Church Newsletter Samples, three great ideas for your church
Posted by Yvon Prehn on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Newsletters in all kinds of formats and to a variety of audiences in your church are still one of the best ways to communicate with your people. We are currently (September 2011) collecting newsletter samples from churches to put into new volumes of our Great Ideas & Sample Swap ebooks for church communicators. Following are: [...]
Request for advice from a new missionary, how to communicate?
Posted by Yvon Prehn on June 22, 2011 · 5 Comments
I recently got an email asking for communication advice on how to communicate as a missionary. Though I shared some ideas (I did missionary communications for years for two Christian organizations), this is an area that both I and Rusty, the missionary who asked, would greatly appreciate your input–either for him as a missionary, what [...]
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Newsletters: from boring and bragging to outstanding outreach
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 31, 2009 · 2 Comments
Whether you create your church newsletter on paper, in electronic format or both, periodically, take time to restructure it in ways that turn it from an often dreaded publication chore into one of your most powerful outreach tools. You can do this by evaluating your mission and then identifying your niche ministry targets and creating newsletters specifically for them. [...]
Newsletter article advice: long vs. short, sermons or not
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Question from a church business administrator: “For our church newsletters, should it contain long articles or short ones, sermons or not, visitor friendly?” It’s a great question and one that should be answered as you plan the content for your church or ministry newsletter. We’ll explore the options for answering it in this article. (Update note: [...]
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For church newsletters, there are some things you shouldn’t do
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Newsletters are one of the primary reasons people first started creating communications with their computers. This article was written primarily for people creating newsletters on paper, but its advice is also useful for newsletters created digitally. It is so easy to change newsletter format on the computer screen, but the reasons why a lack of [...]
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The most important thing about church newsletters, whether they are in print or online
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The most important thing about newsletters, whether you ultimately mail them out, post them as a PDF on your website, or use an online newsletter to create them, is the CONTENT in the newsletter. People do not read church newsletters to check out the great graphic design skills of the church—they read them to find [...]
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Little details are the most important part of your communications
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The little things are the most important part of your communications because they are the links that actually connect people with the events and ministries of your church. They are also the most boring, tedious, and difficult parts to include in a communication piece whether it is on paper or online. We’d much rather work [...]
Reporter Form: a great tool that enables church communicators to get the information they need to create communications
Posted by Yvon Prehn on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As a church communication creator, the value of the information that you put out in print, on the web, in your bulletins, newsletters, and other communications is only as good as of completeness of the communication information you are given. To help you get the complete information, a form like this can be a life-saver. Often [...]
