Valentine Gift for all this week! FREE download of devotions to encourage church communicators
HAPPY Valentines Day to all of you wonderful church communicators! All of you work so hard and this is my little gift to you as I praise God for how He uses you to change lives for time and eternity. Just click on the image to the left to download a FREE ebook of selections [...]
Innovative way to invite people to Easter services: “Egg” your neighborhood!
“Egg” your neighborhood with an invitation and an egg filled with candy–great idea for outreach and Easter promotion! This is one of the most creative ideas I’ve ever seen to invite people to Easter.It was sent in by a contributor to our Great Idea Swap for Easter (CLICK HERE to find out how you can [...]
Valentines Resources: links to communications: postcards, bulletin inserts, full and spot-color
Below are links to numerous articles that have samples of Valentines Day publications. Just click on the link below the title to go to any article. The articles have images, videos and examples of publications for immediate download of Valentines Day communications. All of the Valentines Communications below are free for ECC Ebook and Template [...]
Valentines Cards Spot Color both half and quarter-page size
These files are similar to the full color Valentines Day files in content, but they are in spot color. Spot color postcards and bulletin inserts are perfect to run on a digital duplicator. The files are in both half-page and quarter-page sizes. The ZIP files at the end of this article has the PDFs of [...]
Valentine’s Day Cards or Bulletin inserts, half page, full color: a gift for your congregation to share
Valentines Day is a time when people are looking for love and we know that the only true and eternal love is found in Jesus. The following set of Valentines Day Cards gives you a way to share that message. Like the image to the left and the images later in this article, these images [...]
Q & A: Resources needed for proofing communications in the church office
QUESTION: Do you have any recommended resources that you would recommend that I can give to our church’s admin assistant to improve her proof reading skills? question sent by a pastor via email ANSWER: Proofing publications is critical and horrible; important and irritating. One of my favorite quotes on this topic is: “The urge in [...]
Church Communication and Technology Survey
This is the survey referred to in the article: Don’t only master church communication technology—measure results A ZIP file containing a ready-to-print PDF, a PNG image, and an editable MS Publisher files is available for Effective Church Communication Members at the link below. For information on how to become an ECC Ebook and Template Club [...]
Manage your church communication team well
This article is for church leaders and those who oversee church communicators. You are responsible for the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the people who create your communications. Their job is vital to the growth and success of the church, but often they do their job under very difficult circumstances. Please consider the following [...]
Educational tax deductions for church communications training and resources–don’t forget about them for yourself!
This suggestion comes with the important advice that any final decision on whether or not you can claim the resources suggested here as a tax deduction needs to be made with your tax consultant, but it seems like they should apply. Here is an excerpt from: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513.html (go to this link for the whole listing [...]
ebook: Typography for Church Communications, a critical and foundational, but seldom-taught skill
Typography is one of the most important and key foundational skills in church communication. No matter what you say, if the typography is less than professional, your message won’t communicate as well as it could. Unfortunately, very few church communicators have had the opportunity for training in typography. That’s why this collection of materials was [...]
