Have you ever spoken at your home church, small group, or fundraising event and gotten stuck at your back table talking to a particularly chatty individual? All the other people scurry to lunch before your conversation ends and you feel the wave of missed opportunities that just passed? Whomp.
Insert a wonderful tool to help combat: connect cards!
What’s a connect card you ask? It’s a stack of cards you put on your display table, chairs of an event, and/or attach to Sunday morning’s bulletin. Connect cards give you the ability to follow up with interested people after a service or event is over, and is an effective tool all about facilitating more face-to-face appointments and building relationships with the body of Christ. Below there are some examples of connect cards from various workers I coach. (thanks guys!)
Now, don’t go off quite yet and make your own. I want to explain something important first – here we go – pay attention: keep in mind that connect cards are only appropriate in certain circumstances.
“Connect cards are only meant for events, services, and small groups where you have gotten permission to connect personally with individuals about giving.”
Connect cards should only be used when they fall in accordance with a pastor / leader’s protocol in giving. So don’t assume that these cards can be placed on chairs of a congregation without communication or sneakily stuck into bulletins on a Sunday morning. Connect cards are only meant for events, services, and small groups where you have gotten permission to connect personally with individuals about giving.
Why is this so important? Well, a lot of churches do their missions / ministry giving by collecting offerings and disbursing where the church leadership collectively decides. That means if you were to come into that congregation and ask all the people inside to give to you personally, it may mess up what the pastor, board, and leadership of the congregation has decided to give to. You DO NOT want to be that person. #boo
Thus, connect cards are preferably only when you ask the pastor / leader “how does your congregation do missions / ministry giving?” If they say you may connect with individuals inside of the congregation on your own, ONLY THEN do connect cards come into play.
Connect cards are ideal when speaking to your home church (after you’ve figured out the protocol with your pastor on giving), small groups, fundraising events, and the like. If you do use connect cards, make sure to explain them from the platform in which you are speaking from – letting everyone know how to fill them out and what they are for.
I hope these help you as you seek to build out new relationships as you interact with the body of Christ! See the examples below and have fun building yours!
Financial Partnership Development 
We have been using connect cards for the past 3 weeks while speaking in Sunday School classes! They are so nice to have in a small group of people. Instead of chasing after people to follow up, connect cards give you a comfortable way to let you know where they are in their desire to partner (or not) with you. We made simple cards with our logo and 4 check boxes with different levels of interest. We also gave lines for their contact information and asked what was the best way to get in touch with them. We have been thrilled with the results. Individual appointments and asks are still the best way to go to get higher monthly commitments, but for those times when you have the opportunity to present to a small group, we have had success with this concept of connect cards. Thank you, Jenn, for helping us develop our own version of this valuable resource!
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So glad you found them so helpful! Thanks for the comment and encouragement! – JF
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