Effective Church Communications

Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission

Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and a Biblical Perspective to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission. Our tools constantly change; our task doesn’t; we can help.

Ready-to-Print Sept. 11 (and other times): Postcard Prayers for Police, Firefighters, Soldiers

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Thank you card for those who serve
Any time of the year it is appropriate to say thank-you and pray for those who serve: the police, fire-fighters, soldiers.  The cards here can help you do that.

Though this collection of Postcard Prayers was created initially for Sept. 11 commemoration in the U.S., this set of materials also has generic cards that can be used in any location, at any time, to honor Police, Firefighters, and Soldiers from any country, anywhere.

The cards could be used for the holiday season along with homemade goodies or healthy snacks. The holidays throughout the year are often either times of loneliness or extra work for those who serve the public. We can serve them with our thanks and prayers. [Read more...]

REMEMBER Bulletin Inserts: for Sept 11 or other times of difficulty

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Sept 11 bulletin Redo
This bulletin insert is appropriate not only for Sept. 11 but for any time you want to remember God's faithfulness. The Zip file for members has specific ones for Sept. 11 as well as PDFs & other editable versions.

There are many times in life that we need to remember God's faithfulness and these publications will help. Effective Church Communications has created an acronym for REMEMBER width each letter the start of a phrase that will remind your people of how we need to REMEMBER God in all the hard times.

The PDF to the left is a free PDF for everyone for those times. Just click on the image to download it. You can use it as a bulletin insert (it prints 2 to an 8.5 x 11 page) or flyer, or any other way you want. You can personalize it on the back and add any additional encouragements or information. For ECC Members there is also an editable MS Publisher file of it in the ZIP File below.

Additional designs specifically for Sept. 11

For the U.S., Sept. 11, 2011 is the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy and this year, it falls on a Sunday. For the Sept. 11, versions we have printed the REMEMBER acronym over a picture of the fallen twin towers. This image is one from the U.S. government archives and is in the public domain.

For Effective Church Communication Members we also have a downloadable ZIP file, available at the end of this article that has ready-to-print PDFs and editable MS Publisher files of the bulletin inserts that reproduced on this page.

For those members who are not in the U.S.  and for other times that are difficult, there are also files that contain more inserts for the acronym that are not specific to Sept. 11.

If you are not a member and would like information on joining, CLICK HERE.

Additional options in the ZIP file for Effective Church Communication Members

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Below is the ZIP File that contains all the inserts in PDF and editable MS Publisher Formats

CLICK HERE to download the ZIP File.

 

Video: What is a TEMPLATE on Effective Church Communications and how can you use them?

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Templates are one of the best resources on this site because they will save you HUGE amounts of time when you need to create many church communications. Though the foundational work is done--many have artwork, text, design and much more done for you, you can change them to suit your tastes and for your church.

There has been some confusion about what makes a file a Template and what makes a file a PDF? What can be edited and what can't be? This video will help answer your questions. Below the video are notes for it and a LINKS & RESOURCES sheet in PDF format that has all the links talked about in the video. Just download the PDF and you can click on the links or if you would prefer to go a website and link directly to the templates shown in the video, CLICK HERE.

Video on: What is a Template?

Notes to go with the video as well as page of links

Just click on either image to download the PDF.

Notes for what is a TEMPLATELInks to Template resources

 

Multiplication vs. Addition Church Growth Charts that illustrate the difference

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Charts comparing multiplication vs. addition in church growth
Charts comparing multiplication vs. addition in church growth

Churches can grow either by adding members or by growing discipleship and multiplying members through discipleship. This chart is from the 5 Steps of Effective Church Communications and Marketing, by Yvon Prehn available or FREE at the ECC Library, at https://ecclibrary.com/b/hvqNJ

Chart showing church growth models of addition vs. multiplication