Yvon Prehn’s Article Archive Books

Similar to Great Idea Swaps, but all Yvon Prehn’s Article Archive Books

There is much that is current, exciting, and new in church communications in this website we work hard to keep you updated on all of this. At the same time there is much that is timeless in church communications. No matter what channel or form you use to pass on your message, what makes a good newsletter, bulletin, or church overview has similar characteristics whether you communicate it on the digitally or in print.

Yvon Prehn has written about church communications for a long time and has lots of materials in the form of scans and PDFs that, though the format and quality varies tremendously, contains a lot of useful, timeless material. The material comes from a variety of newsletters, books, magazines I’ve written for in the past. Some of it has been redone in books and web articles, but rather than hoarding it until we can make it pretty and perfect, we’re collecting what we have and making it available in inexpensive PDF collections. The quality of the reproductions is not perfect, but the content is useful. The bits of retro humor you get from old publications, Compuserve email addresses, the style changes (how could anyone think those eyeglasses were stylish at one time?) are thrown in for free. Needless to say, ignore all addresses, emails, etc. in these.

Article Archives Book: Bulletins

This 20-page book contains of all kinds of information about bulletins including: how to do a variety of bulletin layouts, how to use type to make it easier for people to follow the sections of the bulletin during worship, ways to handle special sections of the bulletin, why bulletin inserts are useful for niche marketing in the church and the importance of fitting in little details in a church bulletin even if you don’t think you have room for them. Be sure to check out the Great Idea Swap Collection of Church Samples in the section above this one and the how to book on Bulletins at www.lulu.com/yvonprehn.

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Article Archives Book: Newsletters

There are many parts to a successful newsletter: the layout and type, the writing, the graphics you use. This 38-page book has ideas for all these sections, plus: articles on how to generate quality newsletter articles, some ideas on how to create niche newsletters that reach out to and minister to a specific group of people and a lengthy section on how to lay out and organize a variety of newsletter formats. Be sure to check out the three books of samples in the Great Idea Swap Section above, whether they are distributed in print or in PDF online, you’ll get lots of layout ideas from them.

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Article Archives Book: Invitation Cards & More

This 24-page book contains the full text of Yvon Prehn’s previous book on Church Business Cards, plus: numerous additional reprints on business cards, tips to create effective postcards, ideas for ow to do effective church marketing, ideas on what makes an effective seeker-friendly communication and how to avoid jargon in your communications. Be sure to check out the book on Church Invitations in the Great Idea Swap section above for how churches create these outreach pieces. No one method is perfect, try different ones for your church and track the results.