Long hours, juggling multiple deadlines from several departments all while feeling isolated because—let’s face it—no one truly understands your job? Recipe. For. Burnout. “Try self-care,” they said. “It will be easy,” they said. Ha! You are already feeling like you don’t have control over your work (deadlines, workload, responsibilities) and chances are you don’t see…
Church and Ministry
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When was the last time you unplugged from the rigors of ministry and your personal responsibilities and took a spiritual retreat to connect with God and refresh your soul? No, I’m not talking about 30 minutes at Starbucks catching up on your YouVersion devotional. (Although that’s a good thing as well.) Perhaps it’s been a…
For All Saints’ Day, let’s talk about heroes. This is an excerpt from Church Communication Heroes Volume 2: Saving the Day Without Superpowers, which you can download for free. My favorite superhero is the church communicator. I’m serious. Mild-mannered, under-appreciated computer nerd by day, but a force to be reckoned with when deadlines are looming…
If you’ve ever had stitches you know that closing a cut is not done by stretching one side of skin to meet the other, but by carefully bringing the two sides together to meet in the middle. The same principle is true when it comes to getting real feedback in an organization. Observing Existing Feedback…
What are some of the hacks or secrets you use to make things work or save your sanity or just make work easier? Sometimes it’s something simple, but it can make a profound difference. We asked a group of church communicators to share their best life hacks. Here’s what we got. Life Hacks: Meal prepping:…
If there’s one thing church communicators love to hate, it’s the church bulletin. Some have tried to kill it, but the rest of us just make do. We decided to talk to some church communicators and see how the bulletin is working (or not) for them. Today we talk with Jodi Tonarelli, the director of weekend…
Lyle Schaller is an old-school church consultant who authored more than 100 books and passed away in 2015. He’s been referred to as the Peter Drucker of the church world. It is not a traditional church paper; it really is a report on God’s grace. Two Kinds of Church Content In his 2001 book, What…
If there’s one thing church communicators love to hate, it’s the church bulletin. Some have tried to kill it, but the rest of us just make do. We decided to talk to some church communicators and see how the bulletin is working (or not) for them. Today we talk with Jennifer Johnson, the director of…
If there’s one thing church communicators love to hate, it’s the church bulletin. Some have tried to kill it, but the rest of us just make do. We decided to talk to some church communicators and see how the bulletin is working (or not) for them. Today we talk with Katrina McMillan, the communications director…
If there’s one thing church communicators love to hate, it’s the church bulletin. Some have tried to kill it, but the rest of us just make do. We decided to talk to some church communicators and see how the bulletin is working (or not) for them. Today we talk with Darren Lee, the communications director…