When I first saw this video, I laughed…because it’s funny, I mean true lol-type funny. Here, watch it. You’ll see, it’s funny. Right? How fun would that have been? I can’t believe they let all that in there. They even posed for pictures with Darth Vadar. Can you imagine ordering a pizza and having it [...]
Please go watch this post at Church Marketing Sucks. This is a big reason I know we need to do what we do. Yes, much of our work is seen on Sunday morning but the focus doesn’t stop on Sunday. Take sermon branding and print design as two examples: Sermon branding is all about Sunday [...]
One of the great things about the Church Marketing Lab are when different ideas collide to bring in a huge idea…I love big ideas. Father’s Day seems to be a tough service for many churches, all the one hit wonders are. How do you make a big bang with one service, no momentum, etc. Here’s [...]
A house divided will not stand. – Abraham Lincoln I’m already hearing the rumbling. Many within the church are not happy with the results of the election. I’ve heard things like: “God has taken his hand off of the US” “McCain was God’s choice and we didn’t listen” “Evil will reign” What’s your response going [...]
I had the chance to have dinner with Erik Ticen last week…we talked about the usual – raising the bar in communication, design and visual communication vs. pretty pictures and then we got on the topic of church. What is church? What would Christ think of our definition of church? Of course one of our [...]
I’m putting the final touches on my talk/workshop on sermon branding for the ministryCOM conference in OK. What are the issues you want to talk about? What do you struggle with? Here’s a glimpse at some of it: Sermon graphics vs. Sermon branding Why literal is boring How to be inspired not a ripoff artist [...]
Just when I think I’ve seen it all I read this article at Church Marketing Sucks. Apparently someone thought it would be a good ideas to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle as a church giveaway! The church’s youth pastor, Bob Ross, said it’s a way of trying to encourage young people to attend the [...]
How many subscribers do you have? How many hits do you get? How many people in your church? All very popular questions…and certainly something easily measured. While these measurements have some value I agree with Scoble and Seth, it’s the who and more importantly, the what, that really matters. Yes, you need butts in the [...]
Pause for a moment… Think about Christ’s Church. (By Christ’s church, I mean every living believer.) Think about the resources God has made available to us. Consider the money we control. Consider the talent, gifts, and passion of perhaps two billion people. Now consider the needs around the world. What do you think God could [...]
I’ll say it over and over…great design is much bigger than pretty pictures. If it looks good but doesn’t communicate, it will be ineffective. If it communicates but doesn’t move people it’s useless. Kem Meyer has a great post about crafting your message and points out that “effective communications has less to do with sending [...]