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Valentine GIFT: Trial monthly membership, for $2.00 for your first month!
As a Valentines Gift to the many people who visit this site, Effective Church Communications is offering a trial monthly membership for $2.00 for your first month. This is a great opportunity to check out the many resources that are for ECC Members Only (see the #1 Members Tab and all the entries under it ). Many will...
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Valentine Gift: FREE download of devotions to encourage church communicators
HAPPY Valentines Day to all of you wonderful church communicators! All of you work so hard and this is my little gift to you as I praise God for how He uses you to change lives for time and eternity. Just click on the image to the left to download a FREE ebook of selections from my book on Devotions for Church Communicators. ...
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Seasonal Church Communications
Bulletin Inserts on: Why it’s important to remind our congregations about Lent
Observing Lent isn’t about a denomination, or whether your church is liturgical or not. Lent helps us to put the Christian life into biblical perspective It’s a time to practice saying “no” to ourselves in little things so we can say a bigger “yes” to God in the bigger decisions of life. The PDFs pictured...
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Lenten Calendar with a focus on giving
Just click on the PDF to download a full-size image. This is a wonderful inspirational entry to our Great Idea Swap. PLEASE send us your ideas and get a FREE file of all the files sent in. Though there are many wonderful lessons we can learn from self-denial during Lent, the danger is always there that we can become...
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How-tos on church communications
Devotions for Church Communicators: What’s inside your heart will come out in your communications
Ed note: the material below is from the introduction to the book, Devotions for Church Communicators, an essential book that provides biblical, challenging and encouraging readings for each week of the year. To purchase a download of the book or for information how purchasing a print copy, go to the links at the bottom...
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Timely Fundamentals, part one
Article by Gayle Hilligoss Ed. comments: After reading this list of tips, I thought they are like little chocolates. . . . . real treasures to savor bit by bit. Take time and think about each one–I guarantee they’ll make a difference and you won’t gain an ounce! Timely Fundamentals, part one Looking...
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Free Content
This material is provided to give you an idea of the types of material available on this site. The beginning of all articles are also available for you, so explore!
Valentine Gift: FREE download of devotions to encourage church communicators
HAPPY Valentines Day to all of you wonderful church communicators! All of you work...
Q & A: I need a resource for bargain software—is Consistent Computer Bargains still in business?
QUESTION: Yvon, A number of years ago (app. 2004 or earlier) I attended one of your...
Don’t only master church communication technology—measure results
How did your church do this last year in church technology? Did you finally get a...
Church Bulletin Resources: templates, training, tips, videos, articles, books
From time to time, it’s useful to evaluate your church bulletin because I firmly...
Why, though we have incredible communication tools; do we also have declining church attendance?
note: this is an excerpt from our upcoming book: Church Bulletins, the most important...
Typography is one of the most important tools we have to make our church bulletins...
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Webinars
The Webinars are Free for 48 Hours when we first post them and after that On Demand 24/7 along with PDF handouts for ECC Members. Click on any topic below to preview the content or view the Webinar.
Video: What is a TEMPLATE on Effective Church Communications and how can you use them?
Templates are one of the best resources on this site because they will save you HUGE...
Video: What is a PDF? the three kinds of PDFs on this website and how to use them
I’ve had a number of questions recently asking about why people can’t...
Video and Ebook on Church Bulletin Essential: How to become a Christian
Our church bulletins can accomplish many purposes, but if they don’t answer...
In many churches communications are done because “we’ve always done it that way”...
Special events are a strategic time to get people into churches. Our societies are...
Online Video, Foundation: The Uniqueness of Church Communications
Welcome to the first of our Online Video, Foundation: The Uniqueness of Church...
