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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ECC PODCAST: Father’s Day—Beyond celebration—how to make the ministry most of it to grow Dads spiritually

7 May, 2022 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

It's easy to look at Father's Day as just another holiday to do up a special bulletin and social media for and to say a few nice things about Dads during the church service. But did you know you can do so much more as communicators for Jesus?

We need to constantly remind ourselves in the crush of trivia and distraction that our job is not to be a holy version of Hallmark where our goal is to have the most appealing Father's Day social media and PowerPoint ever, but that our primary job in communications, as in all of life if we are followers of Jesus, is to grow as his disciples and to share his message of salvation—in other words, to fully fulfill the Great Commission. Below is our podcast where we explain how Father's Day can be used to grow men in their faith and following the podcast are notes from it and links to the resources mentioned in it.

You might wonder why a church communication article starts out by reminding you of the importance of discipleship, but as followers of Jesus that is the most important aspect of our lives and our work as church communicators is simply the arena in which we carry it out.

Ephesians 5:16-17 reminds us of this and challenges us in this way:

So be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don’t be fools; be wise: make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to.

At Effective Church Communications, my goal is to remind you to "make the most of every opportunity for doing good" and to give you practical opportunities to do that. [Read more...]

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Bulletin inserts or social media content for Father’s Day; poetry, challenges, encouragements

12 June, 2021 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Dads come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Here is a selection of bulletin inserts that celebrates many of them.

Dad's come in all shapes, sizes, and colors and the selection of Bulletin Inserts here reflects that. The overall theme of the insert is general thankfulness for Fathers and you can put any message, event, challenge, whatever you'd like on the other side.

Below is a gallery of the inserts and below that a ZIP file that contains a ready-to-print PDF, plus editable MS Publisher files of all the inserts.

The content or the entire image can be used in social media in any way you'd like also.

Here is the Gallery of images of the inserts:

Click here to download the ZIP file with MS Publisher and PDF files:Fathers Day Bulletin Inserts 2017

 

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Father’s Day and Men’s Ministry INSTAGRAM Images

12 June, 2021 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

FREE Father's Day Instagram ImagesI made two versions of the following images for you not only for Father's Day, but for anytime for Men's Ministry. Below each image set is a ZIP file that has the images.

For a large selection of materials for Father's Day and Men's Materials are all on the TEMPLATE section on Father's Day. Go to the link: HERE. Flyers, slides, business cards--many things are free and downloadable for you.

Father's Day Images

To download the ZIP file of the images above, click the following link: Happy Father's Day, INSTAGRAM 2020 [Read more...]

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

7 June, 2021 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

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.

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: [Read more...]

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

17 May, 2019 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

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.

Samples of the publications ready for you to use for Father’s Day.

Father's Day Bulletin Insert
Men's Ministry Card
Ministry Card Sample
Father's Day Bulletin Insert
Fathers Day Connection Card
Father's Day Invitation
Father's Day Social Media Image
You can be free card

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

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