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Free Facebook & Pinterest Images for Father’s Day

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FREE Fathers Day Social Media Images
Father's Day is a great time to celebrate Fathers and these images will help you do that!

In addition to the numerous Fathers Day Templates for print that are available in our Template Section (CLICK HERE to go to the Father's Day list, these images are at the bottom of the page), I created some for you for Facebook and Pinterest. Though you can't edit these they are useful as they are to post for inspiration on social media or as links to Father's Day events. Though they are the specific sizes for Facebook and Pinterest you can scale them down and use them in any way you want--on your website or in email newsletters.

Let me know if you like these social media images and I'll continue to create more for your church.

Please feel free to pass on the links for these to other churches.

Below are pictures of the images and below the pictures is a link to the zip file for you to download, open and enjoy!

Facebook images for Father's Day

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Make STRATEGIC use of Father’s Day to grow your church–by targeting YOUNGER Dads

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Reach out to young dads at Father's Day
Fathers Day is a great time to reach out to young dads at your church.

Many churches today have an ideal church member they want to recruit—the younger male, the dad with a young family, and Father's Day is a great time to do a focused outreach to them.

I am going to put aside an extended ranting on the wisdom of that approach for the moment because I don't necessarily believe that targeting a certain demographic for your church is a biblical concept (kinda goes against the "whosoever will" teachings), but younger men need to know Jesus as much as any other group and with that in mind, here are some ideas that might help do this.

Make sure men are visible at your church

Men need to be greeters, the ones who do announcements, are in the children's ministry when kids are dropped off, and other visual actions at the church. This isn't being sexist--men need to see that men are doing things at the church.

Most likely they are involved in all these areas, but you need to make sure they are front and center on this day.

Invite men back for a service project

Many studies show that younger men are part of a generation that believes in volunteering, in giving back. Asking this group to be part of service projects is a great way to involve them with the men of the church. Here are some ideas:Continue Reading

Father’s Day Resources, list and links to help you celebrate the men of your church and involve them in ministries

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Men's Ministry Resources
Father's Day is a great time to celebrate the men of your church and help them grow spiritually. Here are resources to help do that.

Father's Day is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the men of your church, celebrate them, and help them get involved in ministries. Below is a summary listing of the articles and resources that will help you do that! The list has more than links to graphics you can download and personalize, but articles and strategy that will help you make the most of the communication pieces.

If you'd like to see a preview of all the sets and download links of all these publications for Father's Day, they are at the TEMPLATES page for Father's Day. CLICK HERE to go to the Templates page.

Below are samples of the various publications included, but each entry has a variety of the various kinds of publications. ALL the work is done for you—images and type selected, layout done—you can personalize if you want, or print a finished PDF.

Gallery of samples of Father's Day Publications

Below these samples are links to the full articles of each type with many more options.

Each of the articles below of publications also have galleries of the publications and download links. Be sure to check out the first ones of the slides and video—they are great ways to welcome father's on this special day.

Father's Day Power Point Slides and Videos of inspiring quotes and verses: https://wp.me/pDky9-7ly

Welcome slides for Father's Day: https://wp.me/pDky9-7mc

Father's Day Invitations: http://wp.me/pDky9-7fM

Father's Day Bulletin Inserts: http://wp.me/pDky9-7gG

Father's Day Men's Ministry Connection Cards: http://wp.me/pDky9-7gX

Father's Day Men's Ministry Business Cards: http://wp.me/pDky9-7ho

Father's Day Men's Be A Better Man Challenge: http://wp.me/pDky9-7hk

Father's Day Solutions to Porn Card, FREE to all: http://wp.me/pDky9-7hr

Father's Day Social Media Images, FREE to all: http://wp.me/pDky9-7gh

Dos and Don'ts to a successful launch of a men's ministry: http://wp.me/pDky9-7hQ

Make STRATEGIC use of Father's Day to grow your church--by targeting YOUNGER Dads: https://wp.me/pDky9-6ec

Welcome slides for Father’s Day

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It's a special day for Dads and what better way to start off Sunday than with a WELCOME! PowerPoint slide just for them? Following is a set of welcome slides I created that use the same artwork as many of the communication created for Father's Day.

Below is a gallery of the images and below that a link to a ZIP file that has the images and the PowerPoint file of them.

To download the ZIP file for the images and PowerPoint file above, click the following link: Fathers Day Slides

 

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