As believers, we’re called to be thankful. Not just around Thanksgiving, but throughout the year. Are you thankful? Do you have gratitude? How do you practically demonstrate it? Gratitude becomes more valuable with action. Someone is in charge of your church communication. They’re a secretary, a media person, a director of communication,...
In life there are few truly unlimited things. There’s God. But even He’s limited to His nature (He can’t sin, for example). Often “unlimited things” come with fine print that controls the expectations. Think about unlimited data for phone services or cloud storage. Ministries have limits and certainly you’re not unlimited. In order to...
We all have limited minutes to accomplish all the demands on our time. Clearly, we need to be strategic while questioning what we’re doing during our busy schedules. Social media comes down to our return on investment. Not necessarily monetary investment; but our time too! It is important and takes time, but if it’s not...
For a Church Communication Team (CCT) to work in an average church, a lot has to coordinate correctly. I talk to a lot of CCTs who feel defeated and not appreciated. This helps nobody. These are symptoms of greater needs. Every CCT wants church ministries to be successful. They need 7 things for that...
As I visit churches across the country I realize that ministries have so much to communicate: events, promotions, services, requests and stories. Sadly, the more I research behaviors of church staff, I see we’re doing more and more while having less time to get it all done. Since we have limited time, we...
You can have it good, fast, or easy. But you can only pick two. We’ve seen this statement. We chuckle over it and nod in agreement. But ministry staff doesn’t seem to get it. I talk to Church Communicators regularly and they often have complaints like “I’d love to do more to communicate the...
Orlando was hopping! 100’s of churches were represented at the 2014 National Association of Church Business Administration (NACBA) conference in Orlando. We were honored to be part of their re-branding and launch of The Church Network at the conference. Mark MacDonald, our Sr. Church Brand Strategist, spoke four times and we had a trade...
Have you ever done something and wonder why you seem to be wasting your time? Perhaps talking to your teenage kids or telling a mechanic what seems to be the problem with your car. Or maybe it's when you preach a passionate sermon about stewardship. No one wants to "waste time". But the...
Is it just me? Or is life flying by way too fast. We want our food cooked faster, quicker deliveries, and we've realized that our time expires before we run out of all our tasks. The older I get the more things I have to do. And before Christmas it seems that...
