Twenty-One Questions
to Crank Up the Schmooze

Do you:
1.    Have your congregation listed with church finder websites?
2.    Have your congregation listed with your Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, or like-minded area resource?
3.    Maintain a membership in your Chamber of Commerce?
4.    Have volunteers from your congregation in food pantries, soup kettles, homeless shelters, crisis centers, etc.?
5.    Have your minister on the list of people to provide invocations for city council meetings?
6.    Have your building used by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.?
7.    Participate in area prayer breakfasts?
8.    Have a float in your local parades?
9.    Participate in any school district clergy advisory groups?
10.    Participate in any local clergy or ministerial groups or organizations?
11.    Have visibility in any social action groups by offering your building as a meeting place?
12.    Open your building to house walks if your building is historical in nature?
13.    Have small groups in your congregation? Investigate this at the UU Small Group Ministry Network site at www.smallgroupministry.net
14.    Promote the small groups in your congregation to the wider community?
15.    Open your building for support groups?
16.    List your website on all your materials?
17.    Get involved in the arts and post events at your church at local art stores, colleges, and bookstores?
18.    Provide events for youth?
19.    List your congregation in your local newspaper’s church directory?
20.    Provide speakers for Kiwanis Clubs, Rotary Clubs, etc. on topics such as social justice and the environment?
21.    Have congregation gear such as shirts, umbrellas, tote bags, emblazoned with your church name?
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