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Youth Group Computer Lab
The youth group at Simi Valley Presbyterian Church has opened a public computer lab to help students with their homework (read the article in the Ventura County Star, registration required). ...
Go to Church, Win a Hummer
A Tampa Bay church is giving away a 2003 H2 Hummer. People had a chance to register during 2004 at The River at Tampa Bay Church and those eligible included ...
Never Gonna Be As Big As This Jesus
The Beatles can step aside thanks to the 62-foot, $250,000 Jesus statue erected by the Solid Rock Church of Monroe, Ohio. The sculpture towers over the church and nearby interstate ...
Churches Speak Out Against Violence
White crosses littered the yard of Highland Baptist Church last month in a stark statement against violence. One cross stood for each of the 68 homicide victims in Lousville, Ohio ...
Chocolate Works
Remember the Church of England’s plan to give away free trade chocolate? It worked. 900 people came back to church. 9 out of 10 people who returned said they’d keep coming. Sometimes ...
Custom Brew Brings in the Young Adults
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. offers its own custom brewed beer, Winged Lion Lager, for its weekly pub lunches—and the twenty- and thirty-somethings are coming out in droves. Yeah, ...
Non-Traditional Church Ad
Brian Baute blogs about a non-traditional church ad for Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Greensboro, N.C. that appeared in a local progressive paper. He quotes the text of the ...
The Church Christmas Card
Ben Bell designed this Christmas card for his church, St. Stephen’s Church in Islington, London. Every year the church sends out a card to households, shops and offices in their ...
Church Ad Rejected by Networks
Inflammatory headlines are reporting that the major TV networks have rejected a homosexual church commercial. And those headlines are blowing it way out of proportion. The 30-second commercial promotes the ...
Church Sucks Flyer
We got an e-mail the other day about a fun church marketing story. Ryan Haack is involved in planting a new church in Madison, Wisc., the Journey, which will open ...
Chocolate in Church
Apparently chocolate Jesus isn’t so far fetched. The Church of England is launching a new program called “Back to Church Sunday” to entice people who have left the church to ...
Church Promo Videos That Don’t Suck
The homemade promotional video is a time-honored marketing tool of the church, especially among youth groups with tech savvy teens. But with digital video cameras and cheap editing software, those ...
The Farmers Market: Is Your Church There?
I’ve been to a handful of local “farmers markets” around the U.S. and all of them are the same. Blocked-off streets in the heart of a small town, local merchants ...
After these Messages… from God
Mainstream denominations are turning to TV commercials to bring people back to church. The United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, Presbyterians and Episcopalians are all exploring TV advertising, ...
Free Valet Parking Doesn’t Suck
When construction made parking a headache at Abundant Life Church in Grapevine, Texas, church members started a free valet parking service. It began with the eldery and disabled, but now ...
