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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]