It is vitally important that who we are preaching to if we want to be the most effective we can be.

Welcome to welcome to episode 44 of Practical Church Planting. You can watch the episode below, or subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode.

Understanding your audience goes a long way in helping you become a more effective communicator. In this episode, we talk about three reasons and things to think about when it comes to who is showing up at your church. We discuss:

• Why understanding who you are preaching to will determine how you preach
• That you must decide who it is you should be preaching to
• How your preaching effects who will come

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We all have misconceptions going into church planting. Today we share three of the more common ones.

Welcome to welcome to episode 43 of Practical Church Planting.

There are a number of misconceptions many of us have about church planting going in. In this episode, we share three of the more popular ones, and why they aren't what we think when we start out. In this episode, the three we discuss are:

• If I plant a "different" church than anyone else, everyone will come
• Growth is all about how good my preaching is
• That church planting gets easier over time

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Do you want to preach with fewer (or no) notes?

Welcome to welcome to episode 42 of Practical Church Planting.

As hard as it may be to believe, you can preach with minimal or no notes at all. In this episode, Dylan shares his six-month journey from using a lot of notes to using none. Here are the six tips that we discuss and you can implement to use fewer notes when preaching:

• Force yourself to take every step
• Use a standard outline each week
• Use more slides
• Commit to putting in the work
• Be ok with forgetting things
• Learn to trust yourself

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When is the best time to have your Christmas service(s)?

Welcome to welcome to episode 41 of Practical Church Planting.

Christmas Eve is the most popular time to have Christmas services, but is it the best time? In this episode, we not only share the best time of day to hold your service to reach the most amount of people, but also the day. Christmas Eve Eve (December 23) is a great time to have Christmas services for some of the following reasons we discuss in this episode:

• Very few churches are holding services at this time
• It gives people an opportunity to check out your church when they normally wouldn't be able to
• It allows people to serve/attend before the travel for the holidays

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$2 trivia night, what it is, and how you can do it.

Welcome to welcome to episode 40 of Practical Church Planting.

$2 trivia night is a monthly event we host at New City Church that has become a great place for our people to build relationships with each other and invite their friends. In this episode, we share what it is, why we started it, and how you could do something similar in your context.

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Not every decision turns out the way we would like. Here are 8 terrible decisions we have made at New City Church.

Welcome to welcome to episode 39 of Practical Church Planting.

In this episode, we share eight terrible decisions we have made in and since planting New City Church to encourage you that we all make mistakes. Sometimes bad decisions lead us to great decisions, and sometimes nothing good comes of it and you just have to move on. Here are eight decisions we have made at New City that didn't work out so well that we share in this episode:

• Church Bible reading
• Free pizza Friday
• Monthly service projects
• Family Fun Days
• Monthly launch team meetings
• Live Streaming services
• New City Media
• Finding a space to meet

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We answer your questions!

Welcome to welcome to episode 38 of Practical Church Planting.

In this episode, we answer a few of your questions that have been submitted to us. If you have any questions about church planting and/or ministry you would like us to cover in a future episode, click here and submit them!

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The number of songs you do in your services affects more things than you may think.

Welcome to welcome to episode 37 of Practical Church Planting.

Does it matter how many worship songs you do in a service? In this episode, we talk about how the number of songs you sing impacts who you are going to reach, what the desired goal of your services are, and who will even show up at your church? There is no "right" amount, but understanding what you want to accomplish in your service goes a long way in deciding the number of songs you will do.

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Following up with first-time guests is vitally important. This resource will make it easier.

Welcome to welcome to episode 36 of Practical Church Planting. You can watch the episode below, or subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode.

There are many different methods and ways to follow up with first-time guests. In this episode, we talk about Text In Church, which is the program we use to follow up with and connect with first-time guests at New City Church.

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Connecting college students to your church doesn't have to be a mystery.

Welcome to welcome to episode 35 of Practical Church Planting.

If you are near a college or university, you probably desire to impact those students with the Gospel. In this episode, we share five ways you connect with and involved college students in the life of your church. Here is what you can do to connect with more college students:

• Be relevant to them
• Recognize them
• Go to where they are
• Invest in them financially
• Give them significant roles to play

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