Effective Church Communications

How to get visitors at special events to give you their contact information and how to respond when they do

29 March, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Sign in Card for Fall Event — Use a card like this if you want people to return to your church after special events.

When your church hosts special events this should be the start of a relationship, not simply a one-time visit. But to make that happen you need to get your visitor's contact information. Following is a process you can use to get that information, samples of communications that will do it and follow-up cards after the events. There is a generic one and also examples for fall outreach and one for Christmas.

The big question is—how to make that happen?

One of the best ways we've found to do that is to have a drawing for a special prize related to your event and ask people to register for it. You can be very upfront that you will be using the information to contact them and that, if at any time they want to be removed from your mailing list, it isn't a problem. You don't want to hide your purpose and most people don't mind when you let them know the details upfront. [Read more...]

Make the most of your Father’s Day Connection Cards

6 June, 2017 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Make the most of Father's Day Connection Cards by including options for information on ministries related to men.

The selection of Connection cards that follow for Father's Day includes some cards that not only have the standard information on them, but that give men the opportunity to request information about ministries that may be of interest to them.

These include: Service Projects, Men's Group, Habitat for Humanity Build, and Children's Ministries. Having these on the card is one way of advertising these ministries that men may not even know go on at the church. In addition, asking on a card directed primarily to men on this Father's Day that includes asking for information about children's ministries, lets men know that the church is aware that many men today participate actively in child-rearing. More men than many churches are aware are single dads and greatly appreciate it when a church is aware of this and actively works to minister to them.

Below the gallery of Connection Cards for Father's Day below is a link to download a ZIP file that has ready-to-print PDFs and editable MS Publisher files.

To download the ZIP files that contain the MS Publisher and PDF files, click on the following link: Fathers Day Connection Cards

How to make Mom REALLY Happy!

9 May, 2017 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Mother's Day make Mom really happy cards — Though a fun way to share the message, it is a very serious one and here is a selection of cards to help share it. CLICK on the image above for a FREE PDF of this publication.

This communication is fun and always makes people smile, but it has a serious message because what each of the cards below illustrate in various ways is that, "What makes mom really happy....is for you to come back to church next Sunday!"

The cards below can be used as an insert for Mother's Day or they make great follow-up postcards sent out after Mother's Day to the visiting spouses and children who attended to make mom happy. Need some Connection Cards for Mother's Day to collect those names? A set of them is below the Make Mom Happy Cards.

The one to the left is a FREE PDF for everyone. CLICK HERE or on the image to download it. The other options and the zip files you can download with both ready-to-print PDFs and editable MS Publisher files are below.

Make the most of every opportunity on Mother's Day and you'll find it can be not only one of the highest outreach Sundays of the year, but one of the most successful outreach Sundays!

Make Mom really happy cards

Below is the link to a zip file where you can download the publications above in both ready-to-print PDFs and editable MS Publisher files.

Click the following link to download the zip file: Make Mom Happy MDay Come Back to Church

Here are some specialized Connection Cards for Mother's Day

Below is the link to a zip file where you can download the publications above in both ready-to-print PDFs and editable MS Publisher files.

Click the following link to download the zip file: MDay Connection Cards and Mothers Day Invitations Landscape 1

Connection Cards for Christmas, to make sure your guests return to church, designs with spot color

7 December, 2016 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

FREE Christmas Connection Card — Click on this image to download the FREE PDF file.

ed. note: some of these feature spot color printing, perfect if you have a digital duplicator.

After all your hard work to get people to come to your Christmas events, you want to make sure you make a connection with them so that they will return to your church after the holidays. To do that you need to capture names and contact information.

These Connection Cards for Christmas are a simple-to-create, but very useful tool. The one to the left is free for everyone, just click the image to download the PDF, print, and use.

At the end of this article is a link to a ZIP FILE that has ready-to-print PDFs of all the images below, including two versions that can be printed with color separations if you have a digital duplicator. [Read more...]

2016 Connection Cards for your Christmas events!

7 December, 2016 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

One of the most important things to do at your Christmas events if you want them to be a lasting success is to connect with the people who attend and have a way to reach them in the future. One of the best ways to do this is through Connection Cards and we have a NEW set of them for you.

You can also call your cards "Feedback Cards" as this might be a more contemporary term if you are reaching out to unchurched people.

There is a free PDF of one for everyone (the image to the left) and then below we have a set of them if you'd like more options. CLICK HERE or on the image to download the FREE card.

In addition to the PDF version of all the ones illustrated below you will also get the editable MS Publisher file and jpeg images of them.