Church communication is easy if you can get people to pay attention. Except we live in a world that only half-listens because they have so much noise around them! We’re all bombarded with messages, promotions, and information in a multi-level, continuous track so that we end up with 1000’s of communications available to...
I often hear “we’re the best kept secret” and then “if more people understood all the good things we had to offer, we’d be turning people away”. That’s a communication problem. And since the overwhelming majority of churches don’t turn people away on Sunday morning, we can assume one of two things: ...
There should be a constant tension: a communicator enjoys talking and pushing information, but an effective communicator must listen more than they talk. See, to truly engage with an audience, it has to be a conversation. And there’s nothing worse than a one-sided conversation! The struggle often comes when a communicator feels they’re...
When someone shows up at the door of your church and they’ve never attended before, you should have a protocol for guests. But pretend that you’re the only one nearby when they carefully open the door with that “am I at the right place?” look on their face. You greet them, “Hi! I’m...
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In college, as I took classes and studied, I often created “cheat-sheet” cards that I hole-punched, put on a large hoop, and hung on my belt loop. I’d concisely write information that seemed to be exam-worthy on each card so I could review it between classes. I wanted to be ready for...
