Your church choir works hard to practice their favorite hymns and praise songs. While each member of the group plays a vital role in elevating the church services, you also know the importance of using everyone's talents to reach out to others.
Church choir performance tours have many benefits. In addition to the most important goal of helping to bring people to salvation, your choir can also tour to recruit new members and stimulate deeper personal growth. As you prepare to take your church choir on the road, use these tips to make sure that everything goes smoothly.
1. Identify the Purpose
The first thing you need to do is define the reasons for your choir tour. Are you planning to participate in a multi-church concert? Or is this a mission trip where you plan to take your choir to places where people need to hear your message such as prisons and homeless shelters? A defined purpose gives you a starting point for putting together the plans.
2. Pick the Venues
For a church choir tour, you should plan to perform at one venue per day of your trip. However, you may plan multiple performances on the same day if there is a large amount of local interest. For instance, a holiday performance in a casual location, such as the community park, allows the group to sing at several different times.
3. Plan Opportunities for Fellowship
Although the main purpose of your church choir tour is to share your vocal gifts with the communities that your choir visits, you can also use this time to build camaraderie within the group. Make sure to sprinkle fellowship opportunities into the itinerary. Group dinners, picnics in the park, and shopping stops are all great ways to encourage bonding.
4. Include a Few Special Treats
During the time that your choir is not performing, you may have time to see a few sights. Explore a few of the popular tourist spots along your route and include them on your trip. For instance, if you're planning a tour throughout North Carolina, you could visit the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte or spend a day romping along the beach.
5. Create a Schedule
Once you identify your main places to stop, you are ready to put together the itinerary. Start by listing your performance times. Then, put in times for meals and breaks. Finally, add your special events such as tours of local churches and historical sites to complete your itinerary.
6. Get a Guest Count
You need to know the guest count before you can make reservations for essential services such as a tour bus
and hotels. Reach out to the members of your choir to find out who plans to attend. While the number may change if you are planning several months in advance, it helps to have an estimate of the count.
7. Make Reservations for Lodging
Depending on your choir's budget, your group may stay in hotels, churches, or the houses of members of the congregations where you sing. Either way, the people in charge of your lodging need the details regarding the dates you plan to stay and the size of your group.
8. Arrange for Transportation
Ideally, the transportation you choose should keep the members of your group together. Church tour buses are an option that has enough space for everyone so that you can practice your hymns and praise songs on the way to the performance and keep up that vibrant spirit that inspires your audience.
Whether you plan a short day trip or a multi-state concert tour, Jean's Bus Service Inc. has safe and reliable transportation that fits your church choir's needs. Contact us as soon as you have your main venues picked out so that we can help you plan your route.
