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.

How to make the most of Halloween for evangelism

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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.

Halloween—it has become such a contentious time in the church. Even mentioning the term "Halloween" upsets some because of its pagan origins.

In response to that, many churches have switched from calling "Halloween" events to "Fall Festivals." I get it; I totally understand but bear with me a minute and consider that changing the name in this way takes away some of the potential for using this holiday as an evangelism outreach time.

What follows is not another Christian justification as to why you should let your kids go trick or treating, but an attempt to help you see how Halloween can be used as a significant time for evangelism. It really doesn't matter ultimately if you change the name or not but I want you to understand why I even bring up this point. The Apostle Paul said we should be all things to all people that we might win some and my contemporary paraphrase of his imperative of evangelism is that we need to use EVERY opportunity, every holiday, every time that we can to introduce people to Jesus.

Please consider what I'm about to share and I hope you'll agree that Halloween can be one of the best times of the year to motivate people to consider the gospel. Following is a podcast version of this information. If you want to see the images recommended and links to additional materials, keep reading.

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Fall Festival and Halloween Resources, invitations, registration cards, encouragement flyers, lots more

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Resources for Fall and Halloween church outreach
This is a great time of year to reach out to your community and these will help you do it effectively.

Lots of good stuff here!

Some new, some a few years old, but all for you to use as you'd like.

Just click on the link below the title. Please pass on to other churches and friends.

A non-scary way to share your faith at Fall Festivals and Halloween
https://wp.me/pDky9-8h4

Was Jesus a zombie—NO irreverence intended, but an honestly asked question and an answer
https://wp.me/pDky9-8gP

FREE TEMPLATES for Fall Registration Cards, Invitations, Halloween Evangelism
https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates/templates-harvest-festival-and-halloween/

Halloween, a great time for evangelism…..really!!
https://wp.me/pDky9-6xB
Older card, good article [Read more...]

Successful Seasonal Strategies for Halloween and Fall outreach

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This video builds on the basic course Successful Seasonal Strategies with specific resources and strategies for Halloween and Fall Festivals.

Though there are many things about this time of year that are offensive to many Christians, it is a fantastic time for outreach and not only because it provides a time to give away free candy and keep kids out of trouble, but because with its emphasis on death and the afterlife it is a great time to introduce people to the ONE individual who conquered death and is alive and that is Jesus. This video gives you ideas on how to make the most of this and outreach to your community with links to FREE templates you can use Before, During, and After your event.

To get the resources mentioned in the video go to:

https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates

https://www.Bible805.com

https://www.payhip.com/Bibleverseshop

Halloween and Fall Outreach Resources for 2021

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This is a quick overview of some of the new resources for Halloween and Fall outreach for 2021.

Yes--I am late on getting this out there and I greatly apologize. But PLEASE take the time to check out the FREE handouts that you have enough time to make up for your upcoming Fall or Halloween Outreach. They can be made up quickly and you can put them into goodie bags that you give out.

It is so important that you do more than just give out free candy and provide a good time for people in your community. This season is a great opportunity to connect people with the one Person in all of history who conquered death—Jesus.

Click the following link to go directly to the handouts you can give to people for them to find out more about Jesus: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates/templates-harvest-festival-and-halloween/

Click the following link here to go to the video on Who is Jesus Really: https://bible805.com/who-is-jesus-rea...

This video is an in-depth study of what those outside the Christian faith, who lived near the time of Jesus had to say about Him. If you've heard people say that the stories about Jesus were myths that were made up hundreds of years after his death, this should definitively refute those false claims and give you greater confidence that the Jesus we read about in the Bible is the Jesus of true history.

For ebooks on Halloween Outreach & Successful Seasonal Outreach, plus printables on Life after Death, go to: https://www.payhip.com/Bibleverseshop

Free excerpt of the ebook Halloween, a great time for evangelism

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Halloween & Fall Festivals
This book has articles and advice on how to make the most of this time of year for evangelism.

One of the core teachings of Effective Church Communications is that we can take any seasonal celebration and use it as an opportunity to share the gospel.

It might seem that one of the more challenging holidays to apply that teaching is Halloween but in reality, it is one of the easiest ones. That's because this is the one time of year when people are thinking about the afterlife, of life after death. Granted the secular view of this is distorted, but it does make a great bridge to a discussion about the reality that we are eternally existing souls.

Most people believe they will live forever, but the question is, if we are going to live forever, what neighborhood will we live in?

Halloween acknowledges there is a neighborhood of hellish horror and evil. Though people might make fun of it, they can't help but wonder what truth there is to the existence of demons and everlasting punishment. Along with that is the almost universal belief or wish, if you will, of an afterlife of light reunited with loved ones.

But how can you be sure?

Halloween gives Christians the opportunity to share why they believe that Jesus is the only Savior who conquered death and who can give us eternal life and peace and a home in the neighborhood of joy if we trust Him as Savior.

The book, Halloween, a great time for evangelism is filled with ideas, tips, plans, and communications that will help you do that.

For a free download of an excerpt of the book, click the following link: Pages from Halloween & Fall Festivals

The complete book is part of the Effective Church Communication Library; click the following link to sign up for the ECC Library and download it: https://payhip.com/b/mqoWE