Operation Christmas Child: a fantastic idea from one ECC Member that involves the congregation

All of you have the GREATEST IDEAS! Following our previous  article that featured Bulletin Inserts to encourage your people to  shop ahead for Christmas Child Boxes (CLICK HERE to go to it) one of our wonderful ECC Members sent me this email. It shares a fantastic way a church does their Operation Christmas Child ministry, [...]

Bulletin Inserts: Back-to-School Backpack Ministry, ways to involve your congregation

Back to School was always a wonderful time of year for me, but for many kids it can be a time of sadness if they don’t have what they need. This is a simple, but very powerful ministry your church can do. Below is the introduction to the church bulletins: Back-to-School Backpack Ministry —an opportunity [...]

Bulletin Inserts: Shop for Your Christmas Child Boxes in August–Samaritan’s Purse shopping TIPS!

This time of year, when lots of sales are going on for Back-to-School, is a great time to buy for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. This is a wonderful ministry where people in your church pack shoe boxes for children in need around the world. A bulletin insert like the ones to the left [...]

Request for advice from a new missionary, how to communicate?

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 [...]