Media Outreach

Best Practices: Technology in the Sanctuary

Salutations men & women of the cloth (and of the Internet)! Our beloved Andy Grove who delivers his dear reader(s) weekly with best practices has become buried this week, so in his stead, I will be leaving my video format to bring to you “Best Practices”! Allow me to dust off my thesaurus and wordsmith [...]

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How to Create an Event in Facebook

Maybe you’re not as tech savvy as the trendy dressed IT guy that sits next to you…but you want to create an event on Facebook and invite the trendy-dressed- know-it-all computer guy to your party. Here are a few steps of how to create that event. On your profile page, click the “event” tab. Click the “create event” [...]

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Promoting Your Church This Easter Part 1

As 63% of Americans, clothed in perfectly bright matching outfits, venture from their homes to the church of their choice this Easter, what will your church do to prepare? I always see an influx in church ads around the community this time of year.  Some promote themselves with cheery spring colors, while others promote a new [...]

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Have You Considered Highlighting Your Team?

And now for the next installment of “Have You Considered”. Have you considered highlighting your ministry teams? One of the most overlooked people group are usually those working in your church. They are the kids workers, the ushers, the greeters, the youth leaders, the audio/video team. Think about getting a group picture of [...]

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Best Practices: The fH All Stars Strike Back

Ladies and gentlemen of the Internet, your beloved Best Practices blogger has been accused of chicanery and shenanigans! <Pause for horrified collective gasp> I know… I know… I can’t believe it myself. Unfortunately however, it’s true. There are, sadly, those out there whose jealousy runs deep in the black cavernous tunnels of hatred they call veins. I [...]

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So…You’ve Got a Facebook Group…Now What?

In my last post, I tried to differentiate the differences between groups and pages on Facebook.  I defined a page and a group and hopefully made it a little less confusing for you in trying to decide which one to create…or maybe you decided to create both. When it comes to Facebook groups, I’m extremely picky [...]

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February in Review

In case you missed it….here are the links to some of our top blog posts for February. Facebook pages Vs. groups – a detailed look at the differences between fan pages and groups. Which one should you create? Have You Considered…Bulk Text Messaging? – Think about using text messaging to your advantage for ministry. Some thoughts on [...]

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Hosting Outreach Events vs. Participating in Community Events

Something has been on my mind a lot lately. It is the notion of a church’s involvement in the community. I think there is an unfortunate mindset that the church’s involvement in the community should be on the church’s terms.  I know I’ve totally been there.  Don’t get me wrong – events that the church hosts [...]

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Have You Considered…Teenagers and Technology?

This is the third installment of the “Have You Considered” series of posts. Have you considered teenagers and technology? One of the most often heard challenges among ministry teams is finding people to work on the audio/video aspects of ministry. Because teenagers practically live on the computer and on mobile devices, they are already extremely comfortable [...]

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Best Practices – fH All Stars

Although it seems like I start every one of my blog posts these days with some commentary about the weather in Austin, yesterday’s  events were so momentous that I would rather be labeled as a formulaic writer than not disclose what occurred to you, my ever so loyal reader(s). According to the National Weather Service, [...]

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