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Going digital with church bulletins

michaels — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:58:19 +0000

Have you considered going digital with your church bulletin? Here‘s how one church did it!

First off, we didn’t kill our bulletin. Some people thought we did, but that really wasn’t the case. We just changed the way we do church bulletins. In fact, the change seems to be doing a lot of good so far!

Here’s what we did.

We stopped one thing and developed three outlets that accomplish the same goal with greater efficiency, track-ability, and with huge savings in time and money.

* NO — Big multi-page booklet bulletin handed out each week

* YES! — Small “bullet” card with brief event info handed out weekly

* YES! — eBulletin emailed out midweek with links to event signup and more info

* YES! — A few copies of weekly “Info Sheets” available at Guest Services for those who don’t email.

Read the whole article at Bulletin | Dry Pixel.

An overnighter for creative souls: Risk Retreat

michaels — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:36:01 +0000

Here’s a great overnighter conference for creatives in west Michigan.

With a focus on graphic design and creative processes, Risk Retreat is committed to these crafts and the Creator and several key design disciplines, including staying creative, drawing, photography, software skills and more.

RISK is a two-day, one-night retreat for creatives for only $125! This is an incredibly encouraging and renewing event.

The 3D Retreat

michaels — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:10:26 +0000

This two-day retreat promises creativity, design, play, networking, worship… It’s a close-to-home, on-the-cheap ($50) version of a national design conference. Expect to learn something and have fun doing it.

WHO: Graphic Designers, Digital Artists, Marketers, Photographers, Event Planners, people who love PhotoShop, people with “crazy ideas”… any creative professional (or novice) involved in church or ministry design.

WHEN: 9 a.m., Friday, Sept. 25 through 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, at Camp Geneva in Holland, MI

DETAILS: www.the3dretreat.com

Researching sites to get ideas for church communication

michaels — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:51:02 +0000

So much good stuff. I can’t pick just one. Check it out for yourself…

http://www.churchcrunch.com/

Creative distractions: Face Ball

michaels — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:04 +0000

Here’s how flickr staff is relieving some stress:

Faceball, a documentary from Face Ball on Vimeo.

Do you have something you do for creative distraction?

Visual Resume

michaels — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:56 +0000

Michael Anderson came up with this unique way of showing his graphic skills and his resumé all at once. I especially like how he compares his coffee intake with productivity in other areas!

Clever visual resumé by Michael Anderson

If Starbucks marketed like the church does.

michaels — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:17:59 +0000

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Church can’t market away it’s problems

michaels — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:15:47 +0000

Excerpt from You Can’t Advertise Problems Away: Ad Campaigns of the Mainline Denominations found on Churchmarketingsucks.com:

This quote hurts: “Study after study has shown that religions that grow are the ones that are hard-core in some way. They have something that differs sharply from the culture in which they operate,” says Boston University’s [Stephen] Prothero. “That’s the problem with mainline Protestantism: It’s not different enough from mainstream America.”

June Roundtable

bmartin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:33:04 +0000

11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Tuesday, June 16
“Olive Tree Café” at ResLife in Grandville [details]

Do you have a junk drawer? (I seem to have a junk desk!) We’re often surrounded by “stuff.” Can you take one of those items and make it art? What about discovering art on your next venture outside? Treasures await… Please bring a “found art” creation on Tuesday.

After we’re done “ooooh’ing” and “ahhhhh’ing” over each others art, we’re going to talk about the design principal of “grouping” and how arranging objects is key to communicating your point. [This will involve money and crayons, so you can get excited. right. now.]

Continue to bring samples of recent work or things in process for feedback.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Contact Becky, 616.485.3535

New look for a website. Comments?

michaels — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:40:41 +0000

The long awaited and worked upon Resurrection Life Church website is here! It was a long road but is up and running. Comments welcome. It’s up! Check it out. I’d love to hear your thoughts. http://www.reslife.org/