Uses & Ideas

Give pocket-size books as GIFTS for a variety of ministry occasions:

To visitors as a "thank you" for coming.
For hospital calls as a remembrance of your visit.
Include in birthday cards, Christmas cards, and personal correspondence. Include Daily Love in anniversary cards and wedding gifts.
Present to new members of your church.
Give as gifts on Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Use Valentine's Day as an opportunity to point people to Christ. Give each couple Daily Love. Make it an added touch at your Valentine's banquet or Sunday service. Encourage couples to read it together.
Give as a "thank you" to those who financially support your church or organization.
To staff, board members, and ministry leaders.
For worker installation services and choir or staff retreats.
Send to students away at college or to persons in the military with a note reminding them that you're praying for them.

Pocket-size books are effective OUTREACH tools:

Carry a book with you. You'll be surprised how often you can reach out to someone using a book—coworkers, friends, casual acquaintances.
Give to parents who attend your VBS program or who come to your daycare center.
Make available to your members for distribution to family, neighbors, and friends. Turn your people into personal evangelists!
On the opening or closing night of your summer children's program, send a book home with each child as a "thank you" to their parents for allowing them to attend. Include a letter from the pastor.
Leave a book with your tip in restaurants and hotels.
Do you operate a Friendship Bakery or Dare to Care program? Deliver a fresh baked good or gift to each new visitor, and include information about your church and a pocket-size book.
Give out books at your church's community outreach events: July 4 celebrations; concerts; Christmas services.
Have teens or adults distribute them on their ministry trip.
Include in community care packages you deliver at Christmas or Easter.
Distribute to homes around your church, perhaps in a door-hanger bag along with a brochure about your church.
Give out at a homeless shelter.
For prison ministries.
Give Daily Love to every couple who comes to you for marriage counseling or who holds a wedding at your church.

ENRICH YOUR MINISTRY. Give wings to the truth about Jesus Christ throughout your church:

Keep pocket-size books near your altar and give copies to those who come and pray.
Give to new or struggling Christians. Help them get established in the Lord.
Give to members as preparation for revival or spiritual renewal.
Share with shut-ins.
Print a weekly devotional in your church bulletin, using the books on disk for Simple Prayers, Step by Step, and Daily Love.
Establish a resource center for outreach and spiritual growth materials. Start with several Sample Packs, then go to 12-Book Packs for popular titles.
Use as discussion starters in Sunday School classes or small-group meetings.
Are you or one of your Sunday School classes having a special emphasis on relationships? Send the message home with your people. Give them Daily Love.
For a special service, announce that everyone who attends will receive a free book.
Use as fund-raisers. Order 100-Book Packs, then sell books individually for $2.00 or $3.00 each. You'll make over 50 percent profit! Suggest uses from the list above.