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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SPECIAL PODCAST: Yvon Prehn Reading One Mother’s Prayer

6 May, 2019 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

One Mother's Prayer--audio versionThis is the podcast of Yvon Prehn reading One Mother's Prayer. There is no intro or music--just the words.
I did this and am giving you the embed code after the Podcast so if you want to use this on any social media you have, you can.

If you'd like free print versions of it, go here: https://wp.me/pDky9-5HO

This little piece has helped thousands of people all over the world remember to pray for those they love and to trust what God can do. It is useful not only for Mother's Day but for any ministry group or women's group that prays. I pray it will be useful to you also.

This is the embed code:

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What Tesla can teach us about successful church marketing

4 March, 2019 By Yvon Prehn 6 Comments

What Tesla has to teach the church about advertising
Yes, a Tesla is a great-looking car, but did you know they outsell EVERY other luxury car brand WITHOUT any advertising? The church can learn something from how they do it.

Did you know that Tesla sells more luxury cars than any other company?
I think the challenge of that question is so important, I did both a blog and article on it. Below is the podcast and then the continuation of the blog:

I was surprised when I read that statistic, but even more interested when I read how they did it. Let me share the terlerati.com comment on it, a chart that illustrates their success, and then I'll talk about how this inspired me about discipleship and church marketing. Then I've got some spiritual challenges for you and then at the end of this some practical tools you can use to put into practice to make your seasonal marketing more successful than ever.

Quickly, name one advertisement you’ve seen recently from Tesla Motors themselves? OK, name any advertisement you’ve seen from the company, ever? Tesla’s marketing strategy is as disruptive as its business model. It lets you and I advertise for them, for free. . . . . Tesla does not spend millions of dollars in a traditional ad campaign. They let you and me discuss it, rave about it, hate on it, or rejoice in the spirit of going electric in a Tesla, be the catalyst to a viral and brilliant marketing campaign. At the end of the day, Tesla advertising is free.

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PODCAST: Christmas Letter in Audio format–Hark the Herald Angels Sing, but WHY?

10 December, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Hark the Herald Angels Sing audio file and free templates to print outThis Christmas letter/flyer/gospel sharing message has been downloaded hundreds of times and can be used in many ways during the Christmas Season.

And NOW I have it for you in AUDIO FORMAT!

Please listen, be encouraged and download and share.

You can also print out the content that can be used to share the meaning of Christmas during church events or you can encourage your congregation to put it their Christmas letters to family and friends. Though we have a number of versions people have found useful, I created four new ones for you that you can download below the image. They are in both MS Publisher and ready-to-print PDF format. Here are thumbnails of the new designs:

You can download the ZIP file of them HERE: Hark Christmas Letter Full Page

 

 

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PODCAST: More than a Pretty Face–Free Templates with a Ministry Strategy

27 November, 2018 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

FREE Church Communication Templates
Peacocks are pretty, but useful? Not so much. Our church communications should do more than just look good and there is a ministry plan and message behind the ECC Templates.

There are lots of church communication templates out there, so why should you use our? First of all they are FREE, but more than that there are 4 reasons why our templates are unique.

First of all, they are in PDF and MS Publisher format so they can either be printed immediately or easily modified. Most important is that our templates are more than a pretty face, but actually visual representations of ministry strategy to help people come to know Jesus as Savior and grow to Christian maturity.

To go to the Templates, go to:www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates/

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