Archive for September, 2009
Please Don’t Shake My Hand?
In an interesting development the Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Manitoba here in Canada has banned handshaking to reduce the risk of contracting the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu. The story was covered on Sunday in a CBC.ca story titled Winnipeg Churches Ban Handshakes over H1N1. In addition to the ban on handshaking, [...]
The Secret to Resurrecting Ministries
A Guest Post By Michael Holmes: Michael is the author of I Shall Raise Thee Up: Ancient Principles for Lasting Greatness. He’s also a blogger that gives insights on applying powerful ancient principles from The Bible to the world of business. Providing a relevant Word for relevant times from a relevant God. All ministries are [...]
Toronto Anglican Bishops Offer Personal Invitations on The Streets
Yesterday morning (Thursday, September 24th), four Toronto Anglican Bishops took to the streets of downtown Toronto to hand out personal invitations to commuters…inviting them to church this Sunday. Interesting marketing approach. I am all for the personal invitation. I think a personal invitation works better than any other marketing effort. However…it only works in partnership [...]
Will Catholics Come Home?
The Catholic Church in America is launching a new marketing campaign called Catholics Come Home. They have a designed a special web site for the campaign CatholicsComeHome.org and a series of television ads to compliment a broad media blitz. The campaign will roll out on a diocese by diocese basis starting prior to Christmas. This [...]
Living In The Moment
For you who are regular readers of this blog…in small ways you get glimpses into my life, who I am as a person, and what I am passionate about. You “read” into my life. I have decided to post a video of myself that will help you connect a little more with me – so [...]
Did You Know?
Our world is changing rapidly and technology is facilitating and impacting a lot of that change. Take a few minutes to connect with some great facts and stats of the ever rapidly changing media landscape in this video – and reflect on how these changes impact ministry in churches… HT to ChurchCrunch for the info [...]
Rick Warren’s Excellent Viral Marketing Campaign
The guys over at Church Marketing Sucks stirred up quite the discussion this week with a blog post by Michael Buckingham titled An Open Letter To Rick Warren About Spec Work. I will let you read the post and the extensive train of comments…which eventually they shut down because people couldn’t stay civil. The controversy [...]
