Several weeks ago, our trailer containing all of our church’s gear was stolen. (they took everything but the sound system) And our church was left with nothing but the people and an insurance company who promised to pay within 45 days. OUCH!
SO, we asked a local billboard company to help us find our gear. And they agreed.
We are getting FIVE PRIME TIME BILLBOARDS this week in the Charlotte area to help us communicate with the people to took our stuff. I plan to create a short video talking directly with the people who stole our stuff…more about that in a later post
Anyway, we asked the most creative people we know to help us come up with a campaign that was edgy, attention grabbing AND FUN. I wanted noise! Below is the unedited list of what they came up with: (okay, I did remove the ones that included cursing)
Just so you know, the billboard were completely donated. (except for the cost of production)
WARNING: THIS IS RAW CONTENT AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS!
Here are the final five:
CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Stealing from God…Ballsy
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Seriously? Are You Kidding Me?
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
Enjoying Our Communion Trays?
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
Ever Worry About Lightening Strikes?
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
God Forgives You – But We Need Our Stuff Back!
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Here’s the rest of the brainstorm:
CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES:
It’s all good.
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
God. Is. Pissed.
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
We Love You Anyway. (Sorta)
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Dude!
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
Can we have our Bibles back?
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Please Return or Burn
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Church Robbed
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Last seen with White Bronco
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
Have you Found the Tracking Device Yet?
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
You just robbed God. I wouldn’t worry about the cops.
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Reward Offered: Eternal Life…or A Coaster Set.
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Dude. Not Cool.
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
Last Seen On The Highway…To Hell!
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CHURCH TRAILER STOLEN
WWJD? He Wouldn’t Steal From A Freaking Church!
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES,
You’re welcome. Really.
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TO THOSES WHO STOLE OUR TRAILER
Pbbbbttttt!
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CHURCH TRAILER-JACKING
Apparently it’s all the rage
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES,
warning: trailer will self-destruct in ten days.
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES,
Have you considered other options, I know some great therapists.
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES,
Come see us when you’ve grown weary of your life of crime
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES:
Let us know when this will air on PIMP MY RIDE:
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES:
Did you get beat up in High School?
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DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES
Be careful with the snakes inside…just kidding.
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Popularity: 67% [?]
DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES
Consider it a loan – Paid in full when Jesus returns
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hey you, you with the uhaul…is that our stuff?
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Derek
PS – Hey Dave! I’m not really creative tonight. Words like “ganked” and “shanks” were in my head but I didn’t really know how to place them.
DEAR CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES,
We forgive you.
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Whoa whoa whoa. We have coasters?
CHURCH TRAILER THIEVES:
Did you figure out yet that the thin pages of our Bibles are good for rolling joints?
My logic is that if you smoke Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus will eventually smoke you. Actually, this is a real testimony from a friend of mine who received a Bible and made a promise first that he’d read each page before he smoked it. Got royally saved in John!
I love your campaign and many of them made me laugh out loud! Well done. And wouldn’t it be awesome to see these guys as members of the Body of Christ soon because of this? Reminds me SO MUCH of Les Miserables.
Blessings!
CH
I applaud you, Dave, and Kinetic Church. Just gave you a shoutout from the blog…
I think you should go with the
Hey you with the u-haul…is that our stuff?
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[...] but I opened it anyways, and the story that caught my eye was this one. (see the church’s blog on what happened for hilarious [...]
My two favourites:
CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
Have you Found the Tracking Device Yet?
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CHURCH TRAILER THEIVES:
You just robbed God. I wouldn’t worry about the cops.
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hehe. Hope you guys find him(her?). Good luck.
Godbless
Dear Church Trailer Thieves
God is watching you.
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