Ep. 80 Ways To Share Our Ministry With Your Friends

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Shows Main Idea – The question was raised the other night in our monthly Mastermind meeting about how an individual can spread the awareness of our ministry in their local church and to other spheres of influence. I thought there are many ways to do this but most folks may not be aware how they can share our ministry. Here are a few suggestions:

Show Notes

1. Send our articles to individuals.
2. Have folks subscribe to our articles. I send out an eBlast once a week.
3. Print any article(s) and give to folks, whether that’s to one person or the entire church.
4. Use any article or series for ongoing small group discussions. E.g., the three chapter communication book would make an excellent study series.
5. Teach any of our content in a “life application class” at your church, over a series of Sundays (or other days).
6. Show our 10-minute “Life Change Video Series” in a small setting and then talk through it. You could also play one and stop along the way to discuss. (This is how I teach them to my children. I “mirror” them on the TV, and we talk through them.)
7. Share our podcast with folks to give them options to choose from to listen:
8. Regularly share our content on your favorite social media sites, e.g., FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.
9. If someone is going through a difficult time, send them an article that speaks to that situation.
10. You can “ask a question on our forum for a friend” and then give them our feedback; perchance they are inhibited about asking questions on the forum.
11. Share our infographics with your friends, and also on your social media sites.
12. Use our infographics as teaching lessons.
13. If a person wants to learn how to disciple well, let them know they could “watch us counsel others” through the site. One lady told me that she had learned so much by reading our responses to others. Passive participation is one of the best-kept secrets about our site: you can “passively” learn to counsel by “sitting in” on what we’re doing.
14. If a person wants me to do a podcast (Life Over Coffee) about a subject, they can send it in, and I’ll consider it.
15. Our Life Change Videos would also be ideal for the church congregation on Sunday morning, or a Wednesday night, or another church meeting. These videos do not have to be the main thing for the service, but it could be an appetizer.
16. You could take any of our articles and teach them as sermons or teaching lessons. BTW, this is what I do. They are fully written out; they drive to point, and there are application questions at the end. You could also send the entire “message” (transcript) to your folks so they’d have it.
17. You could teach your sermon/lesson and then give them an article for the “application phase” of your sermon/lesson.
18. Use our content as homework assignments for your counseling.

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Rick Thomas

Rick launched the Life Over Coffee global training network in 2008 to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. His primary responsibilities are resource creation and leadership development, which he does through speaking, writing, podcasting, and educating.

In 1990 he earned a BA in Theology and, in 1991, a BS in Education. In 1993, he received his ordination into Christian ministry, and in 2000 he graduated with an MA in Counseling from The Master’s University. In 2006 he was recognized as a Fellow of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).