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Samantha Decker

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8 Ways to Use Your Free Christmas Graphics and Advent Devotional

Posted by Samantha Decker

Advent is one of those special times in the year when we get to stop and appreciate a unique kind of beauty and hopefulness around us. The leaves have changed colors, the sun rises earlier, and Thanksgiving and Christmas services bring out the best in...

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Topics: Design, Featured

How to Set Up Online Giving on Your Church Website

Posted by Samantha Decker

"Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.”- Matthew 5:42

As members of a church, we understand how important it is to tithe. The gratitude we feel for all that God has blessed us with spills over into the...

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Topics: Best Practices, Giving, Strategy, Featured

7 Tips for More Effective Presentations to Your Church Staff

Posted by Samantha Decker

As a former church communicator myself, I know how hard it can be to get your ideas heard. There are people who like things the way they are and are not receptive to new ideas. There are people who don’t have time to listen to new ideas. And sometimes...

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Topics: Best Practices

Your Guide to Pastor Appreciation Day

Posted by Samantha Decker

Pastoral leadership is one of the most challenging and rewarding roles a person can experience. It’s filled with mountain-top highs and deep-valley lows. The way God works through the leaders in the church is inspiring. Yet, often, they are left feeling...

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Topics: Ministry Insight, Featured

7 Mistakes to Avoid with Online Giving

Posted by Samantha Decker

Most churches have embraced online giving, and for a very good reason. According to Nonprofits Source, churches that provided online giving as an option to give increased overall donations by 32 percent.

However, in order to fully embrace online giving,...

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Topics: Giving

Ask a Church Communicator: Part 4

Posted by Samantha Decker

We've finally arrived at part 4 of our "Ask a Church Communicator" mini-series. Hopefully these sit downs have been helpful and encouraging, and have motivated you to reach out to fellow church communicators in your area! In the mean time, take a look at...

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Topics: Strategy

Ask a Church Communicator: Part 3

Posted by Samantha Decker

For this week's sit down with a church communicator, we had the opportunity to speak with 2 members of the same staff: the communications director and the creative team manager. As we all know, church communications is bigger than any one person, so...

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Topics: Strategy

The Top 8 Resources for Church Communicators

Posted by Samantha Decker

Despite the title of church communicator, this important person is known to wear a number of hats. From project manager to online marketing specialist, church communicators fill a number of roles at church including graphic artist consultant, content...

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Topics: Strategy

How Long Does a Church Website Redesign Take?

Posted by Samantha Decker

“Are we there yet?”

You may loathe this phrase come family roadtrip time––but as soon as your church is ready to start the website redesign process, you’ll be the one saying it.

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Topics: Design, Featured

[Free Relief Guide and Social Graphics] 5 Steps Churches Should Take to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Posted by Samantha Decker

Disasters happen, is your church prepared?

Hurricanes, floods, wild fires, earthquakes, power blackouts, active shooters, and epidemics are just a few examples of ...

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Topics: Strategy