« Church Marketing Lab: Worship logos to 80-Year-Old Mailers | Main | CMS Voted Best Ministry Blog: Thanks »
January 29, 2009
NFL Allows Church Super Bowl Parties
(Filed under: Evangelism & Outreach)After banning church Super Bowl parties in the past, the NFL has relented and is allowing churches to show the big game, provided they don't charge for the event or use the name "Super Bowl" (I recently saw TGI Friday's calling it "The Game We Can't Name" in their promotions).
While churches can't charge for the event, taking donations to defray costs is OK. Another stipulation is that the event needs to be held in a location where the church normally meets (apparently no renting out new space for your "big game" party).
If your church is having a Super Bowl party, hopefully you already knew that (doing your copyright homework is good marketing).
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at January 29, 2009 5:33 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1713
Comments
In talking to tons of youth workers this week, most don't seem to be interested in having parties anymore. With all the copyright issues, a history of 5 hour games, and a certain washed-up pop stars boob popping out on live TV... it seems a lot of youth group are either forgoing the big party or hosting it in a private home.
It is interesting to me how quickly this went from a big trend to "last years" trend.
Anyone else seeing the same thing? Or am I just nuts?
Posted by: adam mclane at January 29, 2009 9:18 PM
Like anything, the amount of hoopla an event generates depends on the amount and way it's promoted. Make a church super bowl party out to be a big thing, it becomes a big thing.
Promoting means publicizing. A press release in your local newspaper is a necessary step.
Posted by: Communicating Christ at January 30, 2009 11:17 AM
Contact Church Marketing Sucks