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WORKING WITH PASTORS
By Gary Thomas
- Promoting the event with pastors
- Write a letter
- introduce the event and your organization
- include a sample brochure
- offer to order and deliver materials as a service
- state that you or a representative will visit
- keep it brief (1 page max)
- Call to make an appointment
- Visit
- take supporting information (tracts, info about CAC, etc.)
- be specific in what you are asking the pastor to do, such as:
- use the bulletin inserts on Jan. 18
- preach on the issue Jan. 18
- use announcement exhort congregation to get involved in a specific project you have planned
- encourage other pastors to get involved in this event
- offer to order and deliver materials as a service
- keep the visit short
Points to make with pastors in letters and/or visits
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday unites churches across the nation to pray for an end to abortion.
- God answers the prayers of His people.
- The conflict over abortion is fundamentally spiritual in nature and requires prayers.
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is a dignified, Biblical means of addressing the abortion problem.
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday has been observed annually since 1984.
- Each year, the President has issued a Proclamation confirming the day.
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is an effective means of educating Christians regarding the Biblical standard and the need to stop abortion.
- Beautiful, professionally produced materials have proven effective as teaching aids among congregations.
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is a prophetic statement from the church to the community at large.
- Jesus commands us to be salt and light, to stand for righteousness.
- Sanctity of Human Life Sunday reminds us of the ongoing commitment of the church to oppose abortion.
- The annual observance of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday underscores the unchanging Word of God on abortion.
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A Ministry of Proclamation Presbyterian Church
278 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Voice: 610-520-9500
Fax: 610-520-5240
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