Three ways to invite a friend

At BCC, we want people from our greater Bellingham community to find a safe church community to explore topics and questions of faith. To that end, we encourage our people to invite their friends into our community with these three helpful tips:

Personal Face-to-Face Invitation
The most effective and powerful way to welcome someone is with a personal invitation done face-to-face. As you gather with friends, family, or neighbors over coffee, a meal, at the playground, at the gym, at the office, or at school, be prayerful and attentive for opportunities to simply invite someone to join you on a Sunday or to one of our special events.  82% of people who don’t attend church say they would visit a church if they were personally invited (“The Unchurched Next Door” by Dr. Thom Rainer).

Personal Message
Along with face-to-face invitations, a personal message to a friend or loved one goes a long way in making them feel welcome and loved. Take a moment to simply send a text message, an email, or a Facebook message inviting someone to join you. We know this can be intimidating so we’ve included a simple sample message below that you can simply copy and paste. We trust that the Spirit of God is already at work in the lives of those you care about.

Sample Message:
Hey!I hope you’re having a great day! I just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you and wondered if you’d be interested in joining me for church on Sunday? I would love to go together! Let me know!

Social Media
Social media can be a powerful tool to connect with people. We’ve created a number of shareable graphics that you can find by clicking the button below. You can post them on your own social media accounts, tag people you’d like to invite, send them in personal messages, or use them however you’d like to help spread the word about what we have going on.