Valentines for Church Communication Creators, what church leaders need to do
Valentine’s Day is a wonderfully Christian holiday in that it is all about love and loving is what Christians are to be about. We celebrate it by giving gifts, often flowers and candy, to those we care for—but flowers fade and candy adds on pounds. For those you in a leadership position, who want to [...]
Clear communications help you create volunteer recruitment and retention
Many churches operate on what I call the 80/20 fallacy. We’ve all heard that “80 percent of the people do 20 percent of the work.” That is true in many churches, but I call it a fallacy because it does not need to be that way. We forget that statement is merely a business observation—it [...]
The Five Steps Strategy #2: Divide your communication team into two production levels
You need a team of communicators to get all the work done you need to in any size of church. Some may be paid staff, some volunteers, or they might be all volunteers. Whenever I mention volunteers in my seminars there is a gasp and the spoken or unspoken fear expressed, “What if I can’t [...]
Communications for a good continuing relationship with your volunteers
Every church is desperate for volunteers. It’s not only important to effectively recruit them, but after they are recruited, it is equally important to work hard to keep them. Unfortunately, the difference between how we treat volunteers when we are recruiting them and after they volunteer is sometimes similar to the difference with some couples [...]
What church leaders need to do for their church communication creators
This article is for church leaders and those who oversee church communicators. You are responsible for the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the people who create your communications. Their job is vital to the growth and success of the church, but often they do their job under very difficult circumstances.
Please consider the following suggestions [...]
Effective Volunteer Recruitment Communications: advice and PDF examples
Every church needs a committed and enthusiastic team of volunteers if all the ministries and needs of the church are to function as a healthy representative of the Body of Christ.
Recruiting that team, training, and keeping them functioning well are some of the major responsibilities of church communicators. Following is some overall advice and then [...]
The Two Production Levels of Effective Church Communication
This a foundational strategic article for effective church communications. It shows how you can divide the production of your church communications into a PR Level and a Ministry Level. It is an effective way to use volunteers and to enable your church to produce the large number of communications it needs to be effective.
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The Five Steps of Effective Church Communications and Marketing
The Heart of Church Communications
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Great Idea Swap
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Great Idea Swap
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MS Publisher, Editable Templates
Six Church Communication FORMS
Jesus and Perfection in Church Publications
Posted by Yvon Prehn on August 1, 2008 · 0
Perfection, it seems to me, as I travel all over North America and look at the publications from thousands of churches and chat with people about them, is a greatly misunderstood and often distorted concept when used as a characteristic of church communication. Please do not misunderstand me here, I am all for beautiful, typo-free [...]
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