
As I stood waiting to receive my sandwich it dawned on me that the church could learn something from Chick-Fil-A. We should have an annual Labor Day Giveaway. This would be a great way to get our AWOL members back in church. Every member or guest that wears his or her favorite "Jesus apparel" to church the Sunday before Labor Day would receive a free chicken sandwich. It can be a WWJD bracelet, a t-shirt with an embroidered fish symbol, a prayer of Jabez prayer shawl, or even a "faith, hope, and love" toe ring. Surely attendance would soar. After all, everybody loves Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. They sold over 270 million of the things last year. No doubt people would show up in mass for a free one and probably no one would complain about the length of the service or the overcrowding.
Now I know some people would complain saying the expense is just not worth it. I mean, do we really want to spend thousands of dollars just to get people to come to church? But wait, think about it. If the thousands of members who never come to church came to get their free sandwich certainly they would drop at least a dollar in the offering plate. Some might even drop a ten spot in the plate. If nothing else we would break even.
I think I am really on to something. If people won't come for the love of Jesus maybe they will come for the love of a chicken sandwich. : )
Journey On,
Michael
I think you're definitely on to something! I especially like the break-even proposition...
ReplyDeleteI like it as long as we can wear shorts and flipflops.......Haha. I'll do it if you will.....lol
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