How to Request
a Booth Application
Up-Dated -
Friday, April 04, 2014
Table of
Contents
* Overall Glimpse
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Requesting a Booth Application
* Online
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We are often asked
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Skeptical
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Finding events in your state
Overall Glimpse
A request for an application for renting a
Booth Space is the first step.
Complete the application and return with a check. If they cash
the check, you are probably in. You will have to call in most
occasions to verify acceptance.
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Requesting a Booth Application
If you are looking to rent a
booth space in a local event, you will want to keep some of the following in mind. Not everything mentioned needs to be said during every conversation. If you are serious about reaching your community, you will be making a lot of calls and experience will be your best teacher.
Read over the following and understand how this information may help ease tensions when objections and rejections begin to surface.
Do not assume the committees involved are against your church, unless your church has been a nuisance to the community
in the past.
Our experience has been that we see very few people against what we are doing. Some events are very glad for us to be present and even give us the best places
and some even at no cost.
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Do not ask for a free space. No one likes a moocher.
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Do not fuss at the committee workers.
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Do not insist on "your rights".
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Do not sell products or services from your
booth space.
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Online
Many events are putting their applications on their Web Site,
for downloading. This is helpful up front, but may work against you
when sent in, because you cannot answer some of their questions and may be
turned down without a hearing.
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We are often asked, "What do you sell?"
"We do not sell anything, everything we have is free.
We simply make available
(sounds better than handing out,
etc., it does not sound pushy)
Gospel literature at no cost. We also usually work in conjunction with a
local Baptist Church."
(if you are not working in your own
community)
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Skeptical
1.
If they seem leery about sending an application to start the
booth rental process, mention …
Illustration
When talking to a pastor in a small town, he told me that they would not let
him back in their festival because they did not like them preaching the Gospel
or singing old fashion hymns.
He seemed to be very proud of the fact that the community was fed up with him.
He seemed to think their disdain was a Badge of Courage for the church.
All he accomplished was possibly a good testimony for one event and many years
of silence for himself and even any other group.
Please remember when the Bible speaks of preaching the Gospel, the primary
thought is one-on-one witnessing, not necessarily sermons.
I love to preach and have done so in over 300 churches, youth camps and camp
meetings. But the number one purpose of preachers and the people in the
pew is personal soul winning.
2.
If they say that they do not like to rent to people outside the community,
mention …
3.
If they seem to think you are not legitimate,
mention …
4.
If you are working in events in other cities, let the committee know the names and places …
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See our dummy web site which is used
to refer Event Committees for them to understand what we do. It
also, helps us fully state our case without referring to the site you are
currently reading, which makes statements for the ears and eyes of soul
winners, not event committees.
http://DiscipleshipDocs.com
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Finding events in your state
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G. Steven Andres
Psalms 45:17
Missionary Evangelist
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