Communications2021-10-10T09:48:55-05:00

Communications

Churches are all about effective communication with their staff and congregation … in print, web and verbally … in regular times and emergencies.

Talking to Visitors

By |November 30th, 2023|

Hey Fletch—We have a lot of people who visit our church but they don’t come back. We send out letters and emails to newcomers. Apparently these are not working. Any thoughts? Fletch—I stumbled on [...]

The Collective Might Platform

By |May 2nd, 2023|

How do you maximize the strength of your church? All of our churches have wonderful strengths, but they are not always fully utilized or appreciated. Gloo connects the faith ecosystem and enables it to [...]

Managing Creatives

By |January 23rd, 2023|

Creative types are leaving the church. Many feel overworked, burned out or had unrealistic demands. The creative person is essential for your church and has a huge role to play in Christ’s kingdom. Some [...]

Engagement Explosion

By |October 19th, 2022|

Would you like your congregational engagement to explode during your weekend service? What if your attendees could actually engage with your sermon in real time and tell you how it is affecting their lives? It’s [...]

Leadership Live: Connecting to the Congregation

By |April 28th, 2020|

Leadership Live is a concept that Village Bible Church developed to connect with its congregation. Village Bible is a church of 1,500 people, spread across 5 campuses. They were looking for ways to connect with [...]

Great Pastoral Communication by Video

By |April 23rd, 2020|

Churches should always over-communicate with the congregation. This is especially so during a crisis, such as the pandemic. Here is a superb video from Lighthouse Community Church. It is a message from their elders to [...]

Video Calls – They’re Pandemic!

By |March 30th, 2020|

The coronavirus (Covid-19) has many staff working from home, and there are a number of things worth considering as you manage the ‘brand’ of your church in a distributed work environment. Video Call Solution [...]

Next: A US Quarantine?

By |March 8th, 2020|

Coronavirus data is readily available in the news. For example, Italy has more than 5,800 cases and 233 were fatal. That’s an increase of 800 cases and 49 deaths over the day before. In [...]

Communicating a Crisis

By |October 22nd, 2019|

Depending on the nature of the crisis, there are various levels of communication necessary. Determine the facts of the precipitating event. Be accurate and report just the facts. Note if someone has been arrested [...]

Reflections From a Chief of Police

By |September 9th, 2019|

1. Make It Easy for the Cops Today’s public safety personnel are busy. Given the workload placed on public safety, anything you can do to make their job easier is greatly appreciated. Collect the [...]

New Web Name for Our Church

By |February 4th, 2019|

Monday, February 4, 2019 Hey Fletch … We are wanting to come up with a new url for our church. What are your thoughts on what would be effective? DRF—Many churches go with the name [...]

Emergency Preparedness Plan

By |December 17th, 2018|

Monday, December 17, 2018 Hey Fletch … Do you provide on XPastor any emergency preparedness plan  templates for churches? DRF—We have some information on emergency response plans. Here is a link to various posts on [...]

Announcements for Benevolence Offerings

By |October 24th, 2018|

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Announcements for Benevolence Offerings Hey Fletch … I read the recent “Hey Fletch” column about the benevolence offering for the woman with cancer. I get that donations cannot be earmarked [...]