The #1 Search on MorethanDodgeball.com This Summer

on August 11th, 2010

Was bouncing around on Google Analytics today and saw an interesting trend.  There was one search that was far and away the most-search-for phrase on my blog – like hundreds more than the next closest. So what is the most popular search on MorethanDodgeball.com?

Click here to experience it for yourself! It is a search looking for more information about the “hooks” we use in our high school ministry. For the past year, everything we print has had a hole in the top of it, so students could hang in up in a place where they would see it. We give away HSM hooks each weekend, encouraging students to hang it by their bed or a mirror so they could reflect on what they learned that week at church. It was one of the ways we went after

If you’re interested in getting some yourself, we purchased the hooks at Clearmedia Promotional Products.

Just as an aside, here are a couple more of the top searches recently:

JG


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Self-Service Pastoral Care Brochures

on June 27th, 2010

This weekend we launched a project we’ve been working on for several months – I’m really proud of it and the team that have put it together. We built some self-service pastoral care racks and filled them with brochures and postcards that help address common issues students face. I’ve been thinking of it as a way for students to get help and go deeper on their own, when they’re ready for a baby step forward. We’re hoping that they really take off – here’s some of the heart/strategy behind it:

  • The brochure racks are always there, so students can find help outside of service times.
  • They can pick up 1 or several that might interest them.
  • A hole is punched in the top of them so they can put them on their HSM hook.
  • Brochures focus on helping students learn about Christian doctrine and real-life issues.
  • We wrote and included some goofy topics as well for fun. Each category has a clear color, too.
  • There are 5 racks around The Refinery, we figured why not really make them available if we’re gonna do it.
  • We also include other relevant handouts/information in the racks as well (like summer calendars).
  • Volunteers will refill the racks as needed. Seeing what brochures ae being taken give us a pulse of the needs of our students.
  • Parents get a good glimpse at what we believe/are teaching their students.
  • Students that are afraid to admit a problem or talk to someone face to face about it yet can find help.
  • Next steps are clear – small groups, baptism, etc.

The writing of the content took far longer than we expected – but it turned out REALLY strong. Interested to see which ones get taken first …

JG


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