God and Sunday School Camp

Right up till yesterday, I was feeling a bit discouraged by the low turnout for this year's Sunday School Camp. (We had 18 last year and just over 10 registrations this year.)

Then in less than 24 hours, we had a flurry of registrations, including 6 kids who have never attended the camp.

The total as I write is 19.

Was saying to hubby that I think this is God's way of saying He wants this camp to go ahead, that He is sovereign and He is guiding our steps.

All glory to Him.

Communications lessons learned:

1. Posting on my personal timeline in FB (instead of only in the SS group) attracted several likes and comments from friends and led to two new registrations.
2. Following up by phone and face-to-face produces immediate results. It garnered two new registrations from kids who have never camped with us.
3. Screening last year's camp video during the announcements over the past few Sundays helped the congregation get familiar with what camp is about. Straight after service today we were approached by a parent who wanted to register her two kids, who have never camped with us. 

In other words, there is no one best method. Try everything.