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 [...]
Send me your communications about hunger, famine, compassionate outreach, and I’ll share them for free!
Church communicators have incredible power–with your words and images, dying children can get food, water, and the words of eternal life. We simply need to pass on these messages to our people and connect them with the groups who are reaching out in Jesus name to meet needs. The current famine in Somalia is our [...]
Video: What to do when you’re exhausted and stressed
We all get exhausted and stressed in our work of church communications. What should we do? Isaiah gives us the answer and the 2 minute video below will help make it practical. Watch and be refreshed! Isaiah 58:10 Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, [...]
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 [...]
Easter Encouragement Video for Church Communicators from Yvon Prehn
Church Communicators work so hard all year long, but the Easter season seems to have more responsibilities and work than any other time of year. To encourage church communicators and remind them of the eternal value of their work, I created this short video–enjoy!
From a Father’s Heart, a touching and useful tool for evangelism
As part of our Great Idea Swap, Mary, from Cambridge, Ontario sent in this note: We give as a gift to visitors a text page and an audio CD of “The Father’s Love Letter,” along with just a note of welcome and a magnet of the logo of our church. Here is the website for [...]
Valentines Day Bulletin Inserts, to remind people that God loves them
Bulletin inserts are a great tool for evangelism for seasonal Sundays because often family members visit who do not attend your church regularly. Some of the folks in your church may have the courage to invite family to church, but not know how to share the gospel message with them. This is where an insert [...]
The Heart of Church Communications, devotions & challenges
. . . beyond tools and techniques, a biblical basis for creating church communications. . . As you approach the Easter season of go through days of challenging work, do you ever feel that though your church communications are created with the latest software and produced in the most professional way money can buy, that [...]
Canvas Salvation Book, a tangible way to share the gospel
Note from Yvon: This is one of the most wonderful and caring ideas I’ve ever seen on how to share the gospel. For those of you who remember the “Wordless Book,” a little booklet that told the gospel story through colors as you explained it, this is an expanded version of it, done up in [...]
Editable files for All will be well encouragement cards
This image illustrates the collection of encouragement cards on a ZIP file FREE for ECC Members with the inspirational message from Dame Julian: All will be well All will be well All manner of things will be well. The ZIP file contains: PDF versions of each design, in a ready-to print format, two on a [...]
