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Many churches today have an ideal church member they want to recruit—the younger male, the dad with a young family, and Father's Day is a great time to do a focused ...

Father's Day is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the men of your church, celebrate them, and help them get involved in ministries. Below is a summary listing of the ...

Easter is over and Mother's Day came so quickly this year, but before you put the Easter totally out of mind, take some time to evaluate the communications you created, ...

What kind of relationship do you have with someone, if you meet them, have a great time, and then walk away, never to call, talk, or see the person again? ...

Don't you wish that the people you love who only come to church on Mother's Day and other special events would come every week? It won't happen by simply wishing ...

This is the podcast of Yvon Prehn reading One Mother's Prayer. There is no intro or music--just the words. I did this and am giving you the embed code after ...

This short piece, One Mother's Prayer, is a true story that is both an encouragement to pray for children and an assurance of the power of prayer to change a ...

In addition to having a way to connect with guests so you can follow-up and invite them back, the set of connection cards here can also minister to unchurched spouses ...

When we think about Mother's Day we think about doing special things for the moms in our churches and that's wonderful, but we can do something for them that makes ...

Mother's Day gets the third highest attendance at church right behind Christmas and Easter. What churches often forget is that the large increase in people does not come from more ...

Before you decide how your church will celebrate Mother's Day, you need to understand the potential evangelism and spiritual growth opportunities you are missing.— This short booklet will change how ...

Will you get the same number of people the Sunday after Easter that you have on Easter Sunday? We know we won’t, but in Today’s podcast we’ll talk about how ...

When people come to your church at Easter for some of them it may be the first time they hear that Jesus died on the cross so they could be ...

Was Jesus a zombie? Please understand, there is no irreverence or shock value intended with this question. It was an honestly asked question from someone who was totally unfamiliar with ...

The free templates from Effective Church Communications can be used as is—but you can also modify them! Many ECC Members have done that over the years and I love it ...

You don’t have to be an astute analyst of the culture to understand that we live in a far different world than Baby Boomers grew up in. Many Boomer church ...

Effective Church Communications has dozens of Resources, including articles, podcasts, and FREE Templates you can use for all the Easter communications you need for before, during, and after Easter. The ...

What are your expectations for Easter at your church? Especially for those that are visiting for the first time and who may be totally unfamiliar with the Christian faith? In ...

Following is a text version of the PODCAST Many churches go all out for Easter celebrations: special music, drama, free food, an Easter egg hunt or petting zoo for the ...

What are you planning for children at your church and community this Easter? In addition to fun, have you thought about how the children themselves can be involved in Easter ...

For a great strategy to teach children about Easter, involve parents, and provide an outreach tool, NOTHING beats Resurrection Cookies. When you make the cookies, you visually illustrate Jesus suffering, ...

Not only is Easter a wonderful time to host events for children, but it's a great time to train children to invite their friends to church. Seasonal celebrations are not ...

By using the colors of Jelly Beans, this prayer is a visual way to share the gospel message to children—and to the adults with the children—sometimes candy isn't nearly as ...

What do you think it is in your Easter Outreach materials that will draw people outside the church to your Easter Services? We know many people will visit our churches ...