Effective Church Communications

The Effective Church Communication ministry from Yvon Prehn provides inspiration, training, and resources to help your church create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission. It focuses on Bible-based and timeless principles and strategies that work no matter what digital or print channel you use to create your communications. The site has links to many free TEMPLATES and other resources, plus links to free TRAINING VIDEOS, and a RESOURCE LIBRARY for church communicators. 

The Effective Church Communication ministry from Yvon Prehn provides inspiration, training, and resources to help your church create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission. It focuses on Bible-based and timeless principles and strategies that work no matter what digital or print channel you use to create your communications. The site has links to many free TEMPLATES and other resources, plus links to free TRAINING VIDEOS, and a RESOURCE LIBRARY for church communicators.
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Simple Bulletin Cover with a clear explanation of what is going on in the service

16 September, 2012 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

A simple bulletin with a clear service explanation
A simple, but clear bulletin that explains the service.

Here is an example of a very simple bulletin cover, that has a clear explanation of what is going on in the church service. Any church could create a cost-effective piece like this, though it would be especially appropriate for a church plant or one that is reaching out to unchurched people.

It would work well because it explains what is going on in a very friendly welcoming way and without jargon. It also doesn't look overly churchy. This is from an actual church bulletin and was given to me by a generous church communicator.

Following is information on how we created the image as well as the seeker and visitor friendly text for the bulletin cover.

How we created the image is illustrated in this video: Image editing excerpt from the video: Money and Time Saving Tips for Church Communications

Below is the text from the Bulletin that you can copy and use in your communications and below that is a ready-to-print PDF and editable MS Publisher template.

Welcome!
Thanks for
joining us today!

Here is what you can expect:
Our Worship Service: We will begin with about 30-40 minutes of singing. Feel free to sit, stand, sing, dance or just listen as we express our worship to God using all of our heart, mind, soul and body. If you don’t know the songs, hang on, we’ll sing them a couple of times-and don’t worry, we didn’t know them at first either.

The Message: A time of practical teaching from the Bible.

The Offering: This is a time for church members to share with the church financially how God has blessed them. If you are a visitor, don’t feel you have to contribute- the only gift we’d like from you is your Connection Card. Consider this service our
gift to you!

Prayer Time: there will be people up front after the service to pray for any needs you may have. Please come up if interested!

Refreshments: Join us for coffee, lemonade and munchies in the lobby after the service.

Questions? Lots more information about our church,
Jesus, and the Christian faith:
www.churchwebsite.com; www.facebook page;
twitter, email address

Ready to Print PDF and Template

Click on the image below to download the ZIP file that has a ready-to-print PDF and a modifiable MS publisher template.

A simple bulletin with a clear service explanation

 

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ebook: Back to Basics, writing and design skills for church communicators

23 July, 2012 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Back to basics cover
This book will teach you the basics of many needed, but often not taught, communication skills in graphics, design, typography, writing, and managing. If you want your church communications to look more professional, you need this book. Available in print and ebook formats.

Most people who work on communication creation in churches have no training in design, layout, typography, and many related skills they need to do a good job. Training material is not easy to find because many of the materials available on communication design and related areas, require the use of expensive, advanced software and teach a secular, image-heavy approach that doesn't always fit the needs of the church audience.

This book provides basic training that can help every church communicator, even those with no previous graphic arts training create, write for, and manage a church communication ministry. This book is not a how-to on a particular software, but about the basic design and communication principles that form the foundation of effective communication creation.

This book is a scanned reprint of Yvon Prehn's earlier book, How to use your computer to create Better Bulletins, Newsletters, and More! All the examples in the book are from church communications and the advice is practical and Bible-inspired.

To be honest, the quality of the scans in the book isn't the greatest, but I felt the content was worth it to make this book available to you.

To buy a paperback version of the book on Amazon.com, CLICK HERE.

If you'd like the book in e-book, PDF format CLICK HERE

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Yvon Prehn Interviewed on The Gospel Blog

29 June, 2012 By Yvon Prehn 1 Comment

"Why bother to do church communications?"

"Who do we do the church bulletin for?"

"What are some of the biggest mistakes people make in church communications?"

"How did you get started in this ministry?" [Read more...]

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Why with incredible communication tools, still declining church attendance?

17 January, 2012 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

The power of mobile phones doesn't replace the church bulletin for communication in the church.
The power of mobile phones doesn't replace the church bulletin for communication in the church.

In spite of visitors coming to us every week and  though we live in a time when we have the most extraordinary communication tools ever available to the church—the Internet and email for free, instant communications around the world, PowerPoint and video production in our services, and social networking connections, cell phones and texting, plus the ability to produce books, newsletters, and print items in the church office that required publishing companies and advertising agencies to produce in the past, still—the Christian faith is losing ground in many parts of the world. Many churches aren’t growing.

In a recent poll that asked people to give their religious affiliation, the largest number answered: “none.” Granted, there are many factors that account for this situation, but I wonder if one of them has to do with the reality that we may not be doing our best job communicating the truth of the gospel message and the importance and benefits of being part of a local church?

How can we best communicate the messages of the church?

Multimedia, social media available on the web and through our mobile phones may make a church look cutting-edge and may wow with their technical wizardry, but they don’t seem to effectively stem the tide of church defections. They are useful, but they don't communicate well to a visitor who walks into the church and knows nothing about it.

But there is a communication piece that can touch lives, inform, call for decisions, and make connections. It is a piece so powerful that both seekers and regular attendees will read, at least part and often all of it, every week. It’s a communication piece they will reach for, post on their refrigerators, and keep for reference. That piece is the church bulletin.

The content in the bulletin that matters

This humble print publication, the church bulletin, has the potential to change lives for time and eternity, but to do that it has to have content in it that:

  • Explains what is going on right now in the church
  • Invites people to the other activities in the church
  • Challenges people to become a Christian and grow in their faith
  • Clearly links people to the website, social media, and church staff for more information

Making a bulletin that will have an eternal impact on the people in your community is spiritual warfare. That isn't an overstatement. In any war, one of the first targets destroyed is always the communication center. If an army can't communicate, it can't meet its goals. If there is one piece that ties together the vision and ministries of the church, that connects seekers with help and the hurting in the congregation with help, it is the church bulletin. If the enemy of human souls can make your church unconcerned, routine and ultimately ineffective with your church bulletin, many of the ministries in your church will not do all they could for the furtherance of the kingdom of God.

If your bulletin is not effective, visitors won't connect and come to know Jesus and members won't grow to discipleship maturity. If your church is not accomplishing your goals in growth in numbers and spiritual maturity in your members, before you do anything else (beyond of course, prayer and soul-searching) take an honest look at your church bulletin and see if you are using it in the many ways you could be.

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Are Printed Bulletins Still Needed?For an inspiring ebook and video that will help explain how useful a printed bulletin can be in growing your church in numbers and people in spiritual maturity, CLICK HERE.

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VIDEO: Typography in Church Bulletins, how small changes can make your bulletin easier to follow during the church service

17 January, 2012 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Typography is one of the most important tools we have to make our church bulletins help people follow and understand what's going on during a church service. Some very small changes that are quick and easy to do can make a tremendous difference in how well people will follow what is going on in your service.

Take less than 5 minutes to watch this video for ideas on how to make your bulletin more effective.

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