Introducing Grace Church eVites

Sorry for the long hiatus, I suffered a coup d'etat lead by the tyranny of the urgent. Thankfully I survived and control is being restored. It remains to be seen whether I'm still in power or not :)

My co-workers will tell you, when they're away and I fill-in for them, I have a tendency to upset the apple cart and make changes. I'm proud to say that I resisted this temptation last week while I had the opportunity to handle the webpage for the week. I dutifully updated information only and didn't reface the webpage or anything like that.


I did roll out a new piece we've been working on for almost an entire year, the eVite. An eVite is an email message, containing information provided by Grace Church, that you can use to invite people to an upcoming Sunday or message series. Right now, the eVite highlights the Mansion of Prayer message series that kicks off this Sunday. The email message generated by the eVite not only includes information about the message series, but also includes services times, directions and other pertinent information for someone who's never been to Grace before.

Our hope is to roll out a new eVite about 2-3 weeks in advance of the next message series so you can invite people early and often.

Here's a little tip. If you have a real-time internet connection and you don't delete the eVite message, the graphic will update when we change the eVite to the next message series. For example, the eVite highlights Mansion of Prayer right now. Next month, we'll switch to the Raising G-rated Kids in an R-rated World. When we switch, the message sitting in your inbox will change as well.

Check out the eVites at http://www.lgbc.org/gracechurch/sunday/invitation/evite.htm

We have some additional plans in development to further promote upcoming message series and events. We are becoming more and more cognizant of the people who enter our facility, a captive audience we can target in an attempt to invite us to join on a Sunday morning. Don't for a second think that these methods release us from our responsibility to make personal contacts - a personal invitation will always be the most effective.