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A church communications plan
If communication isn’t planned, it’s ad hoc. Ad hoc isn’t considered. Ad hoc isn’t strategic. Ad hoc is only accidentally effective. Last month I read ‘Tips and tricks for managing communications‘ at...
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Memorable one-liners reinforce core values
NewSpring Church has articulated its core values as 5 short, powerful statements: “Found People Find People” “Saved People Serve People” “Growing People Change” “You Can’t Do Life Alone” “You Can’t...
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Charles Simeon on the perils of email
“If I speak with a man, I can stop when I see it is doing harm; I can soften the truth so as not to fly in the face of his cherished views … written words convey ideas … but they cannot convey exact...
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Give people less choice
“In a study led by Sheena Iyengar, a management professor at Columbia University Business School, one group of people was presented with samples of six different jams available for purchase while...
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Flocknote – Simple email and text messaging lists for groups
Build lists. Allow members to join specific lists. Send emails or text messages to those lists. Here’s a 90-second overview: Find out more at Flocknote. Thanks to Pam for the tip-off. Advertise here...
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Communicate: this is how we communicate
It came to my attention over the weekend that a member of our church had no idea we had started using the Holman translation of the Bible. When I heard this, I was a bit shocked. We had communicated...
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Simple and effective church newsletter
Side A Side B Here’s some more examples of church newsletters, and the newsletter at Church by the Bridge. Advertise here with Beacon Ads
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3 ways to prioritise church communications
As I look at what needs to be communicated at church in October and November, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed! These are the events and activities that we’d like to let people know about to pray...
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Don’t send reminder emails
In churches, people have come to expect reminder emails, most commonly in 2 forms: Reminders to serve, and Reminders to come to events they have signed up for Here’s my issue with reminder emails:...
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3 steps to convert church priorities to communication channels
I recently shared 3 examples of how church communicators prioritize what gets communicated. Michael responded: I understand the tiers/buckets/weighting of events but what do you do next? I am guessing...
View ArticleThere are other ways to do things
I needed to transfer some money to a friend’s account. My everyday account is with St George, and I usually transfer money from this account. However, I also have an account with Westpac, and this time...
View Article5 dangers of using technology in the Christian life
Last weekend I presented a seminar at my church’s weekend away on the topic ‘Using technology in your Christian life’. I am tidying up these notes to be included in an upcoming post. In the meantime,...
View ArticleAvoiding church calendar overload
At Church by the Bridge we’ve started planning the calendar of events for next year (yep, in August!).And as with most churches, there are a lot of events – all of them worth going to! For...
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