PowerPoint Sermons offers thousands of presentations with graphics, stills, illustrations, and sermon content! PowerPointSermons.com - PowerPointSermons.com

We personally use this sight at my church. It is a great, inexpensive resource for sermon graphics and graphics for announcement and other communication pieces. For about $200 each year, you have unlimited downloads. For another $200 you can also access their video resources as well.

If you are constantly struggling to generate your own graphics that look professional and do it on time, Powerpointsermons.com is for you!

PowerPointSermons.com offers the best resources available on the web to help pastors present professionally prepared PowerPoint sermons every week. For a reasonable yearly subscription rate, pastors from any denomination can find help with the most important part of their weekly schedule. PowerPointSermons.com presentations contain visual elements that will make your sermon the central focus of the worship service. Also, it helps your congregation focus on the message before them in a way that enhances their learning experience.

Youth sermons, lectionary sermons, seasonal sermons, classic sermons, modern sermons, and more are available. We have everything you need to enhance your preaching and weekly sermons, announcements and other important church messages, so browse our articles to learn more.

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Animoto.com - free "video/picture montages"

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This site offers some very basic services for free, including producing quality video montages from pictures and short video clips. I haven't used it yet, but it boasts free "pro" accounts for non-profits. Worth checking out!

Could use it for graduations, weddings, baby dedications, etc.

Jason

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Free Online Surveys - SurveyMonkey.com

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You can create free online surveys for your ministry at surveymonkey.com! There are some limitations to the free account, but it is a great tool. Here are some ideas for use:

-Survey your class or group about future study topics
-Survey your group about ideas for fellowship activities
-Survey your group to find out areas of struggle (anonymous)
-Survey your group about anything you can think of

Jason

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Facebook - Group vs. Page? Part 2

When to use a group?  When to use a page?

If you are using Facebook to supplement your ministry communication, here are some suggestions.

When to use a "page"

Use a "page" for your church or ministry.  The previous post about this issue explains the reasoning for this. (Facebook - Group vs. Page?)

If your church/ministry is large, you may consider using a "page" for major sub-ministries such as children, youth, etc. But only for MAJOR ministries.  Separate "pages" either double the necessary communication (posting to all ministry pages) or they divorce ministry communication from the main identity (children's info only posted on the children's page, for example). I am a fan of as much unified communication as possible.  Even though not everyone has kids, it is sometime beneficial for the congregation to see what is going on in the greater ministry of the church.

When to use a "group"

Use a "group" with all smaller sub-ministries.  Sunday school classes, small groups, men's groups, women's groups, service oriented ministries, etc.  In a small church, I would recommend a group even for things like children and youth.  Groups are more "grass-roots" oriented and pages are more "institutionally" oriented.  In a smaller church, the informal element can be stronger.  

If you have other thoughts, feel free to leave a comment.

Jason

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