Dover to play for State Championship

Dover – 60 Tatnall – 50 

Last night at the Bob Carpenter Center Dover High beat Tatnall in the Boys Basketball semifinals 60-50. 

The Senators were lead by Senior Corey Crawford’s 29 points. He hit three 3-pointers and scored his 1,000th HS career point in the game’s first quarter. Crawford finished the night going 6 for 8 from the 3-point line. 

Dover will play Sanford in the State Championship Game on Saturday @4P at the Bob. 

This will be Dover’s fourth trip to the State Championship game. But they have never won the title. 

Hopefully this year they can win it all! 

GO Senators! 

  

Hornets Marching towards NCAA tournament

DSU vs S Carolina State 

The Delaware State University Hornets are 1 win away from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship and a possible trip to the NCAA tournament. 

DSU plays tonight in the semifinals against South Carolina State. 

Delaware State and S Carolina have already met on the basketball court this season. SCSU visited Dover on January 11 w/ the Hornets winning 67-58 on a great second half comeback.

If the Hornets win tonight, they will play in the MEAC Championship game, which will be broadcast Saturday @2P on ESPN2. The winner of the MEAC receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Go Hornets!

Summary of Games Info

Who – Dover vs Sanford
When – Saturday @4P
Where – Bob Carpenter Center – Newark DE
Listen – 1150 AM & WDEL.com 

Who – DSU vs South Carolina State
When – Friday @8P
Where – Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Winston-Salem NC
Listen – 1290 AM, 1450 AM, & WDOV.com
Watch – MEACsports.com 

Who – MEAC Men’s Baseketball Championship
When – Saturday @2P
Where – Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Winston-Salem NC
Listen – 1290 AM, 1450 AM, & WDOV.com
Watch – ESPN2 & MEACsports.com

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Here are a few updates, improvements, and friendly reminders concerning the Database Ministry @CAG, affectionately known as ShelbyLife.

1) ShelbyLife@yahoo.com – my calvarydover.org email is still unreliable. please email me using ShelbyLife@yahoo.com

2) Report Request – tired of copying-n-pasting? cant always find that super-secret report-requesting email address? then here’s good news for you! I’ve created an easy and convienent Google Form for submitting report requests. the online form, along w/ print and text message options, are available at http://ShelbyLife.calvarydover.org/reportrequest/

3) ShelbyLife.calvarydover.org – more updates will come to the website in the near future. stay tuned by signing up here – http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ShelbyLife/posts

4) ShelbyLife Toolbar – you’ll have quick and easy access to Report Request, Contact Reporting, and even Info Update. the SL Toolbar provides convienent use of all the important functions of ShelbyLife.calvarydover.org w/ just a few clicks. it also features built-in search, customizations, and auto-updates. download yours today – http://ShelbyLife.ourtoolbar.com/

Hope these help.
Let me know of questions, or if you want help w/ any of these.
And, GO Phils!

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830A – emails

930A – LIFE Attendance

1015A – CAM Postcards

1045A – Guest List

1100A – updated E-attendance
– received a request
– easier form

1145A – lunch

1245P – emails

1P – synced TB w/ yahoo for computer change

2P – WED LIFE attendance

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930A – Answering emails

1030A – CAM Postcard mailing
– reviewing out-of-state mailing procedures
– emailed CAM to final numbers approval

1130A – Inputting Guests / SWC Attendance

1145A – CONNECT Chart

1P – Inputting Guests

1P – Lunch

2P – Kids Church Attendance

215P – meeting
– discussing process of attendees vs prospects

315P – Kids Church Attendance

345P – SS Attendance

415P – meeting
– discussing process of attendees vs prospects

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Below is the email I sent out to the CAG Staff regarding Attendee Review Month and the upcoming Spring 2010 Phone Directory.

Team CAG -

*** Attendee Review ***
To coincide with the publication of the Spring 2010 Phone Directory, I am implementing a month-long Attendee review.

*** You too, can help. ***
Please assist in the accuracy of Calvary’s database, and the Phone Directory, by

1) Verifying / Updating your individual / friends / family information (i.e.Names, Address, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, Marital Status, Births, Deaths).

Updates can be accomplished by visiting ShelbyLife.calvarydover.org/InfoUpdate or by completing a Update Form available at the Help Center.

2) Quickly reviewing the attached file.

Attached is a Name List of our current regular attendees.
If you know anyone on this list that is not a regular attendee of Calvary, for whatever reason, please let me know.
Ministry Team members will be getting more detailed lists.

*** Beware the Ides of March ***
Submissions are due March 15th.

The Spring 2010 Phone Directory will go to press on March 30, 2010.

I’ll need the Resource Room copier the 30th, 31th, and, possibly, the 1st.
In an effort to make it easier for all, I will start printing at 8A March 30th.

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Recently, I’ve been discussing retention rates w/ our Associate Pastor.

I’ve processed reports that showed individuals entered in 2009. The attendee report showed individuals entered in 2009 that are now attendees and sorted it by age. There was also a prospects report that showed individuals entered in 2009 that are still prospects. The prospects report showed visit dates, entered date, age. The attendee report was easy to analyze, but the prospect report was difficult to analyze to a clear conclusion.

We are asking ourselves if we are capturing a significant percentage of the area population. Are our visitors staying at our church? Is there an age segment that is more proportionally staying or leaving?

Looking at charts and graphs seems is like having little tiny boxes to put people into.

We need to not only analyze these numbers, but also apply the analysis to correctly minister to these individuals.
What in their life journey made them stay or leave the church? And what can be our part in that life journey?

BTW – I also created a Pandora ShelbyLife Station. Although I didnt realize you can only listen to it for 40 hours a month for free, then you have to pay $1 for the rest of the month.

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Found this interesting article about a Miami family that moved to North Dakota. They moved 1,800 miles b/c of financial incentives and good marketing. The small Midwestern-town 45 miles outside Bismarck was giving cash and free land to encourage families to make it their home. There was also the assumptions of friendliness, low crime rate, and low cost-of-living usually associated with life in a small town.

The family highlighted in the article was greatly disappointed though.

There was the free land, cash, and low taxes.

But the big disappointment was the anti-friendliness. A few of the better quotes from the family on the subject:

No one really wants new people here.

People prejudge you without getting to know you,

People thought I was a drug dealer,

How does the modern church parallel w/ this small Midwestern town?

We promise health, wealth, and your best life now. We market well (well, at least we try to). Some churches give out small gifts and preferred parking to their guests. Is it a ‘Good Morning’ on Sunday morning or a sideways glance and prejudgment? Are their phones ringing Monday afternoon to welcome them into our activities, our homes, our lives?

Read the article – Florida family gives up on small-town North Dakota.

How many places can you substitute ‘church’ for ’small-town’?

And how can you prevent people from saying this about your church:

It’s been quite an experience, 50-50 at best

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One of the recent discussions has been on the worth of moving ppl from ‘Attendee’ to ‘Prospect’ / ‘Miscellaneous’.

Our Lead Pastor brought up a good point in that when ppl stop attending, they are moved to ‘Prospect’, thus removed from contact lists. They then lose all regular contact from Calvary. At the moment when they might be needing some contact, b/c of whatever reason they stop attending, they are less likely to. And this may lead them to not desire to re-attend.

To help solve this figurative disappearing, I created a few new reports in Shelby. The reports show -

1) Phone Number

2) Input Date

3) Date Moved to AT

4) Date Moved to PS/MS

5) Received from: [this is how they first came into Calvary – Sunday Worship, LIFE Classes, Children’s Ministry, etc)

6) Last Date attended Sunday Worship

7) Last Date attended LIFE Classes

8) Module

9) Membership Status (card-carrying member status)

These reports will show the timeline of first visit, becoming a regular attendee, and non-attendance. It will also show if there is a certain entry point (received from) that doesnt correspond well to keeping regular attendees. The Membership Status will show how many Card Members left for each month.

Hopefully this will help us retain more ppl.

And help Calvary answer the question ‘Where Are They Now?’

Next post maybe I’ll do something on ‘Pop-Up Video’ or ‘One-Hit Wonders.’

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Currently at Calvary Assembly of God, we make it look like our guests just came from McD’s.

During the service, we pause and ask our guests to raise a hand. Our ushers then give them a guest packet. The guest packet contains some print material (guest book, calendar, map, weekly bulletin, and pen) in a bright yellow bag. This serves two purposes. The first purpose being the bright yellow bag that draws attention to them so our regular attendees can know to say hi, make them feel welcome, and answer any questions. The second being that it guarantees that they are given a guest book which contains information on ministries, groups, classes, etc.

But we are rethinking this.

Do we need the bright yellow bag? Do we even need to hand them anything?

How will we get them information on our church? Do we need to make sure they get it, or in today’s culture are they finding it other places?

So I was assigned to survey other churches.

How do you handle recognizing guests?

Do you make sure they receive print material or it it available at a Help / Welcome Center?

How do your regular attendees know who the guests are?

Leave a response in the comments, please. I am looking for lots of feedback here.

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thought I’d post this quick.

Its a picture of the front row at VP Biden’s mom’s funeral.

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