congregation and explain what your church will be doing
- Encourage each member in your congregation to invite at least one person to your Easter service
- Begin praying for the campaign as a church.
- Announce the campaign to your congregation through email, your website, and bulletin announcements
- Begin displaying A.D. banners and posters to encourage participation and as a reminder that the campaign is coming up
OUTREACH:
- Provide your congregation with easy-to-use invitation tools, such as Door Hangers and Invite Cards, to hand out to their friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
- Encourage your church members to use social media to invite their friends and family to viewing parties and your sermon series
- Make A.D. Viewing Party Kits available to church members to help them prepare to host viewing parties.
- Display "Join us for the epic A.D. Series" banners on the outside of your church to let people know about your sermon series. Set up 1-2 weeks before the series starts and display for the entire series. Several designs, sizes and stands are available.
- Display posters around the community
April 5—Easter Sunday!
- Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus through the first sermon in the Church Kit, and show the corresponding A.D. video clip to get people excited about watching the series premier that night on NBC.
- Plan to give visitors the Official A.D. Study & Guidebook as a gift for visiting, and invite them to return in the coming weeks to continue to dive into the life-changing stories in the Book of Acts.