Communication

Sharing the Gospel and the Lutheran Faith on Your Website

Sociologists maintain that you can learn a lot about looking in people’s medicine cabinets. In the same vein, I believe a narthex tells a lot about a congregation. When I visit a...
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Creating a Communication Plan for a Large Project

Nothing will stop a project faster than a lack of communication. To fill the gap, misinformation will quickly spread. This will lead to ever increasing amounts of frustration from...
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Basic CSS for Your Church Website

Once upon a time, when the web was young and HTML was new, each web page was its own self-contained piece of content. All of the content and formatting that was required for that page...
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Video File Types: Recommendations for Church Websites

One of the greatest blessings we have as a church is that we have such amazing ways to share our faith. In the past, information and stories had to be passed down orally. Later on,...
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Building Websites for Different Church and School Relationships

Lutheran schools and churches have always gone hand in hand. Martin Luther, all the way back in 1530, wrote “A Sermon on Keeping Children in School,” and he was quite the revolutionary...
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Personalize Your Church Communication

We’ve all gotten them . . . the well-meaning envelope trying to notify us about an important upcoming event or to make sure we’re aware of the can’t-miss deal of the century. And you...
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Developing a Post-Easter Strategy for Your Church’s Website

Spring is in the air, and the church calendar is telling us Easter is almost here. But you’re not worried because you have done all that can possibly be done. The bulletin covers are...
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Coordinating a Long Video Shoot outside Your Church

Last month, I wrote an article about creating shorter videos for your church, but sometimes, a story can take a little longer than two minutes to tell. While many of the concepts behind...
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How to Invite Website Visitors to Opt into an Ongoing Relationship

Most people think that a website is an end goal for any online effort. But it’s not. The final goal is to let people know they will find Jesus in the Church, and we want them to come...
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Guidelines for Whether to Share Trending Social Media Posts

In my last blog post, I walked through how to decide what to post on your church’s Facebook page. This time, we’re going to dig deeper and talk about when an event or crisis is going on...
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Balancing Academic and Faith Content on Your Christian School’s Website

In February 2016, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. Two weeks later, we were sent into a panic. My wife had recently started a job with a local hospital on an...
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Coordinating a Short Video Shoot inside Your Church

As many churches continue to see the value in social media for reaching out to their communities, it’s important that we use best practices for helping our content reach more people. As...
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Advice on Managing Your Church’s Facebook Strategy

Whether you love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. Facebook started back in 2003 as more of a college/dating-type site and has turned into something much bigger that...
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Setting Your Church’s Communication Priorities for 2019

Happy new year! For many, on a personal level, a new year means quitting a bad a habit, starting a good habit, making new goals, being more intentional about everyday tasks, and...
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Pros and Cons of Slack for Churches

Slack excels at the rapid exchanges between users that enable organizations to make decisions and communicate quickly. Should your church jump on the bandwagon and start using it?
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Which Email Marketing Service Should My Church Use?

More and more, church offices are utilizing web-based email marketing services for communicating with their congregations. Why are they doing this?
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Prioritizing Content on Your Church Website for Visitors

In the past, the front door of your church was probably, well, the front door. These days, however, the first exposure visitors get to your church is probably via your church website....
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Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

In a highly automated society, people get kind of cynical about emails that are distant, non-specific, or feel like a formulaic letter. So how do we use email to establish a real relationship with our
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Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

What happens after someone visits your congregation? At my church, the visitors sign a guest book and a day or two later, they receive a letter in the mail from the pastor—which is an...
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Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Hear from Stacy Yates live as we chat with her about best practices for communicating about last-minute church events.
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Communication

Sharing the Gospel and the Lutheran Faith on Your Website

Sociologists maintain that you can learn a lot about looking in people’s medicine cabinets. In the same vein, I believe a narthex tells a lot about a congregation. When I visit a...

Creating a Communication Plan for a Large Project

Nothing will stop a project faster than a lack of communication. To fill the gap, misinformation will quickly spread. This will lead to ever increasing amounts of frustration from...

Basic CSS for Your Church Website

Once upon a time, when the web was young and HTML was new, each web page was its own self-contained piece of content. All of the content and formatting that was required for that page...

Video File Types: Recommendations for Church Websites

One of the greatest blessings we have as a church is that we have such amazing ways to share our faith. In the past, information and stories had to be passed down orally. Later on,...

Building Websites for Different Church and School Relationships

Lutheran schools and churches have always gone hand in hand. Martin Luther, all the way back in 1530, wrote “A Sermon on Keeping Children in School,” and he was quite the revolutionary...

Personalize Your Church Communication

We’ve all gotten them . . . the well-meaning envelope trying to notify us about an important upcoming event or to make sure we’re aware of the can’t-miss deal of the century. And you...

Developing a Post-Easter Strategy for Your Church’s Website

Spring is in the air, and the church calendar is telling us Easter is almost here. But you’re not worried because you have done all that can possibly be done. The bulletin covers are...

Coordinating a Long Video Shoot outside Your Church

Last month, I wrote an article about creating shorter videos for your church, but sometimes, a story can take a little longer than two minutes to tell. While many of the concepts behind...

How to Invite Website Visitors to Opt into an Ongoing Relationship

Most people think that a website is an end goal for any online effort. But it’s not. The final goal is to let people know they will find Jesus in the Church, and we want them to come...

Guidelines for Whether to Share Trending Social Media Posts

In my last blog post, I walked through how to decide what to post on your church’s Facebook page. This time, we’re going to dig deeper and talk about when an event or crisis is going on...

Balancing Academic and Faith Content on Your Christian School’s Website

In February 2016, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. Two weeks later, we were sent into a panic. My wife had recently started a job with a local hospital on an...

Coordinating a Short Video Shoot inside Your Church

As many churches continue to see the value in social media for reaching out to their communities, it’s important that we use best practices for helping our content reach more people. As...

Advice on Managing Your Church’s Facebook Strategy

Whether you love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. Facebook started back in 2003 as more of a college/dating-type site and has turned into something much bigger that...

Setting Your Church’s Communication Priorities for 2019

Happy new year! For many, on a personal level, a new year means quitting a bad a habit, starting a good habit, making new goals, being more intentional about everyday tasks, and...

Pros and Cons of Slack for Churches

Slack excels at the rapid exchanges between users that enable organizations to make decisions and communicate quickly. Should your church jump on the bandwagon and start using it?

Which Email Marketing Service Should My Church Use?

More and more, church offices are utilizing web-based email marketing services for communicating with their congregations. Why are they doing this?

Prioritizing Content on Your Church Website for Visitors

In the past, the front door of your church was probably, well, the front door. These days, however, the first exposure visitors get to your church is probably via your church website....

Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

In a highly automated society, people get kind of cynical about emails that are distant, non-specific, or feel like a formulaic letter. So how do we use email to establish a real relationship with our

Creating a Welcome Email Series to Follow Up with Visitors

What happens after someone visits your congregation? At my church, the visitors sign a guest book and a day or two later, they receive a letter in the mail from the pastor—which is an...

Communications for Last-Minute Church Events

Hear from Stacy Yates live as we chat with her about best practices for communicating about last-minute church events.