You're
in an elevator wearing one of our new Plainfield Friends T-shirts.
Somebody enters the elevator, sees the T-shirt and says, "I've
driven by Plainfield Friends on Highway 40. What kind of a church is
it?" What will you say while the elevator makes its way to the
floor you are headed to?
This is
the idea of the "elevator pitch." The goal is to give a
concise and clear description that is boiled down to 30 or 40 words
that will leave the listener wanting to know more. The description
needs to be in terms understood by the listener. It needs to be
genuine. And it needs to be short enough to share between floors on
an elevator.
A discussion group on "The Religious Society of Friends - Quakers" on Linked In looked at the question of what might be a good elevator pitch for Friends and got me to thinking about it.
What
would an elevator pitch for Plainfield Friends sound like?
It needs
to include what we are (fill in your own ideas in the blanks below), such as:
We are
a Christian church
We are
a gathering of people who worship together
We are
people who are learning to follow Jesus
We
believe that Jesus Christ has come to teach his people himself
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It needs
to include what we do, which might include:
We
sing, pray and share the Bible together
We
feed hungry people through the food pantry
We
host the Plainfield Farmers' Market
We
spend time in quiet, waiting worship
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It
needs to include why someone would want to be part of our group, maybe:
We
try to keep things simple
We
look for ways to serve each other and our community
We
make room for people
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What
would your elevator pitch sound like? Write
it down, send or give it to me, and let me share it with others (anonymously, if you would like).
Bill
