Hunting Down the ELCA Ads

Jody writes of her son and his friends hunting down all of the ads this weekend -- what a good idea! Because 36 ads are on the sides of buses this could make for hours of fun.

I’ve been able to track down more info on what’s out there and I must say that there is a lot more than I thought. Here is the breakdown:

• 10 large billboards
• 44 smaller billboards
• 48 bus shelters
• 36 sides of buses
• 7 print ad insertions
• Skyscraper and box ads on aol.com
• Skyscraper and box ads on denverpost.com
• 60 congregations in the Denver area have been provided marketing kits that include postcards, posters, bulletin inserts, print ads, bookmarks, and more.

I’ve often heard people say that their congregation feels isolated from the larger church. With this in mind another adventure could be tracking down each ELCA congregation in the area. All of congregations have vinyl banners for this ad campaign – find out where they are and how they use the signage. The Web site offers a nifty map and listing of all the area churches check it out at: http://www.elca.org/love/find/

If print is your thing look up the ads that have already published:
Denver Post 1/4 pg color, September 4
Rocky Mountain news: 1/4 pg color, September 4
Daily Camera: full page color, September 2

And be on the lookout for:
Denver Post ¼ pg color, September 25
Rocky Mountain News ¼ pg color, September 25
Daily Camera ¼ pg color, September 16, ¼ pg color, September 23

I don’t have a lot of info on today’s news conference but will keep my eyes and ears open. If anyone hears or sees something post it to this blog. All are welcome!