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BIG Collection of Christmas Communications PDFs and Templates ready-to-modify and use

7 November, 2016 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

The video preview on this site shows a large group of FREE Christmas PDF and Template that are ready for ECC Members to download, open and modify for your church. One of the most important benefits of ECC Membership is all this work is done for you and at very little cost.

On this site are articles for specific Christmas communications, with more commentary about each one, but here is a collection of all the types: invitation cards, motivation flyers, Christmas evangelism, connection cards, bulletin inserts, follow-up materials.

I'm working on some new designs for this year, but many of these from previous years are quite nice and even if you used one of them, there are lots of others if you want to get a start on your church communications. The best thing about them is they are all designs you can print IN YOUR CHURCH OFFICE and that you can MODIFY however you want.

The ZIP files contain ready to print PDFs, editable MS Publisher Templates, and hi-res images. There are over 40 pieces of all kinds of Christmas communications: Bulletin Inserts, evangelism letters and brochures, invitation and business cards, postcards in quarter and half-page size and program covers.

The various kinds of communications are in coordinating designs so that invitations have matching connection cards, etc.

Following is a preview video of the designs and below that, just click on an image to download the ZIP FILE. If you are not an ECC Member. For more information on becoming a member of Effective Church Communications, CLICK HERE.

Preview of the communications that follow

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Jesus, the Reason for the Season postcard, flyer, program cover or bulletin insert

5 November, 2016 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Jesus is the reason for the Season postcard — Our world needs to be reminded that Jesus truly is the "Reason for the Season." This publication can help you do that.

We know that Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas, we know Jesus is the reason for the season, but many of the people who visit your church or are in the neighborhood around it don't have any idea what that means. This communication piece will help.

Though it is done is a casual, upbeat style, the content is actually taken from the Nicene Creed, one of the most widely accepted creeds in the Christian Church and one that defines the identity and role of Jesus as our Savior. Below are pictures of the file. One is in color and one in grey scale. The grey scale looks good printed on some a rustic-looking or colored paper.

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GIS: BIBLE (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) gospel tract cards

3 November, 2016 By Yvon Prehn 2 Comments

Salvation Card, side one — These cards are a concise reminder of the core purpose of our churches: salvation in Jesus.

When I first saw these cards I was thrilled because I'd just finished writing:

However, in the midst of this huge spiritual hunger in our world, which is motivated by the conviction of the Holy Spirit, people are not coming to the one source, the Church, that is the only true source of eternal life, forgiveness, and peace through faith in Jesus.

This is not happening because the Church is deficient or Jesus is no longer Savior. This is happening because the church is not communicating who it is and how it can meet the deepest needs of people.

Very few people in our world today think of the Church (and local churches anywhere) as THE source of salvation, truth, or eternal life.

from: Declining church attendance and how your communications can help turn that around (If you haven't read this yet, it is very important, please click on the title and you can go to it.)

I wrote this because I know many churches don't know how to share the main thing they are about: Salvation in Jesus.

Here is a church that has a clear focus on the essential of salvation in Jesus and has created a tool to help their people share it. Yes, it is very brief and you may want to add more to it, but please use this as an inspiration and starting point for a tool to equip your people.

Below are images of the front and back of the cards. Below them is a download for ECC Members (for information on prices and how to join, click here) in MS Word that you can modify for your church; the file also includes a ready-to-print PDF of them. I would strongly encourage that you put contact information on the cards so that if people have questions or want to respond to the message of Jesus, they have someone to contact.

CLICK on the link below to download the ZIP file containing the PDF and editable MS Word file.

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Here is the link: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/BASIC-Instruct.zip

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Declining church attendance and how your communications can help turn that around

28 October, 2016 By Yvon Prehn 4 Comments

Church attendance is declining both in fewer new people coming to church and current members coming less often—that’s our challenge.

You know that the solution to this challenge isn't going to be solved by a 500-word blog post of bullet points about the latest and greatest tech tool or social media to come along that will solve all your church communication problems and get people flooding back to our churches. You know you won't be able to get people returning to church if you can simply find more contemporary graphics or upgrade to a more cutting-edge look to your website.

But we keep hoping don't we?

What follows is not a quick read filled with magic solutions. It will take time to read, digest, and plan out implementation because the issue of declining church attendance and retention is not an easy issue to understand with easy answers to fix it. There are many parts of church theology, growth, and health that factor in and what follows is not an all-inclusive solution, but one that can make a big difference in reversing this trend. [Read more...]

GIS: Bookmarks to remind people of God’s love and much more!

27 October, 2016 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

Bible verse bookmark — This is the front and back of one of the bookmarks sent in for our Great Idea Swap. They are a great way to remind people of God's Word.

Bookmarks can accomplish so many purposes in church communications—you can use them to remind people about the truth of God's forever love; you can help them remember Bible verses; you can encourage Christian conduct and prayer. The Bookmark Templates in this selection do all those things.

All of them were sent in as part of our Great Idea Swap. Below are pictures of them for inspiration and then below that is a ZIP file that has both the PDFs of the bookmarks and the editable either MS Word or MS Publisher original files for Effective Church Communication Members.

You can either modify them and change the name to your church on them, or because several of them are one-sided only you could put information about your church or an additional message on the other side.

Bookmarks are a great give-away for the holidays and if you create some, please send them in and share with us!