Comments on: Crafting Sunday Announcements That Won’t Put Your Congregation To Sleep

By: Matt Nelson

Matt Nelson — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:04:15 +0000

@csoutherland check this out: http://is.gd/yYQ2

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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:21:18 +0000

[...] check out my own column for TheWorshipCommunity.com, on how to write announcements for Christian worship servi… It’s always an honor for me to write a guest post for The Worship Community, a grass-roots [...]

By: jan_lynn

jan_lynn — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:20:26 +0000

Crafting church announcements: http://bit.ly/8eX63 Great thots on keeping it interesting & connecting. Great comments, too. Thanks, @kretzu

By: fmckinnon

fmckinnon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:31:06 +0000

@brianotte brian, thanks for the RT on TheWorshipCommunity.Com post about announcements http://bit.ly/8eX63

By: Brian Otte

Brian Otte — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:01 +0000

RT @fmckinnon: Crafting Sunday Morning Announcements That Won’t Put Your Congregation to Sleep, http://bit.ly/8eX63 // a great post.

By: fmckinnon

fmckinnon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:53:51 +0000

Crafting Sunday Morning Announcements That Won’t Put Your Congregation to Sleep, great discussion @ http://bit.ly/8eX63 – share ur thoughts

By: Kit Palmer

Kit Palmer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:14:08 +0000

Here’s a couple of announcement ideas, but this may not work for every church ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ONg5ZCxuMo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Kq0I5WL84

By: jordan

jordan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:41:23 +0000

I am FOR announcements in a worship service! There, I said what very few WL’s would. Some people have suggested we not do them as it isn’t worship. I 100% disagree.

Announcements should be an opportunity for the congregation to carry out what they have heard in a message, the who, what, when, why, how and where of Isaiah’s “Here Am I, Send Me.” Stop thinking of them as announcements and begin thinking of them as “obedience opportunities.” One way to reinforce this is to place most announcements at the end of the service after the message so they better match the Isaiah 6 pattern of response. Hit them with the Word and then give a related obedience opportunity by matching announced opportunities to the sermon as real steps of obedience worshipers can take. For example, if the message was on stewardship, announce the launch of Crown Teams or systematic online giving as the first announcement afterwards. A message communal connection? Announce the launch of new small groups and challenge people to connect. A message on living outside of your comfort zones? A trip to Vietnam to expand your boundaries.

So stop making announcements in your worship services and begin making “obedience opportunities” and you’ll find out you adore announcements, too.

[From Why I Adore Announcements and How to Stop Them at http://www.worshiptrench.com

By: Bobby Gilles

Bobby Gilles — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:00:45 +0000

Thanks, Tyler and Kendall!

Jordan: "obediance opportunities." I like it! Great thoughts.

By: Kendall Massey

Kendall Massey — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:59:38 +0000

This is an excellent read.
Also, comments are right on – good additions Nathan and Lori.

Most of the time, we have the announcements on screens – powerpoint/keynote – before and after service and stay away from spoken announcements unless we have to. Again, these have to be done early so they can be graphically pleasing and the message is clear and concise.

But I’m sure most do this anyway…

Spoken announcements can distract. I really like the tip on explaining “why we do what we do.” Greats suggestion.