Effective Church Communications

For the heart of church communicators: Bible 805, a podcast about history and the Bible

1 November, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Bible 805, podcast and commentary — A Bible podcast and commentary from Yvon Prehn with an emphasis on church history and how it helps us understand 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 out in our communications.

If our hearts are filled with God and his words, that will be reflected in our church communications.

It doesn't mean that we will only write devotionals and Bible lessons—though that might be part of it. It means that the tone, the attitude, the images and examples we use will be reflective of our Lord. The best way for that to happen is to so saturate your mind and heart with God's Word that his way of looking at life and reaching out to people will become second nature to you.

There is only one way to get that perspective and that is to spend time in God's Word and we now have a new and exciting way to do it through PODCASTS!

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Where to listen to the Effective Church Communications Podcast: available on iTunes; Spotify, Stitcher, Public Radio, and many more !

1 November, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Here are the places you can listen to the Effective Church Communications Podcast. Be sure to subscribe to your favorite so you don't miss any!

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-better-way-for-church-communicators-podcast-by-yvon-prehn/id1438370124?mt=2&uo=4

Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MjAzODAwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4POKSjAkI2kS1Mx71c3Smq

Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/a-better-way-for-church-communicators-podcast-by-yvon-prehn

Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1454283

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1438370124/a-better-way-for-church-communicators-podcast-by-yvon-prehn

Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/6jxH

RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/a-better-way-for-church-communica-6NaAdl

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/a-better-way-for-church-communicators-podcast-by-yvon-prehn

And now podcasts—one more way to share encouragement, training, good news, our faith!

1 November, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Podcasts by Yvon Prehn — One of the oldest ways of communicating--with our voices is now one of the newest in Podcasts!

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 be the basis for it?

But here we are with podcasts, a booming area of communications that literally anyone can do.

Effective Church Communications and podcasts

If you've been part of Effective Church Communications for some time, you know I've done a number of podcasts. I did a moderate amount of radio in the past, love the format and have done a lot of teaching and speaking so it seemed like a natural tool.

As with many things, the technology of it was very scary and that put me off for some time until I realized how simple it could be (this is an EXTREME simplification and I hope to do some videos to explain it more) with free Audacity and Lame software, plus an inexpensive headset microphone from Target (that's how I create mine).

Creating them was easy, what to do next was hard. I've tried various systems, all time-consuming and though the storage and distribution systems didn't cost a lot, it is a monthly cost. But the biggest challenge was HOW to distribute them? Yes, there are all sorts of ways to do that, but my brain was stretched enough just getting the podcast done and available.

Anchor changed everything

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More powerful than social media to invite, connect, share your faith—church & ministry business & invitation cards

2 October, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Mom's Morning Out Business Card — Cards like this are great to make up for members of the group to give out at playgrounds or in line at the grocery store.

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 when we want to anonymously share a ministry, a resource, or hopeful advice. Business cards are the perfect ministry solution for all these situations.

Below are links to articles, two video classes, a podcast and templates.

Key article: Church Invitation Cards, business cards with an eternity-altering purpose: https://wp.me/pDky9-1tQ

Here is an excerpt from it:
How do you get unchurched people into your church?Despite all the high-tech and expensive advertising methods available today, one method remains the most effective way to get new people to come to your and that is a personal invitation. Your members inviting their friends to church beats any advertising campaign at any cost.

Key article: Why church business cards still work in the digital age, and bonus content on anonymous cards: https://wp.me/pDky9-8dp

Here is an excerpt from it:Business cards never have downtime. They're always accessible, and never have dead zones or Internet outages. Your business card can be viewed no matter where you are located, and even times when cell

There are many ways to create church invitation cards and many setting you can use them in, check out the materials here for ideas!

phones and other devices must be turned off, such as on an airplane ride or in a hospital. Your business card is always working for you.

Article: How to pass sensitive ministry information for domestic abuse, drug abuse, and pornography addition help: https://wp.me/pDky9-8fh

Video class: on Church Business and Ministry Invitation Cards, go here: https://church-communications-training.teachable.com/p/church-and-ministry-business-and-invitation-cards

Part of the Church Communications Training School, a good video to share with staff on the many uses and types of these cards. Especially important is the section on how they can be used in sensitive and challenging ministry situations.

Contemporaty, square church business card — A contemporary church business and invitation card--check out the Template link for lots of unique cards.

Podcast: ECC Podcast: Church and Ministry Business and Invitation Cards: https://wp.me/pDky9-8df

An audio format with content similar to the video, but good for both preview and review of the importance of church and ministry business and invitation cards.

Video: How to modify the FREE Templates for Church Business and Ministry Invitation Cards: https://wp.me/pDky9-8ea

The templates can inspire, but they are designed for you to modify them for your church or ministry. The video link above is part of the course on the cards and the link below is to the Templates themselves.

FREE Templates: https://wp.me/PDky9-7TT

Below are samples of some--many more on the link above.