Tag Archives: Promotion Sunday
What’s your promotion strategy?
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Promotion Sunday is almost upon us. When do you promote? How do you promote? How do you communicate promotions to your parents?
John Saddington works at North Point, but he wrote about his experience as a dad. Click here to see the card he got in the mail.
They get a an A+ on communication.
What are you doing that is different but effective?… Read the rest
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Promotion Sunday
Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
This last Sunday was the infamous “Promotion Sunday.” Of all the “Promotion Sundays” I’ve had in the past, this one actually saw the least promotions. We’re in the process of getting portable space added to our facility (like how I termed that… it was a really sophisticated way of saying we’re getting trailers… ha!) Last year the Kindergartners were a part of elementary and this year they’ll stay with preschool… so kindergarten didn’t actually promote.
The only two things I really had my eye on was the implementation of small groups in elementary and the promotion of our 5th graders into middle school. We had two big wins!
First of all I’ll talk about the small groups. One of the first things on my plate from the moments I began at Gateway ( We even talked about it extensively during my interviews) was to launch small groups in elementary.… Read the rest
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The first promotion I’m really excited about
Posted on 16. May, 2008 by Kenny.
I’ll be honest. I’ve always hated “Promotion Sunday.”
I’ve always hated losing my 5th graders. By the time they’re ready to move on the 6th grade, I just love them too much to want to let go. I’ve invested so much into them. I’ve also hated promotion because inevitably, many of them won’t make the transition. Because the program is so different, some of the kids don’t adjust well to the difference. Sometimes it is even the parents who resist sending their kids to a program that is so different with teenagers that are so much older. So, many of these kids who don’t make the transition end up sneaking back into kids church for a few weeks or months. Eventually, many of them feel like they don’t fit and eventually stop coming.… Read the rest
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