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Archive for 2017

How You Can Support Creative Missions 2017

by Kevin D. Hendricks

Church communicators are coming to Montana to help local churches communicate better. It's Creative Missions 2017. Here's how you can help.

May 17, 2017

Church Websites: To Hub or Not to Hub

by Chuck Scoggins

A hub is a website tool that offers next step information for your congregation, freeing up your main site to focus on visitors. We explore pros and cons.

May 15, 2017

Multi-Site Bulletins: 5 Questions to Make Them Work

by Lucinda Ross

How does a multi-site church do bulletins without recreating the wheel? We asked Life.Church. They print 45,000 bulletins across 26 campuses every week.

May 10, 2017

Bulletin Bingo

by Kevin D. Hendricks

Download our handy bulletin bingo sheet, and see if your church's bulletin faux pas can score you a bingo! No cash prize, but do we offer helpful resources.

May 8, 2017

Atlanta Intensive: A Game Changer

by Chuck Scoggins

We love seeing the light bulb come on for church communicators, when they realize how to tackle their big problem. That's what happens at The Intensive.

May 4, 2017

Bulletin Better

by Kelley Hartnett

Oh, bulletins. We love them. We hate them. But one thing's for sure—we want them better. This month Courageous Storytellers is focused on church bulletins.

May 3, 2017

Mother’s Day: Free Graphics, Ideas & the Challenge

by Kevin D. Hendricks

We've got some free Mother's Day social graphics, ideas for how you can approach Mother's Day, and we'll unpack some issues surrounding this holiday.

May 1, 2017

Why My Church is Sticking With a Print Bulletin

by Kevin D. Hendricks

My church is sticking with a paper bulletin. It fits our culture, physical space, and purpose. It also helps with our services, which use liturgy.

April 26, 2017

Web Security: Why Your Church Needs an SSL Certificate

by Matt Adams

Does your church need an SSL certificate? A quick explanation of what it is, why your church needs one, and how to set it up.

April 24, 2017

The Church Event Planning Toolkit by Deborah Ike

by Sheri Felipe

Whether it's a small student ministry carwash or a huge fall festival, every church can benefit from having a better event planning process.

April 24, 2017

How to Prevent Last-Minute Communication Requests

by Deborah Ike

Want to avoid last-minute communication requests? Follow these four tips. They'll build awareness about your role at the church, address repeat offenders, establish consistent processes, and assign an event coordinator.

April 19, 2017

Big Sky, Big God, Our Need

by Cleve Persinger

Support our Creative Missions trip to Montana. Churches in nine states are better engaging their communities with the gospel because of your generosity.