what would your sign say?
March 10, 2010
well, now that we know what kind of church signs are ineffective…lets do something here that may send a different message.
its no secret that church marquee’s can often times be very cheesy and, unfortunately, disturbing.
so, if you had the responsibility of changing every church sign to say one thing…what would it say?
you can be serious, funny, clever (not cheesy please 😉 )
but by all means…do not be offensive. theres enough of those already 🙂
what would really capture the hearts and minds of passerby’s that would ignite a curiosity and a genuine, respectful response?
go…
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inProgress 
my church sign would simply read “we’re sorry”
I agree
We’re sorry to
…the gay community
…hurting people
…divorced people
…democrats
…republicans
…nations that our country has invaded
YES!!!
mmm. this just does so much to my heart. it speaks so much.
wow. that would be powerful.
“You’re not THAT bad cuz He is THAT good”
did you steal that from a bumper sticker, toby?
😉
It would have been in German and typing into my translator app while driving could be dangerous :D.
I did not come up with this, but I LOVE it!
“Need a new life? God accepts trade-ins”
ha! ive seen that before too.
Awesome idea Tam, here goes.
Peace that surpasses all Understanding
-FREE-
Inquire within
“inquire within” could mean so much too.
i like.
We take messy people and their luggage.
amen!!
I’d steal a line from last night’s lost.
“We’ll have you.”
thats welcoming. nice.
Nothing about your past or your present is a surprise to God. He takes you as you are. No questions asked. He just wants your future.
OR:
Perfect people with perfect lives not needed, all others welcome.
….however that could be seen bad I’m sure. 😆
i like this one, branmuffin!
You are loved…Period.
chills.
period.
From a church in our neighborhood:
“Visitors Welcome. No Experience Required.”
thats clever!
honestly, i hate marquee signs because i think they are cheesy. i think it allows for people to pull out the latest Christian cliche and i want to puke because they are all over my town. i think if you have a marquee, scripture will suffice and i would put,
“Now to the One who can keep you upright and plant you firmly in His presence–clean, unmarked and joyful in the light of His glory…be glory and greatness and might and authority; just as it has been since before He created time, may in continue now and into eternity.”
(i would have to use really small letters)
and think too…a small font would cause people to have to get out, come up close, to read it. theyre already out of their car…why not come in now? 😉
You don’t agree with everything everyone says.
You won’t with us either. Come in anyway.
ha!! very cool.
How about, “He who is without sin, nothing to see here, move it along”.
oooh I like this one.
LOVE IT!
how bout…..”We took the cheese off of this sign so you could come in and get fed.” Huh?? No, not a bumper sticker Tam!
ahahaha!!! i love this one! i respond well to ‘funny’…this cracks me up 😆
seriously took me a few to get this one. 😆
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Wow BM =) lol
I know, I’m embarrassingly slow. 😆
mine would say…
“for the wages of sin is…”… i kid!
ok…heres mine…
“words on a marquee have no value if we cant back’em up”
that’s real good! wow!
YES!
you’re my favorite!
Church Online – Come in your PJs – or less…
Ok, not really. Well….
“or less” hmmmm…sounds like a fun church
😀
“Jesus came to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
You won’t be the odd one out”
Or something along those lines, anyway. People need to know they won’t burst into flames the minute they walk through the door.
“of whom I am the worst”
its been my observation that church goers/ christians rarely talk about their own sin and struggle. so they have this facade of perfection goin on. on lookers would be jaw dropped if a church confessed they were the “worst”. it would be an incredible moment.
I think mine would say something like
This is a boring church sign.
The cool stuff is inside!
ha! i’d go there, for sure!!
My husband works for a church (that we used to attend before helping plant a church). They have a very large digital sign in which they put up cheesey phrases. On their guest registration card they ask how you heard about the church. The Sign is one of the options to check off. Don’t know how many people have ever checked that box.
For mine….spinning off what Brandy said and a series that NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC did last year:
No Perfect People allowed.
that is more to the point, I like it better! Plus it’s easier to read while driving by. 😆
interesting the sign was never referred to. either the sign itself is pointless or the words on it were.
Hurting people welcome here.
or maybe…better put…
Grace for hurting people…will find it here.
mmm, i like that, red!
Pithy-Comment-Free Zone
a googolplex of yes’s from me!!!
“The Church of Misfits: A place for the rest of us.”
AND: “Many sins make a fire, but false saints fuel the flames.”
http://thenoreaster.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/pstorm-11/
this one is powerful!
AND (Part Two): “Love keeps no record of wrongs, but gossip never forgets.”
http://thenoreaster.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/pstorm-27/
Mine would say “Come As You Are”
and i bet a lot of people would enter, too.
nice one my friend.
AND (Part Three): “Peace is mercy in action.”
(Pretty sure that’s from “When Lightning Strikes”.)
“everybody’s welcome, everybody’s invited, everybody’s the same!”
that would be such a refreshing sign to see!
Hmm…along the same lines of a few commenters:
“Imperfect people serving a perfect Saviour”. With a ‘U’ in Saviour and everything.
Not sure if that really nails what I mean, but mix it in with “God loves you the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you that way” and it’s a bit closer!
but people wont understand why the “U” is there.
😉
That’s why they need to go to church.
And if they don’t use a ‘U’, they’re going to hell.
AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
of course.
*snigger* And an over use of “z” too…
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alright ladies.
to honoUr you, i will confess that i realiSe we spell things a bit differently.
correctly, of course, but whatever.
😉
I do believe the English language was well and truly established in place before the American revisions, yes? 😉
It would be simple for me…
“Welcome.” **but we’d have to mean it**
so true…it would have to be shown.
Through reading this thread today a song keeps popping into my head…..
“all who are weary
all who are weak
come and drink from the fountain…..”
everytime I’ve read through these…. that song.
we sang that this weekend “all who are thirsty”. beautiful song. would make a great sign!
I wonder how effective it would be to say
rest area.
oh, id definitely run into that building!
🙂
My sign would say, “Got Freedom? Find yours here.”
i love the freedom found in Christ!
Our digital sign doesn’t say anything fancy, but a LOT of people come in during the week thinking we’re the Catholic Club (located on the next block), and they get confused when they can’t find the poker machines 🙂
Although I did take an angry call one day from a Jewish couple complaining that we were promoting an ex-kkk leader who was now a preacher…
I did see a sign once that said “Trouble sleeping? Come in and try one of our sermons”
AHAHAHAHA!!! that is spectacular!