Missions promotion assignment

How to publicize and promote world missions

"Hear this, all you peoples . . ." -- Psalm 49:1

An Introduction to Missions course assignment asks you to spend at least five hours during the semester publicizing and promoting a missions opportunity.

Activities to be promoted and publicized:

1. SNU's mission trip opportunities like SIMS (recruiting is done in the fall; fund-raising in the spring)
2. Mission Corps (formerly NIVS) -- year-long volunteers
   • Support of current volunteers (those serving right now)
   • Promote idea of going after graduation or between junior and senior years
   • Helping new recruits get ready

Suggestions for promotional activities

1. Announcement in chapel
2. Announcement/promotion in a local church
3. Big banner in central "well" of the Commons building
4. Bulletin boards (one in display cases in religion building hallway and one in Commons near student mailboxes)
5. Bulletin boards in local churches
6. Cafeteria table tents
7. Door hangers on room doors in dormitories
8. Helping raise prayer support and funds
9. Flyers on bulletin boards
10. Flyers posted in restrooms across campus
11. Personal emails to friends and acquaintances
12. Phone calls to past participants of Mexico trip encouraging them to go again or to recruit their friends or family members to pariciate
13. Phone calls to local churches
14. Skits in chapel
15. Special chapel
16. Table in commons to collect notes to send to overseas volunteers
17. Table in commons to give out flyers and information on one of the events

Get permission first!

Before putting up flyers and banners anywhere on campus, get proper permission first.

"What is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs" -- Matthew 10:27

    -- Howard Culbertson,

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Introduction to Missions course resources:   10/40 Window   Apple picker parable     Ways to avoid becoming a missionary    Creative Access countries   Borden: No regrets   Gospel-ready countries   Interview     Missions slogans    Missions statistics   My church   Sign the pledge     If all the world was just one village    Are the "heathen" lost? Answers to an oft-asked question     Seeking God's will?    African martyr's commitment     Mission trip fundraising     Ten ways to ruin mission trips    Nazarene Missions International resource