Been Thinking About | Event Planning

We plan events all the time: bowling parties, winter flings, family productions, etc. We make efforts to insure that all our bases are covered from food to props to games to any other logistic that comes to mind. We plan with a generic end in mind:

Kids will have fun.

Kids will engage with small group leaders.

Parents will engage with their kids.

Lately I’ve been asking myself:
What if we got more specific about the end in mind for our events?

Working through the logistics is a necessary part of event planning.

Defining the intended outcome is even more important.

I wonder if our events would look different if we programmed an event in terms of the stories we want to hear a month from when the event is over.

People are going to talk about your event. What will they say: that they had a good time or that your event was a catalyst to growing faith in their kids?

Defining a goal  in terms of story will help us create more effective programming that will impact beyond simply a fun evening at church.