Pearls in Bloom Marketplace Ministry 2023 Marketplace

Project Description

We are kicking off our children’s marketplace ministry in 2023! We spent a year learning how to create products while asking God for instruction along the way. This year we are sharing our talents and blessing our communities.

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Project Progress

Project Timing

  • Start
    May 19 2023
  • End
    Dec 31 2023

05/19/2023 12/31/2023

88%

Overall Project Completion

  • Project Planning

    There is much planning that needs to happen before we can open our shops. We have to build our tents, create our products, calculate costs, and plan our locations....and we need to share with others where we will be and when!

    25%
  • Restock & Review

    75%

  • 50%

    Open For Business!

25%

Project Planning

There is much planning that needs to happen before we can open our shops. We have to build our tents, create our products, calculate costs, and plan our locations....and we need to share with others where we will be and when!

50%

Open For Business!

75%

Restock & Review

Expand Your Tent Pegs 47% Complete 2/5 Tasks completed

47%
Description
There is much planning that needs to happen before we can open our shops. We have to build our tents, name our businesses, create our products, calculate costs, and plan our locations....and we need to share with others where we will be and when!
Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. - Isaiah 54:2

2/5 Completed Tasks

  • Calculate Materials
  • Purchase Materials
  • Cut & Assemble PVC Structures
  • Cut & Sew Awnings
  • Assemble Tents onto Folding Tables

Create Your Business 0% Complete 0/3 Tasks completed

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Description
We need to come up with your business idea.
  1. Come up with a business idea.
    1. What type of products do you want to sell?
    2. Who is your ideal customer?
  2. Pick a business name.
    1. Think about the types of products that you want to sell. If you want to offer many different types of products, think of a name that is broad enough to cover multiple things.For example, you wouldn't name your business "Everything Ice Cream" if you plan to sell ice cream, Legos, custom artwork, baked goods, etc.
Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath. - Deuteronomy 8:18

0/3 Completed Tasks

  • Come Up With a Business Idea
  • Pick a Business Name
  • Decide Which Products To Sell

Product Development 0% Complete 0/4 Tasks completed

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Description
Here's the fun part! Take the list of the products that you want to sell and for starters, pick the EASIEST & QUICKEST products. Start creating! For starters, just stick with up to three items. You can always expand later! As you begin to develop your product, keep track of how much your materials cost, how long it takes you to create each item, and how much you want to sell them for.
For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. - Proverbs 2:6

0/4 Completed Tasks

  • Choose Up To Three Items
  • Calculate Cost Of Materials
  • Calculate How Long It Takes To Make Each Item
  • Calculate How Much You Want to Sell Your Items For

Pre-Commit Your Offering to God 0% Complete 0/1 Tasks completed

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Description
Decide ahead-of-time what portion of your good that you want to offer back to Him. God gives us a promise in His Word that if we give him 10% He will bless the rest. When God blesses something, there is always increase. So this is a no brainer! Whatever you give back to God, it is He alone who will pay you back! And He always pays according to His riches in heaven. (And that's a lot of riches!) Be sure that you ask God what He wants you to give. Would you give away the first product perhaps? Or would you give away a 10th of your proceeds? Do not compare what you give with someone else's giving—just give whatever He tells you! Also be cheerful in this giving. If you feel sad or upset that you have to give, then simply just do not good. God always gives us a free choice! He is not making you do anything. He is simply saying, "But if you do give...then I will give you this." It's a trade. You choose!
The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the Lord will go to the priests. The first batch of dough must also be given to the priests so the Lord will bless your homes. - Ezekiel 44:30

0/1 Completed Tasks

  • Write Out Your Commitment

Marketing Efforts 0% Complete 0/2 Tasks completed

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Description
We need to advertise where we're going to be starting two weeks before each date. Cameron Lessek has agreed to help us in this area. ;-)
  1. Create 3 Marketing Messages for Social Media Most neighborhoods have a Facebook page. We will have our parents help us to post an advertisement about our stores opening in these areas to weeks in advance. Here is the timeline
    1. First Message - Post 2 Weeks Before
    2. Second Reminder - Post 1 Week Before
    3. Third Reminder - Post the Day Before the Event
  2. Optional: You can do this in addition to posting on Social Media - or you can just post signs if the area where your store will be located. I would suggest posting your signs 1 week prior the event.
    1. Create message
    2. Make Sign
    3. Post Sign
    4. Pick Up Sign - Don't forget to remove your sign AFTER your store's event!

0/2 Completed Tasks

  • Create Three Marketing Messages For Social Media
  • Optional: Create Signs & Post & Pickup

Open For Business! Day 1 0% Complete 0/2 Tasks completed

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Description

Let's open our stores!

Before your big day, you'll want to package up your tent materials and all of your goods in one location before your big day. Make a list to make sure that you don't forget anything! Tip for the Experts: Do a practice run! Setup your store how you want it at your home. Time yourself so you know how early you need to arrive to set everything up. Make any adjustments needed!
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. - Proverbs 10:4

0/2 Completed Tasks

  • Do a practice run!
  • Package up your tent materials & product in one place.

Open For Business! Day 2 0% Complete 0/3 Tasks completed

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Description
So how did your first day go? Are there any improvements that you can make for next time?
  1. Did you arrive early enough to set things up?
  2. Did you have enough inventory? How much more inventory do you need for next time?
  3. How did people respond to your prices? Did your customers think that your prices were fair? Do you need to adjust?
  4. Be sure to restock all inventory!
Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. - Proverbs 10:4

0/3 Completed Tasks

  • Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
  • Restock
  • Package up your tent materials & product in one place.

Open For Business! Day 3 0% Complete 0/4 Tasks completed

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Description
So how did your second day go? Are there any improvements that you can make for next time?
  1. How did the changes that you make affect your second day on the job? Do you need to make anymore adjustments?
  2. If you want to incorporate another product idea, now is a good time!
  3. Be sure to restock all inventory!
Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. - Proverbs 10:4

0/4 Completed Tasks

  • Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
  • Optional: Add New Product to Inventory
  • Restock
  • Package up your tent materials & product in one place.

Open For Business! Day 4 0% Complete 0/4 Tasks completed

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Description
By now you should be getting the hang of things. If you included a new product offering, how was your product received?
  1. If there a product offering that you're currently offering that you should actually remove from your list?
  2. Are there any other product ideas that you want to add?
  3. Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. - Proverbs 10:4

0/4 Completed Tasks

  • Document any improvements that you want to make and adjust your business plans!
  • Optional: Add New Product to Inventory
  • Restock
  • Package up your tent materials & product in one place.

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