Several Media Ministry Tips from churches for Mother’s Day & Pentecost
1 A church in Springfield, MO, has used a delightful idea for Mother's or Father's Day. They invite the children to transform their sidewalks around the church building into a giant Mother's or Father's Day card. The children draw greeting cards on the sidewalk with colored chalk. The children also create cards for fathers/mothers whose children are not present or are too far away to attend. After church everyone goes out to admire the greetings. The newspapers and television folks love this day! This is visual and they can do quick interviews about thoughts on Mother's or Father's Day. The spring rain comes and washes them away!
2 A pastor in Kentucky found that a local sheltered workshop produced large posters which were laminated in plastic and mounted on sticks. They are most often used by politicians during elections. They only cost 75 cents each. The church ordered 1,000 of them so that every member had a handful. The posters have a huge Pentecost symbol in them (flame). People were encouraged to place the placards on their front lawns. Everyone in the community knew who the church was when it came to calling attention and celebrating Pentecost.
3 A church in Hawthorne, CA, had shut-ins call everyone who had been married, baptized, or had a funeral conducted for a loved one in the past 12 years. They were invited to the special homecoming at Pentecost Sunday. This process gave a some in the church who often don't get to share their gifts, an opportunity to contribute in a special way.
4 The folks in Brownsville, PA, celebrated Pentecost Sunday in a very colorful way. They wanted to portray visually the flaming tongues of the Holy Spirit. They hung a number of crepe paper streamers from the ceiling above the chancel. One end of the streamers (in fiery colors of red, orange, and yellow) were attached to the unseen side of the beam. The streamers were then partially unrolled, down near the floor. During the worship service, the congregation saw the fire-colored streamers reaching from the ceiling to the floor. Just before the benediction, the streamers were unrolled the rest of their lengths and stretched into different parts of the congregation. The pastor then explained that as the Holy Spirit had empowered and commissioned the disciples then, the Holy Spirit was also calling us now, sending us to do God's work in the world.
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