Personal note—once again fires raging in California
Last Thursday afternoon a phone call came, “Camarillo Springs is on fire.” Camarillo Springs is a mobile home park not far from Ventura where we live, and we have several ...
Don’t be a Secret Saint—a better way to do outreach and connect people to your church!
Have you ever been in a situation where you do outreach activities or acts of kindness as part of your church, but you never see anybody come to church because ...
A video comparison of PicMonkey, Canva, and Snappa
After the recent overview/tutorial of Snappa, an Effective Church Communications member asked me how it compared to Canva and PicMonkey. That was such a good question and as I thought ...
For the heart of church communicators: Bible 805, a podcast about history and the Bible
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks, Jesus told us. It's valid to continue that thought that out of what's in our hearts is what will come ...
NEW PODCAST format: A Better Way for Church Communicators
I've done podcasts in a variety of formats on this site, but I found a new way that allows the podcast to be distributed in a way I wasn't able ...
And now podcasts—one more way to share encouragement, training, good news, our faith!
Who would have imagined the oldest way to communicate—with our voice—would be the latest, greatest thing in communications? Even more, who would have imagined that one of the oldest technologies—radio—would ...
Snappa: Review and How-tos of a GREAT program to create social media graphics
Snappa is a great program for the fastest, easiest ways to make social media and online graphics! I've used it for some time (in fact, all the graphics you see ...
Fall Festival and Halloween Resources, invitations, registration cards, encouragement flyers, lots more
Lots of good stuff here and ALL FREE! Some new, some a few years old, but all for you to use as you'd like. Just click on the link below ...
A non-scary way to share your faith at Fall Festivals and Halloween
Halloween is a fantastic time for outreach and many churches make the most of it with Trunk or Treat, a Fall Festival and similar outreach activities. In addition to that, ...
Was Jesus a zombie—NO irreverence intended, but an honestly asked question and an answer
I was challenged with this question twice in one week from people who were quite serious and not affiliated with any church in any way. After I got over my ...
More powerful than social media to invite, connect, share your faith—church & ministry business & invitation cards
Social media is powerful, but there are many times in our day and ministries where we don't have or can't use it—at a hospital visitation, in a casual conversation, times ...
How to pass on sensitive ministry information for domestic abuse, drug abuse, and pornography addition help
Our world hurts. People hurt each other and they hurt themselves. The good news of the gospel is there is healing for every hurt available in Jesus and given out ...
Why church business cards still work in the digital age, and the ministry benefit of anonymous cards
The values of business cards for churches and ministries is simply a reflection of their value in the world outside the church. Contrary to the opinions of some, social media ...
VIDEO: How to modify the FREE Templates for Church Business and Ministry Invitation Cards
We have many Free Church Business and Ministry Invitation Cards Templates (CLICK HERE to go to them) and you can edit and modify the cards for your church. I realized ...
ECC Podcast: Church and Ministry Business and Invitation Cards
Welcome to the Effective Church Communicators Podcast. Notes and links from the Podcast • Today we are going to talk about: • Church and Ministry Business and Invitation Cards—so ...
Church and Ministry Business & Invitation Cards, a new course
The Church Communications Training School has a NEW course: Church and Ministry Business & Invitation Cards! It is part of the All-Access Package for church communicators ($10 a month or $99 ...
Great responses to not being able to use “Back to Church Sunday”
I love church communicators! If there is a group that knows how to make lemonade out of lemons it is this one. In responding to the sad news of Outreach ...
The silent, destructive communication war between Boomers and Millennials
There is a silent war going on in churches today. Nobody talks about it and many in the church are not even aware it is going on, but it continues ...
A sad situation—why Back to Church Sunday communications are no longer on this site
I've put off writing this for a long time because it was so upsetting to me, but you won't find any Back to Church Sunday communications on this site anymore ...
PowerPoint Slides for Backpack Ministry to remind and motivate your congregation
People usually want to give to worthy causes and making sure that children have adequate supplies for school is a very important one. However, we all need reminders to do ...
Instagram Images for Backpack Ministry to remind and motivate your congregation to give
There are few projects in the church as much fun as getting supplies for kids when they are heading back to school. To me it's a little like the fun ...
Bulletin inserts and Flyers for Fall Backpack ministries
One of the best ministries at this time of year is for churches to assemble backpacks for kids that need them. Following is an assortment of designs from past years ...
The job of church communicators–to incarnate ministry vision, illustrated with Backpack Ministry video
The communication project started out as an email plea for help. Our mission committee was working with two orphanages in Mexico and they wanted to provide backpacks for the children ...
My personal motivation for Backpack ministry—my memories and prayers about crayons and little kids in need
Remember the smell when you opened a new box of crayons? Waxy and warm with a bit of paper mixed in. Remember what it was like to see all those ...
