Back to Basics, essential, foundational design, typesetting, and writing skills for church communicators

Posted by Yvon Prehn on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The content in this book is essential training if you want your communications on paper and the web to look professional and for all the tools of design, typography, and layout to work together to enhance your message. Links to both download and buy the book are at the end of this article. History of [...]

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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: [...]

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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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A quick video example of how to modify a newsletter in MS Publisher

Posted by Yvon Prehn on June 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Some great templates that you can modify for your church newsletter are available in MS Publisher. This short video below shows how to do that. If you don’t know how to use MS Publisher, a great way to learn it is through www.lynda.com. For a very helpful booklet that explains the many uses of MS [...]

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Great Idea Swap Overview: How it works, why use it, the history of it and why participate

Posted by Yvon Prehn on January 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Great Idea Swap is a resource of ebooks and online samples (click here to see current collections) of church communications by church communicators for church communicators. The purpose of the Great Idea Swap is for church communicators to help, inspire, and encourage other church communicators by sharing their samples and ideas in all areas [...]

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Overall Church Newsletter Samples #1

Posted by Yvon Prehn on January 24, 2010 · 3 Comments

Below is a selection of church newsletters sent in as part of our Great Idea Swap along with brief comments by Yvon Prehn. Church newsletters are still one of the most useful church communication pieces whether they are sent out or delivered digitally and the samples below are shared to help make yours more effective. [...]

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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. [...]

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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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