BTCS: Who will you invite?

Dear friend

Did you know that on Back to Church Sunday 2009 over 80,000 people came back to church after being invited by a friend? That’s an average of 19 extra people at each participating church.

One of those 80,000 people was Marion Kellow who attended BTCS at St Mary’s Haversham. When Marion’s friend asked her to go to church with her she thought ‘Why not?’ BTCS changed the way Marion saw church.

“Churches to me were always cold, severe places in many ways, where you got preached at and told off on a Sunday - it wasn’t much fun. Now it’s different... it’s very welcoming... I don’t think I’ve ever been to a church service where I’ve laughed so much.”

Marion joined an Alpha course at St Mary’s and encourages others to invite their friends to church.

“What is the worst that can happen - they say ‘no thank you.’ I don’t think there is any reason to be fearful of asking friends to go along. There must be a hundred and one things you invite friends to that they can’t or don’t attend.”

“Don’t just put BTCS down as a one off event - if they’ve come the first time, invite them back.”

To listen to more of Marion’s story click the link below.

It’s not too late for your church to sign up for BTCS 2010*.

If you’ve not yet ordered your BTCS resources*, make sure you go to www.backtochurch.co.uk/page/3059 by Tuesday June 15th.

Feel free to get in touch if you have any queries.

With best wishes

The Back to Church Sunday Team

Email: murgatroyd('ku.oc.hcruhcotkcab@maet','otliam') | Telephone: 0845 859 0006

* St Andrew’s is already signed up!