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 Members, non-members can [...]
Q & A: SuperBowl Outreach—Is it OK and LEGAL to show the game at your church?
QUESTION: Is it OK to show the Super Bowl at church? I was told that it was illegal and that the NFL had sued a church and won for doing that. ANSWER: Though we didn’t do anything formally at Effective Church Communications to promote this great time for outreach and fellowship, personally I’m planning the [...]
Valentines Day Cards or Bulletin inserts, quarter page, full-color–beautiful images, lots of uses
This is a wonderful collection of Valentines Day cards, bulletin inserts, invitations, reminders of God’s love. You can personalize them on the back in any way you want. These are one-quarter page size and in a variety full-color designs. At the bottom of the page is a ZIP FILE for ECC Members that has editable [...]
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 [...]
Valentines Day PDF book, 52 pages of ready-to-print, full color and spot color files
All of the Valentines Day 2012 files, all 52 of them, have been combined in this one PDF, downloadable file. It is a fantastic resource you can immediately use to create bulletin inserts, postcards, samples and anything else you want to use to celebrate Valentines Day. The files are in both full-color and spot color. [...]
What ONE THING do you need to do? a devotion for church communicators as you start the New Year
This past year the father of one of my friends died. My friend shared with me that in the time they spent together as death approached, he asked his father, “Is there anything you need to do?” What a kind and wise question to ask a loved parent in the twilight of life—to be there [...]
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 [...]
Year-end giving– links to donor resources–and a suggestion for your communication ministry
Before the year closes out many people want to make the most of their charitable giving contributions, below is a link to the IRS site that explains charitable giving guidelines and might be useful if people call or email the church office with questions. Here is the IRS LINK overall for charitable giving: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=251223,00.html For [...]
Church Communication tools to help people grow to Christian Maturity, a key goal for the New Year
We need to do more in our church communications than reach out to people to get them to church the first time. You probably had lots of people visit for the first time during the holidays, but you don’t want them to come week after week and leave with only nice feelings about the Christian [...]
