host spoke folk

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Support youth faith formation

By hosting a Spoke Folk tour, your church plays a direct role in equipping young people to grow in their faith and leadership.

2

Practice Christian Hospitality

Opening your doors for an evening (host church), sharing a meal, and spending time in fellowship is a tangible way to live out the love of the body of Christ. Or open your doors for a few days (home church).

3

Be encouraged as a congregation

Host churches receive an engaging, hour-long Spoke Folk program that includes:
– Contemporary Christian music
– Puppets and skits
– Personal testimonies of faith

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Worship led by youth across the country

As young people share their joy and excitement about following Jesus, members of your congregation—children, youth, and adults—are inspired and renewed in faith.

5

Partner in Ministry

Hosting Spoke Folk is more than providing space—it’s joining a mission to connect generations, encourage faith, and strengthen the wider church.

choose your church role

home Church

House during Training (5 Days)
Sunday Commission
Homecoming

A Home Church serves as both the starting point and the homecoming location for a Spoke Folk tour.
Your congregation plays a key role in forming the tour community and supporting youth as they grow in faith and leadership.

Timeline
Counselors Arrive Tuesday evening

Participants Arrive Wednesday

Training

The tour practices music, prepares puppet shows and skits, trains on bikes, discipleship habits, and builds community.

Sunday Send Off

After worshiping with your congregation, the tour is sent out to share their program and ministry with churches across the region.

Tour Homecoming

Arrive back to Home Church Saturday afternoon to wrap up tour.

Final Worship Service

On Sunday morning, the tour shares their full program during worship before departing for home.

What to provide
Storage for Bikes

Rehearsal Space

Sleeping Space

Use of Kitchen Facilities

At Least 2 Restrooms

Hose for Showers

Home Church Resources

Host Church

House tour for one night
Provide meal with tour & congregation
Host Evening Program

Each Spoke Folk tour is hosted by six congregations during their week on the road, performing
a program of contemporary Christian music, puppets, skits and testimonies each evening.

Timeline
Arrive by bicycle in afternoon

Unload & Set up for program

Hose showers

Dinner with congregation provided by Host Church

Spoke Folk Program for congregation

The tour will perform their hour-long program, after we enjoy getting to know the congregation after the program as well.

Spend the night

Spoke Folk takes time for devotions, one-on-one discipleship relationship time, worship, and prayer to equip participants to live as disciples of Jesus after tour.

Breakfast provided by Host Church

Bike out after breakfast

What to provide
Storage for Bikes

Rehearsal Space

Sleeping Space

Use of Kitchen Facilities

At Least 2 Restrooms

Hose for Showers

Host Church Resources

promote the program

Thank you for hosting Spoke Folk
Your church’s hospitality makes this ministry possible. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with you and want to support your congregation and community as you prepare for Spoke Folk’s visit.

Tools to promote your Spoke Folk event
To help make your event successful, we’ve provided digital marketing resources designed for easy use.

Available promotional materials include:

  • Printable Spoke Folk posters to display in your church and community
  • PowerPoint slides for worship announcements and services
  • Graphic design elements for creating custom event promotions
Download Digital Media Kit
Community outreach ideas
1

Invite youth groups from neighboring churches

2

Partner with local police and fire departments for a bike safety event

3

Host an outdoor concert followed by an ice cream social

4

Encourage fellowship by making the meal a pot luck dinner

Send Your Youth on Spoke Folk

FAQs

The HOME church is where the tour starts and ends. A typical Spoke Folk tour will be at a home church Wednesday-Sunday morning and then begin their week-long tour before returning to the home church Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. A HOST church houses Spoke Folk for one evening during the week long tour.

During training, Spoke Folk needs access to space that can be used for sleeping, changing, rehearsals, meals, and bike storage from Wednesday through Sunday morning. We also ask that your congregation consider helping out with a couple meals (lunch or dinner) throughout the training. We would love to spend time with your congregation; have a potluck or grill out and invite them to join us!

As a host church, Spoke Folk asks for space to be used for sleeping, changing, and bike storage. After the bike ride, we will need a way to clean up. Most often that looks like a garden hose and a patch of grass but it could include a trip to a nearby YMCA, pool, or host homes if time allows. We ask that your congregation provides dinner the night we arrive and a light breakfast in the morning before we hop on the bikes again. In the evening, we will share our program with your congregation and mingle afterward.

Spoke Folk has a handful of ways you can reach out to your congregation and community to encourage a successful event. Whether it’s a potluck dinner (who turns those down!?), and ice cream social, a multi-church event, or outdoor community concert at the park, we’ll work with you to brainstorm ideas that work for your congregation.

Tuesday evening – Counselors arrive

Wednesday afternoon – participants arrive & tour starts

Wednesday – Saturday evening – group building, training rides, program rehearsal

Sunday morning – commissioning from home church and then light lunch before riding to first host church


2:30-4pm – Spoke Folk tour arrives at your church, cleans up, setup up instruments for program, small group time

6pm (or similar) – Dinner provided by congregation. We would love for your congregation to join us for dinner

7pm (or similar) – Program, including music, personal sharing, skit, and puppet show

8:15pm – Mingle with congregation following program

9pm – Spoke Folk small group time, occasional ice cream run, devotions, sleep

7-9am (depending on length of day’s ride) – Light breakfast provided by congregation

8-10am (depending on length of day’s ride) – Spoke Folk departs

Dinner ideas: spaghetti, lasagna, pizza, sloppy joes, grill out, pot luck, taco bar, baked potato bar

Breakfast ideas: bagels, cereal, fruit, toast, juice, yogurt, muffins

Amount: A full tour consists of 40 people but some tours are not full. Feel free to contact Spoke Folk a couple weeks before their arrival to confirm the size of the group so you can plan accordingly but also keep in mind that bikers eat well!