The funny thing about the fall season getting ready to kick off is that all the ministries are bulk mailing me to death. I love to see the new products out there. Curriculum, books, worship resources, and more. I am excited to get introduced to these things.
But a couple of things that drive a guy nuts.
- Do I really need 25 copies? I mean, we can make a camera the size of a pill in this universe, but you can’t come up with a way to figure out that one church is getting the same catalogue over and over? Sheesh!
- Why now? I’ve had my fall programming decisions done for quite a while. Are they banking on most YP’s being so lazy that we’ll make impulse buys?
- What about the money? I know light force is officially strapped for cash this fall. It’s not that I’ve been unwise with our ministries cash… it’s just been an expensive season of exciting things.
- Why not spread it out? Do a lot of ministries really go out and buy tons of stuff at the same time? I like to spread my purchases out a little more so I can evaluate what I’m buying and sense if the stuff I bought before was any good.
I don’t want this to seem like I am ripping on anyone inparticular. But the worst offenders right now are Willow Creek, Word of Life and Youth Specialties. All good organization. All with really lame marketing schemes. (Data dump and pray it works) Maybe it’s just that I like to complain, but in the meantime I sure am sick of tossing all these nice glossy packages!
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