Helps for Promoting Festivals
of Marriage in Your Church

LifeWay desires to strengthen your vision for starting or developing marriage enrichment in your church. Festivals of Marriage conferences exist to help you provide biblically-based marriage enrichment to married couples of all ages, and engaged couples too. So get a group together to attend, you'll have a blast, and you'll see marriages in your church change for ever!

Here are tips for promoting Festivals of Marriage in your church:

• Begin by committing to bring a group from your church. Pray for God to stir the hearts of those who would benefit from this marriage conference.
• Announce the conference during church services and to all adult Sunday School classes and small groups.
• Gather promotional materials. Order brochures, posters, promotional DVDs, and specially created e-card to send friends by e-mailing marriage@lifeway.com. Download posters, presentation slides, bulletin inserts, and media previews below.
  • Show the promotional DVD or media previews to your congregation.
  • Display posters in high-traffic areas of your church building.
  • Distribute brochures to all avenues of church fellowship, including Sunday School classes, small groups, church nursery, and others.
  • Include the presentation slide in your services and at other events.
  • Stuff church bulletins with inserts about the conference.
  • Send e-cards to friends and family in your church and community.
• Set up a table in the church lobby with brochures, signs, and sign-up sheets. Staff your table with volunteers to answer questions about the conference.
• List conference information in your bulletin 3-6 months before the event.
• Promote the conference as a gift for special occasions (anniversaries, engagements, weddings).
• Send an e-mail to your church e-mail list (make sure you have permission from the addressees to use the list for promotion).
• Use the church Web site to promote the event. Link our website to your churches Web site.
• Send postcards to your church/community mailing list.
• Organize a phone campaign in your church among couples.
   

FOM 2009 Preview [3:19 minutes] Download this video preview to promote Festivals of Marriage 2009 in your church. This high-quality video file may take several minutes to download. Download mov file

FOM 2007 — A Look Back Slide Show [3:19 minutes] See what's in store at Festivals of Marriage 2009 by reviewing our past events. This high-quality video file may take several minutes to download. Download mov file

Rodney & Selma Wilson  [29:37 minutes] Meet Rodney & Selma Wilson, speakers for the Festivals of Marriage event, Oct. 3-5 in Glorieta, NM. This high-quality audio file may take several minutes to download. Podcast — Wilsons interview (MP3)

		Gary & Barb Rosberg  [38:03 minutes] Meet Gary & Barb Rosberg, the Festivals of Marriage event, Oct. 10-12 in Ridgecrest, NC. This high-quality audio file may take several minutes to download. Podcast — Rosbergs interview (MP3)

Download these resources and duplicate as needed:

Festivals of Marriage 2009 Poster
(requires printer capable of 11x17-inch output;
to customize, see How to Use LifeWay Event PDFs)

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Glorieta
Ocean City
Osage Beach
Panama City
Ridgecrest

Festivals of Marriage 2009 Bulletin Insert
(To customize, see How to Use LifeWay Event PDFs)

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Glorieta
Ocean City
Osage Beach
Panama City
Ridgecrest

Festivals of Marriage 2009 Presentation Slide

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All Cities
Glorieta
Ocean City
Osage Beach
Panama City
Ridgecrest

 

Promote Festivals of Marriage through this iMix featuring present and past FOM worship leaders! The iMix includes moving worship music as well as songs that reflect God's plan for marriage. (Must have access to Apple's iTunes Music Store in order to purchase the iMix.)