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		<title>Bulletin Inserts: Back-to-School Backpack Ministry, ways to involve your congregation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Cloud Summer Postcards, Father&#8217;s Day Postcards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 21:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of being a members of Effective Church Communications is the free publications created for you. These publications come in these formats: A PDF that is ready-to-print as is, but that you can also modify on the back side. An editable MS Publisher file that you can modify however you choose. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Ministry Resources for Easter: List of Links and Resources on this Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective Church Communications has lots of resources for everyone and especially for ECC MEMBERS for Children&#8217;s Ministry for Easter. To make them a little bit easier to find, we&#8217;ve put links to below to the major resources. We&#8217;ll add new ones as we add materials. All of the ideas can be viewed by anyone, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Ministry Resources for Easter for Purchase</title>
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		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/04/childrens-ministry-resources-for-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children&#8217;s ministry is an important part of the Easter celebrations at any church. Here are EDITABLE MS PUBLISHER TEMPLATES, PDF of ideas and ready-to-print files and a Video and PDF Tutorial to help you create your own. Your purchase of these materials allows you to make as many copies of them as you want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDF and text: Easter Jelly Bean Prayer for Children&#8217;s Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By using the colors of Jelly Beans, this prayer is a visual way to share the gospel message to children—and to the adults with the children—sometimes candy isn&#8217;t nearly as intimidating as a sermon. It is useful at Easter to enclose in goodie bags, to use as an invitation, use as an illustration during a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: How to modify an Easter or ANY image photo with Snagit</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/03/modifying-a-free-photo-with-snagit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an effective communication campaign it is helpful to have a coordinated image you can use throughout your communications. This short, and extremely easy video will show you how to go from a photo like this: To a graphic like this: You do need to have the Snagit program ($49, available at www.snagit.com) to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back-to-School Backpack Ministry, church communication resources to motivate your congregation</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/backpackministrychurchcommunicationresource/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/backpackministrychurchcommunicationresource/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back-to-School  is a time with great outreach potential. Backpack Ministry, where your church assembles and gives children backpacks filled with school supplies, now more than ever, is a greatly needed ministry. Children in homeless shelters, kids whose parents have lost their jobs, or whose jobs have been cut back, many of them face a sad and embarrassing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My personal motivation for Backpack ministry—my memories and prayers about crayons and little kids in need</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/04/crayonsandcaring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/04/crayonsandcaring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the smell when you opened a new box of crayons? Waxy and warm with a bit of paper mixed in. Remember what it was like to see all those new crayons? Sometimes there were new colors.&#160;The metallic crayons seemed magical. I almost hated to use them, to turn the neat, sharp points into smushy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletters: from boring and bragging to outstanding outreach</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2009/12/newsletters-outstanding-outreach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2009/12/newsletters-outstanding-outreach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Idea Swap: Samples of Children&#8217;s Ministry Communications, #1</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2009/12/samples-of-childrens-ministry-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2009/12/samples-of-childrens-ministry-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children&#8217;s ministry requires a large number of communication pieces for a successful ministry. The following pieces are a from various churches and should give you some ideas for your ministry. These samples are from our Great Idea Swap. A brief description and a few comments goes with each one. Click on the the image to download [...]]]></description>
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