Creating an event where people experience a walk with Christ to the cross doesn’t have to be difficult or overwhelming. The most challenging part is often the audio or scripting, but our ministry is providing that for free on YouTube or by the purchase of a flash drive or audio CDs–Click HERE. The rest is all about promotion and setup.
Promotion
For the first year, start by promoting the event within your church and community as you would any other event. The goal for the first year is to help your church catch the vision for what this experience can become, while also experimenting with what works best. By the second year, you’ll see real momentum. Your church will already have the vision, and since they were impacted by the experience the previous year, they’ll invite their friends. Expand your promotion efforts beyond the usual channels—send invitations to Christian schools for field trips, invite churches from all denominations, and promote through local newspapers, social media, and direct mail. The first church I worked with on this event had several hundred attendees in the first year. By the second year, attendance jumped to several thousand, and we began taking reservations for groups. We even extended the event to run for nearly a week.
Set-Up
Engage your church leadership by dividing the event into the 11 scenes and assigning people to handle the setup for each. Determine how you want these scenes to flow inside your building. Provide your leaders with the most important and difficult-to-find items (many of which you can find HERE), and give them the audio to match their scene. Then, let them get creative and take ownership of their areas, while keeping you informed about their plans. Encourage them to design each scene to align with the audio segment, staying as historically accurate as possible while creating an immersive experience for participants. Involve visuals, pictures, Bible verses, and written information as well.
Walk-Thru Options
One option is to move people in groups. In this format, participants will wait in a “staging” area until the previous group finishes the first station. In other words, every 5 to 7 minutes, a new group will begin. At each station, the greeter’s role would be to start the audio and direct the group to the next area.
Alternatively, you can design the experience as an individual walk-through, allowing each person or family to listen to the audio at their own pace, read the information at each station, and explore. This approach is similar to a museum walk-through, where participants can see and interact with the exhibits. At each station, the leader’s role would be to welcome visitors and offer any necessary instructions. If you choose the second option, provide them with a QR code that they can use to link to our audio on YouTube.
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