Guest Blog: When Age Matters to Visitors
By Corinn Eckert A few weeks ago, I was talking to a lady who attends our church. She shared a story about when she and her husband were young parents and new to the area. ....
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Church Marketing: What’s your call to action?
If people visit your church and you fail to give them a "next step" -- aka a call to action -- then you've wasted an opportunity. What does a call to action look or sound like? "Read more." "Learn ....
‘Doing nothing’ is not a fun job
Have you ever had a job where you get paid to do nothing? Some might think that's a great job. It's not. If you're sitting there all day and you're not being challenged and you're ....
Acknowledge good works publicly
I spent the day Thursday enjoying a professional development conference and hearing from experienced professionals from the worlds of social media, crisis communications, event planning, public relations, media relations, and business etiquette. One speaker, an ....
Church Marketing: When ‘the same’ can be lame
If God intended us all to look and act the same, he would've made us that way. Instead, he made us each unique. He equipped us with different personalities, different gifts and different talents. Therefore, ....
Church Marketing: Are you Walmart or the neighborhood butcher shop?
If you're planning the perfect steak dinner for you and your spouse, where do you buy your steak? Walmart, where you can find an okay cut of meat in the bargain bin at a bargain ....
Church Marketing: Team Assessment? Check.
We're about a fourth of the way through the year. Have you done a team assessment lately? Take some time to do an evaluation. Ask a few simple questions. (more…)
Church Marketing Idea: More than a Manicure
Everybody deserves to be pampered now and then. In May, my wife and others from our Sunday School class are going to a local senior living center to visit with the ladies there and paint ....
Church Ministry: Strength in numbers (and fun, too!)
Buying a house is stressful. Moving adds to that stress. But when you're part of a life group (Sunday School class) like ours, you see God at work and the stress is relieved. This past ....
Church Outreach: The Greatest Generation really is great!
Recently, I participated in a new ministry (for me). Our family and a friend from our Sunday School class went to a senior care facility in town. We took handmade valentines and Hershey's Kisses to ....