Communication Archives - Page 30 of 33

Communication Archives - Page 30 of 33 - Church Executive

How to adjust to multiple services: 8 tips

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Church Growth, church planting, Church Strategy, Family Life, LEADERSHIP, missions, New Vintage Church, Personal, Preaching

December 3, 2014 at 11:33 am.

How can preachers make adjustments that better prepare them for the transition from one to multiple services? I’ve been a part of such a transition numerous times, and made the transition from two to three, and three to four. I’ve also had to make adjustments for seasons that included preaching live in multiple venues and multiple locations on Sundays. Each season required me to make adjustments — physically, personally and vocationally. While my experience is that the jump from two to three services requires the most adjusting — the jump from one to two services also requires substantial adjustments.
Here are some things I’ve found.

Engaging Spaces: Engaging from the get-go

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church architecture, Church design, church lobby design, engaging church design

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

For a church’s design to be effective, it must be engaging — beginning the moment someone walks through the door.

How notification technology can deliver the Good News this Christmas season

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automated calling, automated texting, church calls, church communication, church management, notification technology

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

The Christmas season brings with it so much opportunity for warmth, fellowship and holiness. It also presents a host of other challenges for a church — sudden shortages of time, random acts of weather, a flurry of liturgical and other activities that fill your schedule, and sometimes the sniffles (or worse).
One of the ways you can leverage your and your staff’s time is by looking for tools and systems that are natural “multipliers” — including notification technology.

Safety Strategies: The vast frontier — and associated risks

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church missions work, Church risk management, ebola crisis, ebola risk management, international ministry

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

In a smaller, more technological world, we can’t afford to underestimate proactive, collaborative safety and risk management strategies. The Ebola crisis has all of us thinking differently, for the time being. Unfortunately, our sensitizing is hard to sustain with so much information hitting our radar screens.

Breaking barriers: a roundtable on accessible, inclusive churches

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accessible churches, accessible worship, church accessibility, inclusive worship

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

Truly accessible churches accommodate all worshippers. If members or guests can’t hear the sermon, they’re likely to start going to a different church — or, worse, stop attending services altogether.
That’s why Church Executive has placed a premium of covering the topic of hearing-accessible, inclusive worship. Here, a panel of experts in this field explains why it’s so critical to be proactive — and how to take the first steps in a hearing-accessible direction.

Church Growth Essentials: How Generosity Fuels the Big Picture

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church capital campaigns, Church Finance, Church fundraising, church generosity, church giving

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

Our first of three articles in this series — in the September / October 2014 issue of Church Executive — explains how heart transformation sets the tone for church growth. In this issue, we take a closer look at the role of generosity in church growth, viewed in the context of “Big Picture” thinking. To put this into perspective, we must first examine what motivates people to be generous.

Never Again: The Little Things Really Do Count

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church driver safety, Church lawsuits, Church risk management, Church transportation, preventing church accidents

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

When it comes to risk management, a few extra steps — literally — can prevent a tragedy.

Creative & Proven Strategies: Preparation is a Game-Changer for Capital Campaign Success

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Capital Campaigns, church capital campaign, Church Finance, Church fundraising, church generosity, preparing for a capital campaign

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

What does true preparation look like leading up to the public-facing phase of a capital campaign? What does a financial roadmap look like? What’s something even churches who’ve done capital campaigns before DON’T know about preparation? How does church size affect the process? Capital campaign expert Paul Gage answers some key questions.

A step-by-step church staff review guide

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Church Finance, Church Staffing, Church Strategy, generosity, LEADERSHIP, Leadership Vault, New Vintage Church, Productivity, stewardship

November 17, 2014 at 9:46 am.

Staff reviews are thought by some to be intrinsically miserable and somewhat useless. They really don’t have to be. They can actually be a time staff looks forward to.

How to reach and lead the millennials

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church communication, Church millennials, Church Millennials Engaging, LEADERSHIP

August 11, 2014 at 10:17 am.

By Rez Gopez-Sindac They want to change the world and will need intentional mentors to succeed. The Millennials — those born after 1980 — constitute the new mega generation. Right now there are about 80 million Millennials in America. This confident, connected and ethnically diverse generation is a major force to be reckoned with. They […]