Effective Church Communications
Effective Church Communications provides Timeless Strategy and Biblical Inspiration to help churches create communications that fully fulfill the Great Commission
There have been a number of studies and articles over the last few months promoting the popularity of square screen videos.The primary reason for this is that you can see much more of a video and the content (depending of course on the actual content) may be clearer on a square screen when viewed on your mobile device, which is how most video is viewed today.
I thought I'd try it with a quick overview of Mother's Day communications. I created this video in animoto. I'd love your comments on it.
This short piece, One Mother's Prayer, is a true story that is both an encouragement to pray for children and an assurance of the power of prayer to change a destiny.—
It has been published more times than anything else I've written. It was first published in Today's Christian Woman magazine. It was then published in their Best of Ten Years of writings; it has been reprinted and republished all over the world; and it continues to bring tears to the eyes of any group I read it to. You are free to use it any way you want and share it however you want.
This sample PDF is free to download.You can click here or on the image to download it.
Two more 8 1/2 by 11 plus 4 other versions on half sheet size plus the jpgs of the larger files and an MS Word text file if you want to create your own publication, plus the text file and the link to all the other downloads is after the images below.
This is a great resource not only for Mother's Day, but any time of the year for Mom's groups and prayer groups.
Below are the most current version of the layout:
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As part of redoing many things on this site, I'm working on all new TEMPLATES for many Easter Communications. Below is a preview set of:
There will be more in the completed sets that will be released in the coming weeks along with tips on how to make the most of them. The samples below are in both MS Publisher editable files and PDF ready-to-print files. Below is a ZIP file where you can download them.
CLICK the following link to download the ZIP FILE of the Templates for the communications shown below: Preview Files for Easter 2017
CLICK on the first image and then you can see them larger in the Gallery view.
Creating communications for children can be lots of fun, especially with the fun typefaces you can use.
This PDF gives you some guidelines to make your use of them more effective. Though it has some useful tips, the companies cited are no longer in business, but http://www.fontspace.com/ is and below are some of their current fonts that are great for children:
All the fonts above are from: http://www.fontspace.com/ and are free downloads.
Google fonts also has a great selection of free fonts
One very important guideline to keep in mind is to NEVER use the typefaces that have reversed letters (such as a reversed "e" or "s"). It might seem like that would be a harmless, cute thing to do, but when little children receive a printed piece from a respected person in the church and the penmanship is all wrong, it can be confusing.
Have fun, do kid-friendly things, but always remember the position of authority and influence you have in young lives.
To download the PDF, click here or on the image.
