Last year, while watching the Farragut 4th of July Parade as a family, we had a spontaneous idea: Next year, let’s enter the missionaries into the parade!
So this year, we did just that.
As we prepared, we asked ourselves, What could we hand out that people would actually appreciate—and that would support our missionary purpose? The answer: custom Tabernacle Choir invitation cards. Each card included a QR code linking to a playlist of uplifting music from the Tabernacle Choir, a virtual tour of a church building, a tool to find a local congregation, and an option to meet with the missionaries.
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We decorated a truck in red, white, a blue, and printed 5,000 cards to hand out at the parade. Each one had to be labeled with the local meetinghouse address and a missionary contact number. The Knoxville Zone met early at the start of the parade to help label all the cards with this personalized information.
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The missionaries were amazing! They offered cards to everyone they passed, stayed cheerful and enthusiastic throughout the parade, and had a lot of fun.
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By the end of the ~2-mile route, we had distributed nearly 4,000 cards. It was a fantastic day—full of purpose, fun, and patriotism for our country. Here’s hoping the seeds planted lead to some phone calls…and even more importantly, to lives touched by the gospel. It definitely was a memorable July 4th for the missionaries!
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