From Kerb to Pew“You are like light for the whole world.

A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden, and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot.

A lamp is placed on a lamp stand, where it can give light to everyone in the house.

Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:15 (Sermon on the mount)

Website/Pull-up stands

8 Different logos

Currently we are seen as• Old, slow, plodding, sleeping, large

Elephant/horse/dog/cat

• Boring, head in sand, living in a shell, moving slowly, rarely seen,

distant, cold, often unseen, , pompous, shy, remote from diocese, head

in the clouds, has to change for different audiences, slow at advertising,

dates are not always right, unwelcoming,

• Waking up out of hibernation, what is its purpose, large, slow to change,

not very outward looking, sleeping, dark, dying out, unhappy state, short

sighted, all things to some people, unwilling to evolve, bleak future.

• Proclaiming the good news, working hard to unite diocese, welcoming

and caring, kind and tender, proud, beaming, showy, held with affection

The logo

From Kerb to Pew• Website (www.churchedit.co.uk)

• Noticeboards

• Inside noticeboards

Church Website

• 65% population have internet access

• People use websites to find a new church

• A church near you

• Church members

• Christians looking for a new church

• Community members

Your website plan

• Christians looking for a church– Welcome– Weekly activities– What the church does it the community– Typical Sunday worship– Pictures– Contact information– Beliefs, denomination

Your website plan

• Local non-Christians – Welcome– What the church does in the community– Contact information– What courses are available– Community events– Avoid religious terminology

Noticeboards

• Works 24 hours a day

Inside

Straight lines neat and tidy

• Welcome to our church– key people (with photos)

• Who you are (with visuals)• What’s on (with visuals)• Prayers (with visuals)• News (with visuals)

Quality of the Welcome

• The people who welcome

• What we give people (books, leaflets,)

• The pews

• Is the church warm?

• Confidence in Worship and preaching

• After service chat & coffee