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FREE eBook and links to resources to help you make the most of Mother’s Day–the BEST outreach and discipleship Sunday of the year…..really

7 April, 2026 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

MOTHER DAY Cover--make the most of it for evangelism and discipleship
Mother's Day is THE BEST Sunday of the year for evangelism and discipleship--read this FREE eBook to understand why and for tips on how to do make the most of it.

Mother's Day gets some of the highest attendance of unchurched visitors of any Sunday and it isn't because of Mothers.

The Mothers are always there. The high attendance comes from the unchurched kids and spouses who come to church that week to make Mom happy. To help you make the most of it I pulled together some of my most popular resources and put them into an ebook that will help you make the most of it.

What’s here in the FREE OUTREACH materials for Mother's Day

  • Reprints of materials from the Effective Church Communications website (www.effectivechurchcom.com) that will:
    • Give you a new vision for the outreach and evangelism opportunities of this day and how to make the most of them.
    • Reminders of how to be kind to those who aren’t Mothers.
    • Ideas for how to use Mother’s day as a discipleship opportunity for your entire church.
  • Also enclosed in this eBook are copies of One Mother’s Prayer, a true story that has been reprinted and used thousands of times all over the world to encourage both physical and spiritual mothers to pray for the children they love. You have permission to make unlimited copies of One Mother’s Prayer (I, Yvon Prehn, wrote it and I’m giving permission to you) to use it or reprint in any way you want. It can used it in prayer groups, as a handout for
    Mother’s Day, for Mom’s groups, for Grandparents, shared in print, social media, or
    websites, however you’d like. No linking or attribution required.
  • Tips for communications you can create before, during, and after Mother’s Day, plus links to FREE templates to enable you to do that.

 

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FREE HANDOUTS for Halloween evangelism and the true Christian view of life after death

17 September, 2025 By Yvon Prehn 2 Comments

Ghosts aren't real but Jesus is --Resources for Fall and Halloween church outreach
Halloween can be a great time for evangelism and a small handout like this can make a lasting impact at your celebrations.

UPDATED intro: If you only do ONE thing to reach out to people at Halloween and at your alternative events with the Gospel Message—do THIS—make one of these communications to hand out in Goodie bags or as people leave. To make the most of our time and to share the true message of what happens after death, this is a way to do it.  First is a preview of the materials you can download, and for more motivation, check out the materials that follow it....

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Free Easter Social Media Images, Postcards, and however you want to use images and messages

27 February, 2024 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

One of a collection of Easter related images and messages you can modify for your use in Canva.
This is one of a collection of Easter-related images and messages you can modify for your use in Canva.

This collection of images and messages can be used in many ways including in all sorts of social media, plus you can download and put them into printed postcards or copy the message for online newsletters or Easter-related posts.

Below the images are direct links to the Canva files where you can download them as is or modify them in Canva for your church.

Click on the first image and it will make it larger so you can see the text.

This is a great set of images and messages that you can use in many ways for Easter.

Here is a short video of them, then a gallery of the images and below them links to the Canva files for the various formats:

Facebook images: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdnClDdNk/ZYxVEIoYYx9AnCN5Y0EqFg/edit?utm_content=DAFdnClDdNk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Instagram images: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdnZhymEU/jdwYs9LAojhSp9JNu0FZeg/edit?utm_content=DAFdnZhymEU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

1/4 page postcards: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdnJHkgXQ/aGyabTWOS6lI8NJ3aHJhdA/edit?utm_content=DAFdnJHkgXQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

1/2 page postcards: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdbN5yOUE/nDNz2cf7Yb2zj0I0TmQc-Q/edit?utm_content=DAFdbN5yOUE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Linkedin Images: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdnJHkgXQ/aGyabTWOS6lI8NJ3aHJhdA/edit?utm_content=DAFdnJHkgXQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

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Filed Under: CANVA TEMPLATES, Easter, FREE Materials Tagged With: Easter messages to use however you want, Free Easter Canva templates, free easter images, Free Easter messages

FREE Facebook Size Valentines Day Social Media with Verses about God’s Love

4 January, 2024 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Valentines Day Facebook images
One example of a set of Valentine's Day images, Facebook-size, that you can use to share God's Love.

Valentine's Day is a wonderful time to share God's love with people and here is a set of Facebook-size, social media images you can use to do that.

You can use the files in two ways and the links to each option are below the images. Either you can download a ZIP FILE of the images in jpg format or you can click on the Canva Link if you want to link to them in Canva and perhaps modify them for however you want to use them.

These were created using the A.I. "text to image" command in Canva. CLICK HERE to go to a video where I demonstrate how I created the backgrounds.

CLICK the following link to download the ZIP file of the images: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Facebook-size-Valentines-Day-Background-with-Verses.zip

CLICK the following link to go to the CANVA file:  https://www.canva.com/design/DAFY1KLpCQI/Z0TNsDdQQW-pFWHMWAzXug/edit?utm_content=DAFY1KLpCQI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

 

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Last minute gifts or inspiration at any time TOTALLY FREE HUGE collection of verses and inspirational sayings

20 December, 2023 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

FREE Bible Verses and Sayings in both print and social media format at Bible805Images.com
FREE Bible Verses and Sayings in both print and social media format at Bible805Images.com

We all need encouragement and joy and that is where something as simple as a message on the wall or our desk or an encouragement sent through social media can inspire us and give us hope.

Inspirational sayings also make fantastic Christmas gifts. And because the ones I'm sharing below (and many more)  are FREE (which I greatly encourage you to take them as) or PWYW, (pay what you want) you can download and print them up in bulk for meaningful gifts for a church class, small group, or volunteers. I've done that many times with the church groups and individuals in my life.

I created the Bible805 Images shop so that you can do the same. In it I'm giving you Bible-inspired images (verses and sayings) I created that you can download and share directly on social media or print out, put into inexpensive frames, and share at every imaginable size and resolution, from 5×7 to standard 8.5×1/A4 sizes, to large posters, 24×36 or 30×30.

Below is a sample of some of them (there are MANY more), and below that some of the Christmas images.

Please do tell people about Bible805Images.com. It truly is free and will stay that way--this isn't a marketing trick to make you buy some expensive ongoing subscription or service.

These short verses and sayings might be just enough to encourage someone who needs it or to cause someone to about Jesus in a way they haven't before.

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