God is always the author of NEW THINGS and I feel He is leading me to put my primary focus on the Bible805 ministry, and not Effective Church Communications, at least for a time. Exciting things are happening--see the videos below AND Bible805 is NOW--

"Bible805 is a fiscally sponsored project of the Christian Ministry Alliance. The Alliance is a U.S. registered 501c3 tax-deductible charity with the Internal Revenue Service and has a Candid Platinum Seal (formerly GuideStar), the highest rating available for nonprofit transparency and accountability. [Tax ID: 46-3408177]" To donate to this ministry, CLICK HERE.

I am putting all my time and energy into the Bible805 ministry now and that means putting new content from the Effective Church Communications ministry on a hold for an undetermined time, though the resources on this site, the many templates and eBooks, blogs, and how-tos will remain free and available to you.

The Effective Church Communications newsletter will cease publication after a few more updates and I strongly encourage you to sign up for the Bible805 Newsletter at a new link: https://bible805.eo.page/y92jc

If anyone or any ministry is interested in using any of the materials on this site for church communications purposes, they are welcome to them, if you'd like more formal rights to all, contact me at yvonprehn@gmail.com.

Importantly, there isn’t the need for How-to’s there used to be

In the past, so much of the Effective Church Communications ministry was focused on “how-to” do things, beginning with me teaching church communicators how to do desktop publishing, how to use MS Publisher, get into the internet and all sorts of related tasks.

I loved every minute of it, but as technology has advanced, many of the how-tos are don’t apply and are no longer necessary—no need to go into details and what all A.I. do—but I feel that my work is done there.

But what is most clear and important is that not only “out of the abundance of the heart, does the mouth speak” but out of the abundance of the heart, we create our communications that influences all our church accomplishes.

That never changes. If Jesus and His Word are the primary focus and food for your soul, no matter what tool you use, your communications will help to fully fulfill the Great Commission which means to help people come to know Jesus as Savior and grow to maturity in Him.

The purpose of the Bible805 ministry is to help you know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible and much of this applies to church communicators. Whether it is part of your job or not, the teaching from Bible805 will change your life if you get into God’s Word using the resources recommended. Bible805 also has numerous ministry helps in podcasts, free teaching materials and much more. Check out the www.Bible805.com ministry website for descriptions of and links to the many resources. People have told me I have the ability to make very complex Bible topics easy to understand and apply and many, many people are downloading the resources and signing up for the teaching, so I pray the Lord is using it in this way.

There are Two Videos that follow that describe what I'm doing now in the Bible805 Ministry and Bible805 Academy site--please take a few minutes to watch them and pray for the ministries.

Tour of Bible805 site

Tour of the Bible805 Academy

And do sign up for the Bible80 newsletter from me; you can always unsubscribe if it doesn’t meet your needs: https://bible805.eo.page/y92jc 

IMPORTANT—I am NOT going to simply port over the names and emails from this list to that list. After a few more updates you will not get any more emails from me if you don’t switch to the Bible805 newsletter. The recent email I sent out to you on reading through the Bible in a year was a copy of the Bible805 newsletter—I most likely won’t do that again.

I’ll remind you of the need to sign up for the newsletter a few more times, but why not sign up now so you can get the Bible805 updates now.

If you’d like, it’s at https://bible805.eo.page/y92jc

Personal update as of 7-9-2026--much a repeat, not much new

As many of you are aware, the Lord suddenly took my husband home to heaven with a massive heart attack, Aug. 11, 2024.

It has been a challenging almost two years. I did get moved back into my little mobile home (we were renovating it totally, as it was 50 years old and falling apart—all torn apart when the Lord took him). It is a nicely redone little home and I host ministry Bible studies and teas, and the Lord uses it.

Yet, try as I might, I'm honestly extremely unhappy here, as I can't drive into the park without going by the clubhouse where, just outside it at the pool, I had to sit by my husband's covered body for 2 hours waiting for the medical examiner. They wouldn't let me touch him or say goodbye with a kiss. I can't ever go there again; it is just too painful and so I'm cut off from all community life.

I’ve had health challenges, some severe including an almost fatal heart failure that was caused by a BAD diagnosis that literally almost killed me, but God intervened and a new cardiologist had me immediately stop taking the medication prescribed (instead of four I was taking for something that apparently wasn’t really happening) I don’t take anything now, there are no blockages (which previous doc thought he saw), and my numbers are perfect (in case you’re interested, BP 127/70, heart rate 68).

Many of my muscles locked from stress, I couldn’t bend or turn—physical therapy mitigated that.

Then….I got skin cancer, which is why you didn't see videos of me for a time. I rarely go outside, am not a sun worshipper, and yet got this THING on the tip of my nose and was pretty messy surgery to dig it out. Now that I haven't done videos for some time, I'm very happy not to anymore.

I had to shut down the business we had; I couldn’t do it without my husband. That was very hard. The business also paid for the ministry costs for Effective Church Communications and Bible805. I’ve never taken any salary from either and the operating costs are significant (web and software subscription fees have gotten very high for everything). Our business paid for that in the past; my small savings cover it now.

I am not changing the calling for the online ministry and I will not take advertising or affiliate marketing as has been my conviction. Please pray as I have enough to carefully support things for a time yet, but the need to generate income is another reason I must focus on Bible805.

I have been accepted by the Christian Ministries Alliance and here is how they describe the current situation:

"Bible805 is a fiscally sponsored project of the Christian Ministry Alliance. The Alliance is a U.S. registered 501c3 tax-deductible charity with the Internal Revenue Service and has a Candid Platinum Seal (formerly GuideStar), the highest rating available for nonprofit transparency and accountability. [Tax ID: 46-3408177]"

If you would feel led to give a gift (NOW tax deductible!) to help me with ministry expenses that would go to the Bible805 ministry, you can do that at: https://apps.christianministryalliance.org/fs3222-bible805

Really, how am I doing? I know some of you are asking.

I am very tired, I've been working, working, working, I know way too much--even the A.I. agent I was using told me to "get some sleep" the other night. But I am excited to get the ministry solid and functional and I feel deeply driven to help people get into God's Word. Our world and the people in it, need it so much. When I see the people signing up for the resources and people from all over the world downloading teaching materials I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

And so I press ahead, for the King and the Kingdom!
Yvon

and now updated at 7-9-2026

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Tetelestai! "It is finished!"

Many sermons, this and every Easter are either based on or contain this great final cry of Jesus from the cross that affirms that the work of salvation is complete.

But is that what Jesus really said? (Spoiler alert....He didn't).

And if He did, why is life so hard, why are there so many battles to fight?

Don't be alarmed.....I'm not being heretical or doubting. In researching the answers to these questions I found answers far more challenging and reassuring than what I'd known in the past about not only the finished work of Jesus but what it means to us in our struggles.

I had great plans to publish an expanded version of this book on Amazon with a Kindle version, but as I shared in another post, life interfered and many projects are put off. As Easter neared I wanted to give you this book.

CLICK HERE to download it. You have my permission to share it.

From a ministry newsletter I sent out in August 2024, just changed date so as not to be on top of readings: The delight of my eyes taken, my husband's sudden death--ministry plans and trusting God not what I hoped to be writing now, but hopefully the pruning will end and more ministry content coming

Dear loved ones—and all on my mailing lists and ministries are loved by me and our Lord, I was recently reading that one day, after sharing God’s Word, and doing what God called him to do, God told Ezekiel the prophet that God would take the "delight of his eyes" from him. That night his wife died, and God told Ezekiel to get up and preach the next day. A few days after reading this, on this past Sunday evening, the delight of my eyes, my dear husband Paul was taken home to Jesus. He had a sudden heart attack at the pool in our Mobile Home Park, where he loved to go. They couldn't revive him. I wasn't with him. 911 was called and they called me. By the time I got there, he was gone. It doesn't seem real. We were always together in work and ministry. Our last day was good and loving as always and just before he went to the pool, we told each other how we loved each other as we often did several times a day and always before parting. I have no regrets and incredible thanks for the 30 years we had together. I am with my sister now, she lost her husband a few years ago. We were completely redoing our mobile home, which I must finish without Paul, the work to be done is staggering. I can't carry on our business that supported the ministry, I have to shut that down. I am overwhelmed now, but I know the Lord will get me through it. Please pray for me on that and just for life. And Jesus is very near and good. It is well with my soul, though my heart is broken, and it is hard to stop crying and focus. But I must. It won't be the next day that I return to ministry, I am not as strong as Ezekiel, but I do plan to continue to teach our beloved class at church and I have been working very hard on the series of lessons and content for the fall for both Bible805 and Effective Church Communications (more on that schedule later). And I am working on some eBooks that are about to be updated and finished. My planned launch for much of the online content is mid-September. (UPDATE 1-2025 since then, none of that done--the outside work to finish house overwhelming, but I've been teaching live classes and planning to start back on websites, etc. soon this new year). I start teaching Bible classes at church in September. Following are the start times. I’ll be sending out emails and more information in the coming weeks. If you are in the Ventura, CA area, I’d love to have you in the live class, but as I have done in the past, following the live class I will record podcasts, videos, and post the notes, and questions on www.Bible805.com, www.YouTube.com/Bible805, and www.Bible805Academy.com. Here is the schedule (the question class is based on the questions you sent it and I am incredibly excited about it—I’ll send the detailed class breakdown out later): Trust the Bible to Answer Your Questions, beginning Wednesday, September 11, 6:30-8:30, Encounter Church, 6950 Ralston St., Ventura, CA 93003 Why We Can Trust the Bible, beginning Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 10:45-12:00 am, Encounter Church, 6950 Ralston St., Ventura, CA 93003 (1-2025, Update on all taught all the classes, a wonderful blessing to do--some in leadership didn't want me to do them at first, but I adamately insisted that this was God's call on my life--I did them and all were greatly blessed and my calling confirmed.) With the many health challenges and trials (e-coli, RSV virus, Covid, severe fall, head injury, forced rest of several months) of the last year, I was feeling good, and we were excited about getting our home redone after being there 20 years and finally able to it, our business supporting the ministry was going well, and we were excited about our new fall classes coming up—but the Lord apparently had some additional pruning He wanted to do in my life and though the pain is beyond comprehension, I do believe and affirm with all my heart that He is a good God. One step at a time in obedience is what I pray I will do. For me to live is Christ. Truly. In times like this, the true reality of our faith, of our Lord is such a precious treasure. What we have believed and I teach, is all true, the Bible is our anchor, and please pray more than anything else that I fulfill the calling God gave me. I know I have much content I trust was given to me over the last many, many years of study and ministry. I know the Lord wants me to share it. Please pray I fulfill the calling He has given me—that is my most fervent prayer and I truly believe that’s all that matters in the end and I want to end well for my Lord. Any responses, please send to my personal email: yvonprehn@gmail.com Thank you beyond words for your patience and kindness with me. I do trust days are coming when I can serve you with content and encouragement and that these dark nights of the soul will pass as I know they will.

UPDATE 1-4-2025--My life has been filled with hard times, challenges, and tragedies, but I could never have imagined the searing, physical and emotional depth of pain of the last few months. My entire life has been upended--loss of husband, attempting to redo home (it was totally torn apart, no functional anything, bathrooms or kitchen, all our life in boxes), loss of partner in work that supported ministry and having to attempt to finish it on my own (I'm still in the midst of overwhelming work on that), loss of ministry partner. I am still floundering in many ways and the pain overwhelms in waves. I'm living with my sister who is wonderful and I have resources to finish the house. I am thankful.

God somehow helps me press on and I am attempting to get back to working on my online ministry again. That's all I can say for now--I must get back to work.