Most of what is on this page are items that really come in handy when we're on a street ministry and we encounter certain issues that folks raise, where they've often been misled by state or global churches. Aren't we supposed to be evangelizing? Shouldn't we be seeking those who might yet repent, and maybe even thereby help us bring Father's mercy our way? Well, what are ya waitin' fer? Go out there and find those folks that are hungry for the truth!  Helpful thoughts and considerations for today's 'street ministry' witnesses: Please keep in mind that some of our materials (as the few B & W examples illustrated at right) were generated many years ago and still use the contemporary terms for "God", Lord", etc, which (in meeting new people in public) are perhaps less 'surprising sounding' for newbies who aren't quite aware of the sacred names. Most folks will understand that although we truly encourage the use and respect of the genuine sacred names for the Father and Son, there are many people out there who may not yet have heard the name YHWH or Yeshua, and might think you are with the Jehovah's Witnesses or something. the true Hebrew names occasionally sound foreign to them, so its sometimes best when meeting new folks to let them know of this news of the sacred names only after one has broken the ice with them. This helps to not unnecessarily "scare new folks away".  TRACT printing Notes and tips: Some of the compact (half-sheet-sized) "TRACTS" were designed to be printed in quantity, where you will find that they appear to be redundant, being two copies of the same thing on both the top and bottom of any given page. It is set up that way so that two "half-sheet" tracts can be made from one sheet of paper by printing on both sides of the same standard size sheet first, cutting them in half on a paper cutter, then folding them in half. we're confident that most of you will see what we mean as soon as you see the way they are set up, print some samples out, etc. Also, the multiple page (more than two sided tracts such as "Two Adopted Boys" for example, shown being stapled at the left) must also then be printed in a proper sequence then assembled and stapled together with either a professional stapler that has a deep reach, or by temporarily tucking one end of the tract a bit to "cheat" and get the staple in place. You might also want to make sure that you have downloaded all sides or "parts" of any "TRACT" (be it a 2-page, 4-page, or even 6-page handout) before leaving the website (if you are in a library with a thumb drive, etc.), as some tracts were produced many years ago and are on separate pdf sheets as our professional printer asked for it back then. And although most of the "TRACTS" are in color, you can also print any or all of the color tracts out in greyscale to save on color ink, so long as you know how to access your particular printer's window command to do so. Use your imagination as well, try using bold color papers on the black & white ones you print out, to attract attention on countertops etc, or you might even use pastel or specialty-printed "watermark image" sheets to compliment or enhance certain color tracts all the more. Lastly, as a word of caution, never print out any quantities without first running a test copy, as some of the older printers have been known to cut off the outer edges of the text on some of the tracts, etc, and each may act differently in your printer's software as well, depending on the exactness of how we produced them, printer alignment designs and so forth. There are no copyrights on any of these tracts of ours either, so if you are handy with such things as graphic arts, feel free to create your own tracts using our wording, artwork etc, to put your own ministry name on the backs, etc. Yet above all... Preach His Word! |
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