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Church Bulletins, how to create simple, clear layouts for them

4 December, 2009 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

I've often said in my seminars that church bulletins are the most effective piece of Christian literature printed today outside the Bible.

I say that because they are often the first piece of Christian literature visitors to your church from our post-Christian world see.

They must clearly communicate what is going on and the basics of the faith or people will be confused and walk away. Below is a PDF of a number of simple examples:

Church bulletins are the first face of your church and the Christian faith to visitors. This section will help you make clear and simple ones that communicate effectively.
Church bulletins are the first face of your church and the Christian faith to visitors. This section will help you make clear and simple ones that communicate effectively.

PLEASE read the many other articles in this section on bulletins for additional specific advice on what to include.

This PDF will give you some ideas for how to create your own very simple layouts and basic bulletins. To download it, 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.

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Filed Under: Church Bulletins Tagged With: church bulletins, church outreach, church visitors, Communications, seeker sensitive, yvon prehn

Little details are the most important part of your communications

3 December, 2009 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

PDF of an article on the importance of the little details in your church communications
PDF of an article on the importance of the little details in your church communications

The little things are the most important part of your communications because they are the links that actually connect people with the events and ministries of your church.

They are also the most boring, tedious, and difficult parts to include in a communication piece whether it is on paper or online. We'd much rather work on fun illustrations or polishing our catchy marketing slogans or brilliant headlines. As important as these parts of communication creation are, you can have the most brilliant headline and the most appealing images ever, but if people don't know when something starts, how to get there, and if child care is provided—chances are they won't show up.

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And don't expect anybody today to "call the church office for more information." Folks don't take the time to do it and even if they do after being shuttled around through voice mail, they may leave not thinking nice things about the church and certainly not planning to come to an event that might have changed their eternity.

Include the little details in your communications, it can have an impact well worth the hard work it takes to get the details gathered up and put into your communications.

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

Also look at the article and PDF on REPORTER FORMS. It will give you a practical way to collect all the information you need.

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.

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Filed Under: Church Bulletins, Church Newsletters, Church Outreach and Marketing Tagged With: church bulletins, church communication basics, church outreach, Communications, yvon prehn

Brochure Redesign: from ignored to effective

3 December, 2009 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

PDF of how to create an effective brochure
PDF of how to create an effective brochure

This PDF illustrates the process of how to take a brochure that merely describes a ministry to one that is redesigned to meet needs. The result of the redesign was a huge response to the ministry.

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Click here or on the image to download the PDF.

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Filed Under: Church or Ministry Brochures, Design, Writing Tagged With: Church brochure, church outreach, Communications, design in communciation, Ministry brochure, Writing, yvon prehn

Mother’s Day Invitations to church, a free sample and link to member downloads

12 April, 2009 By Yvon Prehn 1 Comment

Mothers Day Invitation #1 IMAGE Mother's Day is a wonderful time not only to celebrate mom's but to reach out to unchurched family members. But you can't do that if they aren't there.

This is a sample PDF invitation for you to download and use as an invitation.

Click on the image to download the PDF or click here.

In the section following, you will find ZIP File download that not only has this invitation, but also has the following two invitations.The images below do not link to download PDFs.

In addition to all three invitations, you also get the original MS Publisher files, plus a jpg file of each invitation.

In addition to all three invitations, members also get the original MS Publisher files, plus a jpg file of each invitation.

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CLICK HERE to download a ZIP file that contains:

  • All three Mother's Day Invitations
  • MS Publisher Original files (you must have MS Publisher to use this file)
  • PDF Files
  • Resizable jpg files

After you download the file, SAVE it to your computer, then click on it to "unzip" it and the files are ready for you to use.

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