My good friend, Chris Forbes, has just posted something that I believe all who are on a church staff should read. Yes it’s about marketing, but it is not the narrow definition of marketing that most commonly comes to mind.
Here’s and excerpt: “I have churches contact me regularly telling me, “We have been slipping in [...]
Two years ago I went to my first communications conference. I had just been asked by my pastor to begin overseeing all the external communication of the church. I said sure and then began my search to figure out what and how I was going to do my new assignment.
I found a conference to attend, [...]
Two years ago we hired our first full-time graphics guy. Many thought we were crazy to hire someone for this job. We had outsourced all our graphics needs before he was hired. Well…time has told the story. Eric was a GREAT hire.
I knew he was the right guy immediately after the interview. His work was [...]
I am frequently asked this question, “How do you communicate to your church?” Here’s a list of ways that we, Henderson Hills, use to regularly communicate to those attending our services:
Weekend bulletin – articles are agreed upon by a team of people on Monday. Each article is 80 words or less. There are no graphics in the [...]
If you read my blog via a feed reader like Google Reader, Bloglines, FeedDemon, NewsGator, etc. then I’ll ask if you take a moment and go to my actual blog.
I’ve been looking for a new design for my blog. My friend Cory Miller, of iThemes.com, came out with a new ‘Grunge’ series and I fell in love [...]
I’m going to let the video speak for itself. To see all the videos we currently have on YouTube, go to: www.youtube.com/hendersonhills
So how can you use the video capabilities of the Apple TV for ministry? Great question. Here are some initial thoughts. Many of the thoughts could be done on a computer alone, but the Apple TV shines in that it allows you to use it for larger audiences. So keep that in mind as you [...]
Apple was supposed to provide a much anticipated update to the Apple TV. Here’s a post about the update, PC World - Apple TV.
Well, the update has been postponed, Mac News - Apple TV Update Not Ready for Prime Time, it looks like for two more weeks. Bummer, I was really looking forward to finding [...]
One thing that I’ve really enjoyed about our Apple TV is how it displays photos. With Apple like magic slide shows are seamlessly created out of a folder(s) on your computer. Another great thing…you choose what folders you want the Apple TV to load. Options for different fades and also different times between fades [...]
I’ve had an Apple TV now for about 9 months. I purchased it to see how we could use the technology in the church. I’m always looking for ways to use today’s technology to reach those who don’t know Christ and build up those that already know Him.
Apple TV is a really cool product that [...]