7 Ways to Boost Attendance at Church Holiday Events with Texting

Just to help you out, we have put together a few tips on using texting to promote your church holiday events.

1. Send reminders: Out of sight, for a lot of people, is out of mind. So regularly send reminders about your events. A simple, personalized text goes a long way in promoting your church holiday event.
2. Don’t forget those who came the last time: This is very important. There might be people who came for your previous holiday event who might not even be members of your church. You can also reach them via text to remind them about this event. Chances are higher that they would be willing to come.
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4. Run a countdown: You might decide to start a countdown to your event. This would make your texts more engaging and generate more excitement about your occasion. It would also serve as a reminder without feeling like you are repeating the same thing.
5. Run a contest: You can take things a step further and run a contest via text. This is another effective way to keep your members engaged and excited about the coming event. You can even give simple tasks with a gift that would be presented at the holiday gathering. This would not only encourage your members to participate but also create anticipation for the next edition. Think about it: if people come to your event and see that someone won a gift for a task done via text, they would not want to be left out the next time.
6. Take a poll: One of the easiest ways to get people excited about your event is to get them involved. Take a poll about some flexible parts of your program and how your members would like it to go.
7. Keep Texting: In the end, it’s all about connecting with people. Avoid the trap of texting people only when you have an event. Creating more awareness about your event would be very easy once people feel you care about them enough with your consistent, personalized messages.