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Why choose Comedy for your next community outreach? The answer is quite simple: everyone enjoys laughter. When we laugh, we are sampling the joy God intends for us. However, you can schedule the best Christian comedian and still the event can flop. Here are some tips to help make sure your Comedy outreach is a success:
1. Forget about the target audience.
When planning a Christian comedy concert, often church staff members include programming that only appeals to their members rather than the target audience. Consider leaving the praise and worship band out of the programming. Or avoid collecting an offering. If the intention of your church service is outreach, then Christian comedy can stand alone as the main programming.
2. Forget the purpose of ticket sales
When selling tickets to your Christian comedy concert, it is easy to consider them as a simple gauge of how much money the event will bring in. However, ticket sales are a great means of outreach. For each ticket sold for the Christian comedy event, give a complimentary one to church members to give to someone that would normally not attend church.
3. Poor Advertising
All churches want their event to be a success. Yet, their marketing stops at the church bulletin. Or they ask their members to bring someone to the outreach event when they are not even familiar with the Christian comedian. Show a clip of the Christian comedian in a church service at least three weeks prior to your event to help your members think about whom they would like to invite.
4. Choose the wrong Christian comedian
Many churches can do all the best planning, yet still their event fails because the Christian comedian does not understand anything about outreach. Their sketch is too churchy and they only appeal to church members. Prior to the event, take the time to discuss your goals with the Christian comedian so that working together your outreach event is a success.
Need more tips on making your Comedy night a success? Or do you need some help in finding the right comedian for your next event? I invite you to call The Grable Group at 615-283-0039 or email so that together we can make your next comedy event a success.
