SSCC Guest Card
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Hey guys. I need your help. As a visitor to a church, what do you think about this? Does it gather enough information without asking too much? Do you feel like the church cares for you and isn’t just trying to get cards so they can bug you? Do you have any other feelings? Are there any errors?
I’d appreciate a look. Thanks!
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Chris,
Looks great to me … I read through both sides, and it flowed easily until I hit the “or hand it in” place at the bottom … I can’t put my finger on it, but something just didn’t flow and read easily there. Maybe “hand it in” isn’t proper grammar, I’m not sure … could it be Southern-speak? As for content, right on – I don’t think we’re asking for too much. Unless the submit button on the optical scanner at the offering box rejects it with a message saying “I’m sorry, email address is a required field, please complete this field and drop into the box again”.
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
What about “give it to someone at a Guest services…” instead?
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Hey Chris,
I’ll give you my thoughts, but they’ll probably be a bit scrambled.
The back says “flip this card over…” that seems a bit odd, considering you are then looking at the back, and I would presume the person would begin at the front.
Also, my main thought is this.. my mom’s Methodist church has attendance records in the pews for people to sign. They ask for the name, date, and address – plus a check box of your status. (visitor, member, etc) It seems to me that you combined the guest card and the member card.
You include a place for them to check off if they want to get included..but I don’t see a visitor, at least a first-time visitor wanting to get involved. It seems more likely that a member would do that. Maybe you could make a different card for guests and one for members/people who would like to get involved?
My one other thought is that you ask “Finished?” at the end..it makes sense, but it seems a bit redundant or something – considering you are finished. Haha, it mostly works though.
That whole thought aside, the design is great! Very fresh and clean.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
In regards to the “hand it in” part: maybe say instead “you may drop it off at an offering box or guest services and information table after the service.”
February 25th, 2008 at 1:55 am
I really like the card. I think it looks great and has alot of information “handily” available. The “hand it in” part doesn’t bother me, because I am southern. If you are concerned about that then I would use “take it to Guest Services” after the service. I listened today in our church and that’s pretty much what our pastor said. Of course, we trade them the guest tab for a coffee mug….cheesy, huh? Good job though on the design and content.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I guess you’ve already fished the cards and sent them off to print, but I wanted to say anyway that I think this design looks very nice. I don’t think “hand it in” is incorrect grammar, but I can see that it might be a strange sounding phrase to some people. I think the part about flipping the card over is good because people could easily pick up the card and look at the ‘back’ side first and not notice there is a reverse side otherwise. I think this is appropriate for a guest card, and I like that it displays ways to get involved in different areas of ministry within the church. Most people visiting a church do want to know what the church offers them and how they can also eventually help serve in the church.
March 1st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
You Rock Chris. I think they look great and I love my Rush Hour Cards.