If Friends Day is just a sermon - the Church remains icebergs in the midst of their community - things will fail.
if Friends Day is a culmination of the whole Church working to genuinely desire their good AND HAVE sympathy for their members neighbours ( by praying at home & in Church to be born again & be given that sympathy - then go and act out those prayers personally ) it will be the first of the ten steps of success.
Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, "Follow Me." {MH 143.3}
There is need of coming close to the people by personal effort. If less time were given to sermonizing, and more time were spent in personal ministry, greater results would be seen. The poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for, the sorrowing and the bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced counseled. We are to weep with those that weep, and rejoice with those that rejoice. Accompanied by the power of persuasion, the power of prayer, the power of the love of God, this work will not, cannot, be without fruit. {MH 143.4}
Step 1- Pray to get it, go out and live like you had it, so God can and will send it.
Step 2 (Level 1) The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good.
Step 3 (Level 2)He showed His sympathy for them,
Step 4 (Level 3)ministered to their needs,
Step 5 (Level 4)and won their confidence.
Step 6 (Level 5)Then He bade them, "Follow Me."
Step 7 (Level 6) build their desire to take Bible Studies
Step 8 (Level 7) Give them the Bible Studies week by week praying with them tutoring them
Step 9 (Level 8 ) Baptism
Step 10 (Level 9 ) Discipleship Training / Mentoring / teaching them to work for souls.