V-Team Visiting Tips
In order to familiarize yourself with the different features of the LYNC Network and make it easy to answer most of your neighbors' questions, we suggest simply reviewing the web site. Just go to the home page and browse all the different conversation paths. For some suggestions about handling various spiritual topics you can review the the online Summit site. There are additional links that will help with that too.
If you are not comfortable going alone or leading a team, just volunteer to go with an existing team member for a while until you are comfortable. There are provisions to request that in the forums.
Door to door tips
Be yourself. You can talk about anything the Lord leads you to, or anything you feel like talking about! These are your neighbors, just enjoy getting out and meeting them. However it is good to have some basic ideas planned ahead, in case nothing special to say hits you at the moment.
Points to touch on:
- Introduce yourself:
- Your name
- and the street you live on
- Introduce the LYNC Network
- Christians and neighbors around you have volunteered to help those in
need, We want to help in all kinds of areas, everything from:
- yard work for the elderly
- Fixing a fence
- house cleaning
- to Car work and house repairs
- (Check first and limit the list you mention to the areas of service that are volunteered for in your neighborhood.)
- Do you know of any needs?
- Nearby elderly or disabled
- Is everything going well in your household, could you use a hand right now?
- Christians and neighbors around you have volunteered to help those in
need, We want to help in all kinds of areas, everything from:
- Why are we doing this?
- Following Jesus is about more than going to church on Sunday.
- God wants us to help those in need,
- encourage those that are depressed and
- to show the love of God to everyone we meet, especially our neighbors.
- We also want to show everyone that Christians not only agree on what
we believe, we are working together to share our faith with the world
around us.
- Jesus did not come to condemn people or to take away their fun, but
- He wants us all to have an abundant life, and
- we'd be glad to talk to you about that as well.
- Following Jesus is about more than going to church on Sunday.
- Use diagnostic questions to see if they are born again believers (See Summit for suggestions). If so invite them to join us.
- Leave a CD, an invitation or a DVD if you can't get to talk long enough to hit all these points.
Make it a point to return a few weeks later for follow up if possible.
Resources
CD and video files, printed invitations and smaller card/tracts and field forms are available for download.
