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.

Variety in typefaces makes church bulletins easier to read

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PDF Typeface choices for church bulletinsThe choices you make in the typefaces you use and where you place your headings can make a big difference as to how hard or how easy it is for people to follow along as they use the bulletin during the church service.

If you vary the typeface noticeably between the body and the header, it is easier to read.

If you have the header on the outside left margin instead of centered, it is MUCH easier to find your place.

These may seem like little changes, but anything that makes your church service more comfortable, especially for a visitor might make it easier for them to listen and respond to the message.

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note: this PDF is from Yvon Prehn's archives and is the only format of this article available presently. Not the greatest quality to be sure, but shared with the belief that the content is useful.

The Five Commandments of Effective Typesetting

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PDF of the Five Commandments of Desktop PublishingWhen you create communications with the computer you are immediately in the role of a typesetter, but without any training.

In addition, if you first learned to type with a typewriter, many of the habits you learned, (such as two spaces after a period), though correct with typewriters, are completely incorrect for a typesetter.

This chart gives you a quick overview of some of the most common changes you need to make in how you handle typesetting.

Please download, study and follow these guidelines on typesetting your church communications and your communications will look much more professional.

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note: this PDF is from Yvon Prehn's archives and is the only format of this article available presently. Not the greatest quality to be sure, but shared with the belief that the content is useful.

Typography: an overview and key guidelines for effective design

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Typography Chapter PDFType is one of your most powerful design tools and even though we can easily change typefaces, it takes much more to learn how to use it effectively.

This PDF includes sections on how type is measured, how to choose typefaces, and rules for usage.

To download a copy of the PDF, click here or on the image.

note: this PDF is from Yvon Prehn's archives and is the only format of this article available presently. Not the greatest quality to be sure, but shared with the belief that the content is useful.

Typography: a powerful tool to create effective church communications

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Type is one of your most powerful design tools and this book excerpt will help you use it effectively.
Type is one of your most powerful design tools and this book excerpt will help you use it effectively.

Type is one of the most powerful design tools you have in creating effective church communications.

Even though we are not always aware of it, we've all grown up with a typography vocabulary. For example which one of the two examples below is a headline and which is text:

THIS ONE?

or

this one?

You didn't even have to think about it did you? Bigger, larger, bold means headline; smaller and not bold means text. There are many more unconscious ways we read type and to be an effective communicator you need to understand them and use them wisely. This PDF chapter excerpt will help you do that.

To download the PDF, click here or on the image.

note: this PDF is from Yvon Prehn's archives and is the only format of this article available presently. Not the greatest quality to be sure, but shared with the belief that the content is useful.