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Illustrated Message provides resources and custom websites, podcasts and blogs to Pastors, Churches and Ministry Leaders.

McDonald?s Free Coffee Lesson #3 - Thinking beyond the big event
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8 Jul 2008 at 10:00am
My final observation from McDonald’s free coffee coupons relates to how we as churches pull off big events.  We obviously want to go all out when we are gearing up for an event designed to bring new people into the church.  But what happens if the come back the next week and basically nothing is [...]
McDonald?s Free Coffee Lesson #2 - Is free always the best bait?
by resources@illustratedmessage.com (www.illustratedmessage.com)
7 Jul 2008 at 12:00am
During my 6 years as a Youth Pastor I used the power of "free" as a way to attract new teenagers into the youth ministry. Free pizza, free events, free concerts, free stuff. Anytime you put the word free into the mix people seem to come from everywhere. It definitely worked to [...]
McDonald?s Free Coffee Lesson #1 - Don?t show your ignorance
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3 Jul 2008 at 10:00am
When I used my first free McDonald’s esspresso coupon I should have known that I was in for some fake coffee. Like I said it is not that bad, but to draw people away from the Starbucks lovers you are going to have to create the coffee experience and that is difficult to create [...]
McDonald?s Free Espresso Drinks
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2 Jul 2008 at 9:06pm
I love coffee if that was not somewhat obvious given the design of www.illustratedmessage.com. So naturally when I see FREE COFFEE I take notice. Even though normally I am a Starbucks fan and even purchase their beans to use at home in my espresso machine, I decided to give McDonalds free coffee coupon promotion a try. [...]
Pastor Blogger ~ Greg Rohlinger
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8 Jun 2008 at 12:51am
Check out Pastor Greg Rohlinger’s blog.  The purpose of his blog is to communicate to his church.  He uses YouTube video in his posts as well which is very easy to do.  His blog is at www.gregrohlinger.com. Greg uses the Wordpress blogging platform. I am going to show you exactly how to [...]
Blogging Pastors and Churches
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2 Jun 2008 at 6:44pm
Okay, I have to admit it. After posting my last post about how I was going to talk about Pastors and blogging I got extremely sidetracked and did not make it into the posts. However, I am back to posting and ready to start this series of information and links to blogging [...]
You can have a custom Blog nearly FREE! I will help!
by resources@illustratedmessage.com (www.illustratedmessage.com)
1 May 2008 at 1:23am
Many of you who read this blog may already have blogs yourselves. Whether you have signed up for a free blog on Blogger or Wordpress.com or you have one pre-installed on your church website, you have taken the step to begin blogging. Some of you may even have the technical skill to custom [...]
Back to posting resources soon!
by resources@illustratedmessage.com (www.illustratedmessage.com)
22 Apr 2008 at 1:43am
Okay, it has been awhile since my last post. I had to upgrade the blog to the most current version of Wordpress to get things working correctly again. Also, at our church we have had an extremely sad, active and busy month including a funeral for our Senior Adult Pastor as well as a complete [...]
Free Sermon Illustrations :: Episode
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8 Apr 2008 at 2:00pm
Free Sermon Illustrations :: Episode Click the Play button to listen! In this episode we look at a few amazing places on the web to get free sermon illustrations as well as graphics and video illustrations as well. For more free sermon illustration ideas and websites check out the ten part blog post series that I posted recently. [...]
Podcast Posting Success!
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2 Apr 2008 at 2:00pm
I am very happy to say that re-posting the audio from the previous podcasts also made the episodes reappear in ITunes. If you want to subscribe in ITunes just search for Resource Caffeine and it will pull right up. Now that everything is working again, I am going to post a brand new podcast episode [...]
Volunteer Ministry Resources :: Episode
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1 Apr 2008 at 10:00pm
Volunteer Ministry Resources :: Episode In this episode we discuss scheduling software that helps you and your staff to keep from double booking volunteers in two different ministries on the same ministry day. It also sends out automated email reminders to volunteers keeping them informed of when they are scheduled to serve. We also look at [...]
Free Software and Website Resources :: Episode
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1 Apr 2008 at 9:30pm
Free Software and Website Resources :: Episode In this episode we look at free software websites for free software for the Mac and PC including Audio and Video editing software, drivers for video cards, printers, etc. and even games software. We also look at a great fundraising site that allows you to take credit cards [...]
Podcast Tools for Ministry :: Episode
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1 Apr 2008 at 9:00pm
Podcast Tools for Ministry :: Episode In this episode we discuss some different tools you can use to get your custom blog and podcast up and running. We look at a mobile podcasting mp3 recorder, look at a free resource to plug into your blog or website that will create a podcast for you and [...]
Ideas for Blogs and Podcasts :: Episode
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1 Apr 2008 at 8:30pm
Ideas for Blogs and Podcasts :: Episode In this episode we discuss a couple of unique ways to use blogging and podcasting in your church. We also talk about a free resource on the web that you can download to record your podcast or any audio and highlight a church coffeeshop as well. Click the Play [...]
3 Free Audio Resources :: Episode
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1 Apr 2008 at 8:00pm
3 Free Audio Resources :: Episode In this episode I discuss three audio resources that have been very helpful for sermon illustrations, podcasts and video editing. The best part is that they are completely FREE! Click the Play button to listen! Show Notes Segment 1: Free Sound Effects Website plus bonus sites www.findsounds.com Bonus Sound Effects Site #1 Bonus Sound Effects [...]