Sample of seasonal jpg file in a church bulletin, and how you can use the ones on this site for your publications
This is a wonderful example of how a church communicator took one of the jpg images, available to Members for all the holidays, and how she took the one for Easter and used it in her bulletin. Some churches prefer not to have loose bulletin inserts (either way works, it is matter of what your [...]
Church Bulletin Samples, set #1
Below is a selection of church bulletins sent in as part of our Great Idea Swap along with brief comments by Yvon Prehn. Church bulletins are one of the most important church communication pieces because they may be the first piece of Christian literature a visitor sees. In addition, they are a key way your church keeps members [...]
Order of Service in church bulletin, a contemporary and a liturgical example
There are many ways a church can improve the order of service to make it more understandable to visitors. Below are two of my favorites, sent to me from seminar participants. One is from a contemporary church and the other is from a liturgical church. Both have many ideas that can make the impact on [...]
Church Bulletins, how to create simple, clear layouts for them
I’ve often said in my seminars that church bulletins are the most effective piece of Christian literature printed today outside the Bible. I say that because they are often the first piece of Christian literature visitors to your church from our post-Christian world see. They must clearly communicate what is going on and the basics [...]
Church jargon can sabotage your outreach effort—examples and solutions
Jesus commanded us to reach our world and most churches make a serious effort to do that. At the same time a survey by George Barna shows 91% of unchurched people feel the church is not sensitive to their needs. Why is that happening if our primary calling is to reach them for Jesus? I [...]
Little communication details can accomplish miraculous results
The story of a stubborn general in the Old Testament book of 2 Kings, illustrates the critical importance of not ignoring the seemingly little things in church communication. Many churches are spending lots of money on big communication projects such as website redos or buying predone outreach or marketing pieces. When the money spent does [...]
e-book: archive articles from Yvon Prehn: Bulletins
Church bulletins remain one of the most important pieces of church communication and this book features PDFs of articles by Yvon Prehn all on the topic of how to create and use them most effectively. In addition to theory, this book has quite a number of articles that illustrate how to layout your bulletins for [...]
Are written bulletins still needed in the church?
A church shared with me via email that they would like to make life more simple in church communications by doing away with written church bulletins and putting the information on the website. Even though this seems like a great idea it isn’t. This article discusses the many reasons why we still need written church bulletins.
