Typography: a powerful tool to create effective church communications
Type is one of the most powerful design tools you have in creating effective church communications. Even though we are not always aware of it, we’ve all grown up with a typography vocabulary. For example which one of the two examples below is a headline and which is text: THIS ONE? or this one? You [...]
Graphics: lines, screens, clipart overview
This PDF is the chapter from my first book on desktop publishing that gives you some ideas on how you can use the most basic elements of graphic design to help tell your story. You may never have thought about how a line can actually tell a story, but it can and one of the [...]
A tourist brochure provides design inspiration for a church information brochure
We know that for people to come to our churches who may have grown up without going to church that it can be a very scary experience. This PDF shows a wonderful way you can make them feel welcome. Think about how visiting your church might be like visiting and entirely new country (which is [...]
Brochure Redesign: from ignored to effective
This PDF illustrates the process of how to take a brochure that merely describes a ministry to one that is redesigned to meet needs. The result of the redesign was a huge response to the ministry. Click here or on the image to download the PDF. note: this PDF is from Yvon Prehn’s archives and [...]
Answers to basic questions on how to design church communications
“How do I design my bulletin, newsletter, flyer, brochure, all the church communications both in print and online?” “What makes a good design in a church publication?” These are questions every church communicator asks and this article provides some foundational advice no matter what project or media you are designing for. Understand what design is [...]
