by Rusty Lewis | Mar 27, 2014 | Communication
It happens every weekend. Well, I’m guessing you at least pray for it to happen every weekend. A family who has never been to your church walks in the front door. You identify them by the “I’m-not-sure-where-to-go” confusion on their faces. Your friendly...
by Rusty Lewis | Mar 17, 2014 | Communication
Did you ever get one of those tee shirts from your parents after their amazing vacation trip to Hawaii? Well, I had that same kind of feeling after opening my mail early this year. It was the feeling of “I gave to your ministry and all I got was this lousy...
by Rusty Lewis | Feb 13, 2014 | Communication
In my last post I wrote about why you should consider a video blog. Now let’s consider some best practices to get your new blog started on the right foot. Use a Sidebar – I was watching some highlights of the Sochi Winter Olympics on ESPN’s Sports Center last...
by Rusty Lewis | Feb 5, 2014 | Communication
Sometimes some pastors do some things better than other pastors. In this particular case, lead pastor of Morning Star Church, Mike Schreiner hits a home run with his weekly video blog. To bolster this idea, a recent ChurchMag post also explains clearly why...
by Rusty Lewis | Jan 28, 2014 | Communication
Now that you have all the numbers crunched, the photos gathered, and the stories compiled, you can make a big fat check mark on your to-do list and take a nice deep breath… your annual report is finished! Or is it? What you have in your hands is a compilation of some...
by Rusty Lewis | Jan 21, 2014 | Communication
An annual report is something I have recommended to you before. As we start another year together this topic is important enough to revisit. The question usually goes something like this… “Why put the time and effort into gathering a bunch of details for another...
