Archive for January, 2009

Website Traffic Update

Every once in a while, I’ll be sharing some statistics about the Presbyterian.ca website and its visitors. In this post, I wanted to share a little bit about the differences between our international and domestic traffic.
In the last quarter of 2008 (Oct-Dec) the website at Presbyterian.ca was visited 60,000 times from 153 countries! Of those [...]

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Inspiration

The slideshow embedded below is full of ideas for church communications material. It comes from a Flickr group called the Church Marketing Lab, organized by the Center for Church Communication.

Please remember that the graphic artists responsible for each work maintain ownership and copyright. I present these as inspiration, not as resources for your own use. [...]

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Lessons from McDonalds

Yes, that McDonalds.
A few minutes ago, Rev. Matt Brough, minister and blogger at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg, had this to say on Twitter:

When we talk about communications in the Church, we usually think about bulletin inserts, the website, the projector screen, and the monthly newsletter. But what does your parking lot communicate to prospective [...]

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How to Speak Presbyterian

I came across a great little resource on the Presbyterians Today website called “How to Speak Presbyterian.”
Written by Rev. P.J. Southam, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), it helps explain some of the oddities of Presbyterian jargon – with a little theology thrown in.  For the most part it is as applicable to The [...]

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First Presbyterian Church of Facebook

The Facebook phenomenon has begun to (finally) find its way into the Canadian Presbyterian community. This means that Presbyterians from across the country have begun to experience the fellowship opportunities that social networking sites like Facebook offer.
There are currently at least 25 close to 50 groups on Facebook related to the Canadian Presbyterian community – [...]

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