The number of potential ways that church leaders can communicate with their people can be staggering at times. Email blasts, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, your own website, billboards, flyers, postcards, smoke signals ... pony express ... list this goes on and on! In the midst of all those channels I'm still...

Have you ever been somewhere different for the first time?  In the past I've encouraged pastors to go play Bingo for an evening to give them a sense of what First Time Guests feel when they come to their church.  At Bingo there is a series of social norms, funny...

One of the areas that we set out to improve at Liquid in 2012 was the way we worked with the press.  We've been trying to get the media's attention about what we're doing as a church.  We think that there is all kinds of "good news" happening around here...

As our people use social media all the time it's becoming a growing expectation that as a church we leverage these tools to help them experience what we do. How can you use these tools within your ministry? I sat down with Ali Raney who is the Social Media Coordinator...

I'm still trying to put into context the last few weeks have been.  It's been a wild ride here in Jersey.  Some bullet points to try to bring you up to speed ... Monday Oct. 29th // Superstorm Sandy - the largest Atlantic based Hurricane ever on record - makes...

Last month we hosted a series of messages at Liquid where we featured "live polling" as a core part of the message.  The "big idea" of the series was to use national interest in the upcoming election as a jump off point to talk about the Kingdom of God.  Tim...

How does your church leverage Facebook? Are you creating compelling social content that is drawing in your community and propelling your mission forward? Facebook represents a massive missional opportunity for your church ... did you know that: 1.5 million local businesses use Facebook to reach their customers? people spend 1...

"If people are lining up to give you money ... you are doing something right." - My Dad It seems like every 6 months Apple does it again.  Somehow they are able to capture the imagination of literally millions of people to get them to line up at their stores...

Does your bulletin look like the classifieds of a local newspaper? Is the announcement time during your service long and boring? Are you responsible for communications at your church but you feel more like a traffic cop than a communications expert? Today I'm pleased to announce the first in an series of coaching...

Sorry . . . I don't mean to be Debbie Downer . . . but your people aren't listening when you stand up and talk at them about what's really important to you at your church. I wish they were. Believe me. Over the last 800 +/- weekends of being...