Having a hard time staying focused on Friday afternoon? Me too. No worries. Spend your afternoon doing research. Yeah, call it research.
First, some typographic tips:
Somehow, the “Arise” ministry name isn’t really what comes through in this photo: pic.twitter.com/65k0i8iC1m
— Phil Cooke (@PhilCooke) November 11, 2013
Why font matters pic.twitter.com/KRUfF2Z5Iy
— Jennie Evenson (@JennieEvenson) November 9, 2013
Here’s a recap of the goodies we’ve shared on Twitter this past week:
- Fail: We talked about gender debate that erupted at The Nines this week, though be sure to check out Rachel Held Evans on being divisive, The Nines’ defense, and the breakdown of gender diversity at Christian conferences. Verdict: 19% of speakers are women.
- Fresh: “We live in a world full of noise. As such, we often fill our worship environments with noise.” Bring some visual silence to your worship.
- Financial Benefit: What’s the economic impact of a church? $4.2 million per year into local businesses for an average sized church (200-400), $140,000 per year into poverty alleviation, $115,000 per year in community services, increased property values and decreased crime.
- Francis: Who’s your hero? From St. Francis to Madeleine L’Engle, we’ve got your dose of inspiration in our new ebook, Church Communication Heroes Volume 1.
- For Real?: A new church marketing reality show debuted on the National Geographic Channel this week. We’re still trying to figure out what to make of Church Rescue.
- Five & Fifty: What your staff does on social media has more influence than your church account: Five reasons it’s more important for pastors to use social media than churches. More good ideas and examples from a church plant using social media and a 50% spike on Facebook thanks to engagement.
- Fumbling: Our own Kevin D. Hendricks (hey, that’s me!) appears on the ChurchM.ag podcast. They talk tech team at the holidays and I talk books, blogs and why I love doing Church Marketing Sucks (and say ‘um’ a lot).
- Face-palm: Family stiffs gay waitress on $94 bill because they don’t agree with her lifestyle. Guess what? As a society we have to get along and live with people even if we disagree with them. As a church, we’re actually supposed to love them. Editor’s Note: Or not. Turns out the story might be a hoax.
- Fight: Steve Fogg offers four reasons he’ll never crowdsource design. He’s responding to a Michael Hyatt post encouraging crowdsourcing, which is all reminiscent of our response to Rick Warren’s design contest back on 2009. We’ll have more on this next week.
- Photographic Fun: And let’s close with a fun video. Photographer and designer Paul Armstrong offers his Flickr Moment in this video, reflecting on some of the crazy fun shots he’s taken and shared on Flickr. We’re talking Photoshop fun, in case you weren’t sure. Paul has helped out in the Church Marketing Lab and wrote a series on basic tools designers need for us.
Follow: What do you mean you’re not following us on Twitter or Facebook? Time to join up. See you in social media.
