Christmas Sample: a Christmas flyer that answers Jesus’s prayer
Just before Jesus went to the cross, part of his prayer was for us. It is astounding to think that just before he faced the horror of the cross, he was praying for how we would represent him. Here is part of what he said: “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also [...]
Simple, black & white Halloween Invitation Card with an eternity changing message
The background for why I created this project is more important than most, so I’m sharing it here. In church communications, we do what we do because we believe that the eternal destinies of people depends on how they respond to Jesus. We know that–but in the midst of long days and overwhelming demands it [...]
People will come to church for holidays, even if they won’t come any other time–a strategy to reach them successfully
note: its’s never too early to start planning for Christmas and though this article is specifically related to Christmas, the overall strategy is useful for all holidays and lots are ahead! As we were discussing promotion for the Christmas Eve service at our church, our worship pastor said, “Yeah, even I came to church on [...]
ebook: Grow Your Church through Seasonal Celebrations, special edition
In our increasingly secular, post-Christian society, it is sometimes difficult to get our unchurched friends to come to church. But no matter what their opinion of a “church service” few people can turn down a holiday event that is free, for family and singles and where everyone has a great time. Not only can these [...]
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 [...]
Summer seasonal PR for 4th of July and Summer Events
This entry has a number of materials that are useful for connecting with people for special summer events. One is a bulletin insert that takes the line from the song, “America, America, God shed his grace on thee,” and turns the word GRACE into a prayer. It is useful for our American audience, but we [...]
Word Cloud Overview, featuring Tagxedo
Word cloud websites are great ways to create colorful interesting graphics that have lots of impact but are not much work to create. Though many programs are available to do this, this video gives you a brief overview of Tagxedo, a program that not only creates colorful Word Cloud, but makes it easy to save [...]
Word Cloud Summer Postcards, Father’s Day Postcards
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 [...]
One Mother’s Prayer, a true story that will touch many hearts for Mother’s Day and always
How long do you pray for someone? For anyone who has loved a child or friend who has strayed away from the Lord, this is much more than theory. This short piece, One Mother’s Prayer, is a true story about a mother who prayed for a wandering child and who……well, you have to read it [...]
