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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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Was Jesus a zombie?—NO irreverence intended, but an honestly asked question and an answer

4 October, 2023 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

I was challenged with this question twice in one week by people who were quite serious and not affiliated with any church. After I got over my initial shock, I realized it was a question worth an answer, and the question might be something other churches may be asked.

Following is my answer in video format and the script for it follows. Please consider this as an example of how people may be spiritually searching in ways we wouldn't think about and how Halloween can give us an opportunity to share the one Person who truly came back from the dead, not as a zombie, but our incredibly, eternally ALIVE, Lord Jesus.

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FREE Mother’s Day Social Media, Background, and MS Publisher Templates

30 April, 2023 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

I created a selection of FREE Background and then Social Media and MS Publisher templates for you for last-minute Mother’s Day invitations and here the links to the posts and previews of each of them. Many of these can also be useful anytime for Women's Ministry Communications.

Mother’s Day backgrounds that you can also use in any Women’s Ministry Communications

Canva and Template Link: https://wp.me/pDky9-9KM
YouTube video preview link: https://youtu.be/H6KzVntZMrI

Free Social Media and MS Publisher Invitations, set #1

Canva and Template Link: https://wp.me/pDky9-9JP

YoutTube Preview Link: https://youtu.be/B2uScuu5Vfg

Free Social Media and MS Publisher Invitations, set #2

Canva and Template Link: https://wp.me/pDky9-9K2
YouTube Preview Link: https://youtu.be/kYC-rXEDhD8

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FREE Mother’s Day and Women’s Ministry Backgrounds, AI created

26 April, 2023 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Free editable Canva background images for Mother's Day or other times.
Free editable Canva background images for Mother's Day or other times.

The following images were created with Canva's AI image creation program. This is a small portion of the many that were not worth keeping but I liked these, some quite a lot, and wanted to share them with you. You may use them however you want and no attribution is needed. I used some of them on my free social media images set for Mother's Day.

Click the Canva link below the images to go to the files and modify them or use them to create your own communications for Mother's Day or any other event that flowers would feature well in.

CANVA AI created background Mother’s Day images, mostly flowers

Click on the image below to go to Canva and use the images.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFg5Nw0h24/MpQtf0BgjxpeCDz1M22E-A/edit?utm_content=DAFg5Nw0h24&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

 

 

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We are at the half-way point with Lent and here are 40 challenging images for you to use however you want

21 March, 2022 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Lenten Set of images from Effective Church Communications
This is the first of 40 images for you to download and use during Lent or anytime to help people grow in their walk with Jesus.

Lent isn't just for Lent. What I mean by that is Lent is a specific time when we can focus on denying ourselves so we can live more fully for God.

It is about so much more than giving up chocolate or social media or whatever other external thing we choose during this time. At its best, Lent is a time for quiet self-evaluation so we can grow more deeply to become who God wants us to be.

In that self-evaluation, it's time to add virtues, practices to our lives that will help us become more like Jesus.

What I have for you to inspire you during Lent

To guide you through Lent, I created a set of 40 inspirational images and I then wrote a brief challenge or thought-provoking idea to go with them.

I put the challenges into a free downloadable journal for you, plus they are on daily Instagrams, and in my favorite form, on a daily short YouTube video (less than a minute), where I read them to you along with a challenge and prayer. Please check that out--CLICK HERE to go to the channel. [Read more...]

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