How does your Stonecroft Outreach Group or Stonecroft Bible Study engage and invite women from other generations?
Often, we spend time with those who are in our same stage of life. But to expand our influence and reach those who live in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and marketplace, it takes a special effort. Stonecroft is committed to reaching all generations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
And, Stonecroft has always trained and equipped those who are coming after us.
So, how do you do it? What works? Share your story about how you have engaged women from other generations.
(Remember, too, that other Blog items are still ‘active’. We’ve had several new comments posted this week on the Welcome posting.)
This month our two groups in Topeka had a Sports Fashion Show to go with our golf them when Dorea Potter from Oklahoma spoke. Susan Hutton,a young Chair of one of the groups asked four teenagers to model the sports clothes. We also invited lady golfers that we knew. Two of the young models brought their mothers who are young and they want to come back! The lady from the Sports Store was young and came to both luncheons to narrate the fashion show. She heard the gospel twice! We are also trying to ask ‘young’ people to do our music in both of our Topeka groups.
Deanna
Deanna I love this idea of getting the generations together! Thanks for sharing
Pamela Cahill
Field Director New England
This month our Outreach group presented the evening program at a local Campmeeting grounds. Seventy people enjoyed a prime rib dinner provided by the Campmeeting Association, then 197 people attended our “Guest Night” service.
We accepted the invitation to participate with trepidation since we could not set up supplies as usual. But the event gave us broad exposure in the community and forced us to depend on God, which is always a good thing. I look forward to seeing some of the Campmeeting people at our regular Outreach meetings.
The most successful outreach event we ever held was a “Sentimental Journey” Fashion Show of wedding dresses of the past (recent or long past!). For several months prior to the June event attendees were encouraged to participate either by wearing their own wedding dress in the fashion show or enlisting someone else to wear it. The results? 48 of our 106 guests were first time attendees. There were 18 models, some wearing their own dress, some wearing their Mother’s dress, others wearing either their grandmother’s dress or that of an older friend. It’s actually been four years since that event so I think I’ll pass this on to our wonderful new Program Coordinator, Jessica Dunn who only three weeks ago gave birth to beautiful Natalie Jewell Dunn! Maybe someday we can look forward to Natalie modelling Jessica’s wedding dress!
Once a quarter we change from our regular luncheon meeting to an evening dinner. We make a special effort to invite working women who wouldn’t be able to attend during the day. It’s no extra work and reaches many more younger women.