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 [...]
The incredible potential of seasonal and special events or how to get secular, uninterested people to come to church
How can you get secular, uninterested people to come to church? The answer isn’t hard at all–it’s right in front of us–on our calendars and this e-book: Grow Your Church through Seasonal Celebrations will show you how. The ebook is free for members, or it can be purchased for $5.00 as a download for non-members. [...]
Church Halloween Celebrations: having fun and not sinning is not the point
Is having fun what defines a Christian? Is FUN what makes a church even worthwhile? Is fun why we do what we do (whatever it is) in the Christian life? When you look at many current church communications, you’d assume the answer was “yes.” A recent scanning of material on the web as I was [...]
How to use everything that’s bad about Halloween as motivation to share the gospel, plus an overview of Halloween outreach resources
If there is a holiday that causes controversy in the church, it’s Halloween. Some churches welcome it as a great time to do community outreach with alternative Halloween events; others shake their fingers and condemn churches that even mention the term. It’s always easier to curse the darkness than to flood it with light, but [...]
For Effective Halloween Outreach, a video overview of the communications you need to create
ONLY SEVEN MINUTES is all it takes to look at this video overview of the communications you can create to turn Halloween into an eternity-altering event. This isn’t just about fun, candy, and showing the kids in your community that the church can put on a great party—it’s about making the most of an opportunity [...]
FREE Halloween Outreach text for invitations, postcards, congregational motivation
Following are the text only files from the Halloween materials (click here to go to the overview page that shows how they are used in church communications). If you are an ECC Member, you have access to them already in editable postcards, invitation cards and other materials, click here to go to that download. For [...]
Editable Halloween MS Publisher materials, a FREE preview PDF for all, editable files for members
The publications illustrated here cover every aspect of preparation for, what to use during and follow up for effective Halloween outreach including: ***Motivational bulletin insert ***Invitation Cards ***Case-study, volunteer recruitment brochure ***Sign-in cards ***Cards to give out as people leave your event Click on the PDF for a free overview of all the communications with [...]
Resource collection: How to effectively recruit the volunteers you need for fall outreach and always
With all the fantastic opportunities fall provides for church outreach, no doubt your church calendar is filling up. But as your calendar fills, your worries also grow as you wonder how you will ever staff all the events. Will you get enough volunteers? Or will you be so tired as the holiday season approaches you [...]
A Case Study to help you be more successful in recruiting volunteers, example a church Trunk or Treat, a Webinar On-Demand
Recruiting enough volunteers is always a successful challenge for any church event and few are the churches that report they have enough. When the event takes place and there are not enough people, not only is it tiring for the staff and the volunteers that are there, but it is spiritually trying also. Why didn’t [...]
Volunteer recruitment, a how-to booklet that will help you this fall and for all events
This booklet not only goes along with the video on recruiting volunteers, but it is also an extremely useful guide for any time of the year when you need advice on how to successfully recruit volunteers. Yes, it would be wonderful if people just showed up whenever we announce we need them, but real life [...]
