If necessary, enlist extra helpers for classes and departments that day. Station greeters on the parking lots and at entrances to assist persons unfamiliar with your facilities. Persons who come that day for the first time need to see what normally happens in Bible study and not get lost in a mob of confusion and chaos. Another danger of big days, especially their overuse, is the neglect of good, basic, ongoing Sunday School work. If special days succeed in getting people to attend, leaders and workers may become satisfied and neglect planning, ministry, and quality Bible teaching-learning.
Special days can be a part of a well-balanced Bible study program, but only a part.
The importance of Bible study demands that good planning be done week by week and not just for special times. A person who attends Sunday School and is not taught Cod's Word does not receive the nurture he needs for daily living. The Sunday School must not fail to minister to persons who are regular in attendance. But when I previous, successful attendance campaign can demoralize workers. What they do not remember is that they achieved that earlier record only one time in the past.