The Juicys

Certain events can become a catalyst for change for churches.  At Life Baptist Church in Las Vegas, it was a move to a new building.  It was a chance for the church of nearly 300 people to start with a clean branding slate to better present their message.  It was time to clean up the inconsistent messaging and branding they had in the past.

“I can't overhype the importance of branding. Don't be afraid of it,” says Creative Arts Guy Matt Phillips “The truth is that you are already sending a...

(The Juicys are a way to recognize and reward those churches who’ve worked to improve their church communications in some way during the last year and includes giving them a grant to jump start their next project.  We hadn’t expected to give any runner-up awards for the Juicys, but the smaller church division for Communications Church of the Year had so many entries we wanted to highlight more than one church.  So here we go.)

No one usually likes annual meetings.  They’re required by most...

(The Juicys are a way to recognize and reward those churches who’ve worked to improve their church communications in some way during the last year and includes giving them a $1,000 grant to jump start their next project.)

As we started to look for churches doing great things in communications, we also realized there are churches who have good ideas, but something—like money—gets in the way from making it happen.  First CRC of Grand Haven, Michigan, is one of those churches.

The church of...

(The Juicys are a way to recognize and reward those churches who’ve worked to improve their church communications in some way during the last year and includes giving them a $1,000 grant to jump start their next project.)

Our journey to find great church communications takes us to Anchorage, Alaska, where ChangePoint went through a complete communications overhaul.

“A year ago we had a very ‘normal’ communications strategy,” says Communication Director Adam Legg. “We printed your standard...

I’m not sure what it’s like at your church.  Maybe you’re always meeting deadlines.  After all, Sunday comes at the same time each week.  Or possibly you just enjoy the breeze as deadlines go flying by.  Either way, we have some news for you.

We’ve extended The Juicys application deadline to Sunday, August 14. 

That’s right, you have a little extra time to finish up, or finally start, those applications for our three $1,000 grants.  We know summer can be a tricky time to get things done...

We’re in the midst of The Juicys nomination season where we’re asking churches to share the awesomely fantastic things their doing, or hope to do, in communications.  And as the deadline for applications is approaching, I want to share one of the motivating factors for creating The Juicys.

It makes me so sad, and honestly frustrated, to watch a church go from being a great example of doing communication well to a church that’s slid backwards into old ways.  Maybe it’s the economy or people...

My co-workers like to call it The Golden Globes of Church Marketing.  I simply say, we’re rewarding communications awesomeness.

I’m so excited to announce The Juicys.  We’re awarding three $1,000 grants to churches that have great vision for how to effectively use communications tools to reach their congregations and surrounding communities.  We know communications can be the thankless job in a church.  So we want to stand up and say “you’re doing an awesome job.” 

We’re giving away two...