Second Friend Day - Elmer Towns

PREPARING FOR FRIEND DAY
This program is titled The Second Friend Day because many pastors who had a
first Friend Day commented, “I can’t wait to have a second Friend Day.” However, we
realize that in many cases it really won’t be your second Friend Day, but your third,
fourth, or even fifth. Therefore, we recommend that you do not use the name of the
resource packet, but simply call your special day, Friend Day. For that reason, we have
dropped the words The second from the title, except where we are making direct
reference to the resource packet itself
The Second Friend Day is an attendance campaign designed to spur the growth of
the church. It is intended to be implemented primarily through the worship service with
support from the evening and mid-week services and the Sunday School. This method is
recommended because attendance is generally higher in the worship services and because
the Sunday School has structure and will give a greater opportunity for the church to
gather the information required for follow-up. This section will show you how to involve
the Superintendent and teachers in planning and then folding all the church members into
the campaign effort.
The schedule of activities below is based upon a nine-week campaign. However,
only five weeks of the campaign will be in the public eye. The first three weeks require
the involvement of the church leaders only. As soon as a date for Friend Day is chosen,
write in dates for all the other weeks in this planning guide and on the planning calendar.
This will eliminate the confusion that would be caused by referring to them by number as
we have done here.
� Check each item as it is completed.
WEEK ONE DATE___________________
Monday
� Call a special meeting of the church’s top leaders, including the Sunday School
Superintendent and teachers. Ask for their support and explain how you wish each to
be involved. (See meeting agenda among the implementation materials at the end of
this section).
Tuesday
� Select all the items from the promotional section that must be printed and take them
to the printer.
� If the full-size color poster, textbook, gift book and coloring book by Church Growth
Institute will be used, decide how many are needed and print them.
Thursday