Creative Ministry Bulletin Boards

Here is the answer to every church's needs! This series of easy-to-do, attractive bulletin board ideas includes plenty of patterns, borders and lettering, In addition, each Bible-based bulletin board includes church fellowship ideas to provide extended ministry opportunities. The series includes every holiday and church observance to provide display choices throughout each season. Reproducible.

Do church bulletin boards have to be dull and boring? Not if you have Creative Church Bulletin Boards in hand! The uplifting, thought-provoking theme messages presented in this practical how-to guide will both educate and entertain your entire congregation. Capturing the attention of media-jaded children - and adults - is much easier when the message of our faith is displayed in eye-catching splashes of color and design, rather than in faded construction paper or dry memos. Packed with unique design ideas that will spark your creativity, Creative Church Bulletin Boards offers plenty of specific advice on shopping for supplies and keeping expenses within a limited budget, as well as detailed directions for using a wide variety of non-conventional tools to mount interesting items. You'll learn how to put together attractive displays that reinforce Christian teachings on subjects such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, and caring. Material appropriate for both general use and specific seasons throughout the year is provided, with plenty of possible slogans or phrases for you to choose from. And to help you get started, each grouping includes a thorough discussion of one example along with a picture and explicit step-by-step instructions for assembling the board. Creative Church Bulletin Boards gives you everything you need to put a powerful but often overlooked evangelism tool to work in your church! This book is the launching point for rediscovering the importance of the time-honored, non-electron-based truth that bulletin boards can help us relate God's message in new ways. What hope and joy to enter the church building and find there a bulletin board catching the eye with beauty, humor, and creativity, warming the heart with a sign of God's love and connection. A creative bulletin board may not get people in the building, but it can help keep them coming once they are there. June Stitzinger-Clark Pastor, Christ United Methodist Church Lakewood, New Jersey Disaster Response Coordinator, Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Rosalind M. Townley lives in Wenonah, New Jersey, where she is an active member of Wenonah United Methodist Church. She is a former schoolteacher and a graduate of Lycoming College. About the Author June Stitzinger-Clark Pastor, Christ United Methodist Church Lakewood, New Jersey Disaster Response Coordinator, Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Rosalind M. Townley lives in Wenonah, New Jersey, where she is an active member of Wenonah United Methodist Church. She is a former schoolteacher and a graduate of Lycoming College.

Children's ministry can be fun and meaningful when you use these incredibly creative resources from Godprints--"The Most Creative Children's Ministry Resource Ever!" Every activity helps kids learn what God is like and how to become more like Him! That's why we say - these are Resources That Leave a Godprint!

Turn bulletin boards into a ministry opportunity. Professional and volunteer teachers appreciate time-saving, creative ideas for the classroom. This revised, reproducible teacher resource, offers 20 favorite designs--more than enough for every month in the school year--to help reinforce the season and a selected Scripture. The book also includes simple directions, basic designs, themes, optional lettering designs, shapes, borders, explanations, and color and material suggestions. Children learn, grow, and gain inspiration daily when these bulletin board designs decorate school halls and classrooms.

More Bulletin Board-ers picks up where Bulletin Board-ers left off. Over 2,000 new one-liners are included in this little book. Suitable for Sunday bulletins, church newsletters, announcement boards, bulletin boards, roadside signs, or even to spice up correspondence, these witty, provocative sayings will wake up the lethargic and make the sober laugh. In addition, they are calulated to make the thoughtful person think more deeply about life and the daily routine. Examples include: "Right is right even when everyone is against it." "Pigs grunt about everything." "Nothing exceeds like excess." "Love sees through a telescope -- not a microscope." "Left-handers have rights too!" "Psychiatrists have couches for people off their rockers." Helen Eisenberg holds a B.A. in Music Education from State University, Durant, Oklahoma. She has done studies in Religion and Church History at Iowa State University and Yale Divinity School, and took post-graduate courses at Garrett Biblical Seminary and the University of Virginia. She has done editorial work for the Methodist Publishing House and teaches both in this country and in Rhodesia. She is a strong support to her husband, Larry, in his parish ministry. Larry Eisenberg attended Tennessee Wesleyan Junior College, the University of Chattanooga, Garrett Seminary, and Boston University School of Theology. He holds the degees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Master of Sacred Theology. He has done further study at Peabody College and Yale Divinity School. He has authored nearly two dozen books, many in collaboration with his wife, Helen, and has produced a number of records. Following secular employment he served in several church staff positions in the Methodist church, Missionary to Rhodesia, and pastor of six congregations. Currently he serves Douglas Boulevard United Methodist Church, Midwest City, Oklahoma. The Eisenbergs are the parents of three grown children.

A resource dealing with communication, leadership and community formation in the age of digital social media,which is written by a seminary professor who authors a popular blog on culture, religion and new media.

If the future is creative, is it any wonder that sometimes the church seems stuck in the past? Now is the time for the church to reclaim its role as a center of creativity. Among your members are artists, musicians and other creatives whose gifts can enhance your worship, inform your theology and impact your community. Christian arts advocate J. Scott McElroy gives a comprehensive vision and manual for unleashing creativity in your congregation so you can connect with the more visual, aural, participatory and expressive generation that is rising up within the church today. In this handbook you'll find clear direction for: Mobilizing and managing artists and other creatives in your congregation Establishing structures and parameters for arts ministry Leading and supporting staff and church members in creative changes Enhancing the worship service Adding creative elements to your sermons Engaging the broader community Activate your church in every avenue of worship with this practical guide for arts ministry.