Jun 24, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Church Marketing 101, Part 4

This Chapter of Church Marketing 101 didn’t settle too well with me as I am not convinced that the target marketing Richard writes about works straight across the board (marketing a product to a specific group of people). What I walked away with from this chapter is that we need to study the demographics of our area and combine those demographics with basic human needs in order to categorize... read more

Jun 23, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Church Marketing 101, Part 2

What I learned most from chapter 2 of Marketing 101 is that every little thing we do as a church is marketing. Everything we do, from bulletins to sermons, communicate who we are, what we value, and more importantly who we value. Often times our intentions are good and pure, but the way we communicate ourselves to outsiders often hinders them from ever being properly exposed to what we “sell”... read more

Jun 22, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Church Marketing 101, Part 1

I am currently reading a book called Church Marketing 101 for a business class I am taking in school. The book has challenged me immensely and i am praying how I can implement some of the things I am learning as a leader. Over the next week or so I will be posting some of my notes I am taking on the book for homework and what it was in each chapter that stood out to me the most, and how I will try to... read more

Jun 21, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Fear Factor

The house was made of ice cream, cupcakes, and candy. It was a cute pink, white, and red. The minute my daughter saw it, she said,” Ice Cream House!” with utter excitement. We were at The Enchanted Forest; a small story-book themed amusement park South of Salem, Oregon. It’s a nice little amusement park that I have been going to for as long as I can remember. I held my daughter... read more

Jun 19, 2010 Posted by Anthony

Anniversary

Today marks 11 years of marriage for Susan and I. I have had the priviledge of knowing this woman nealry 20 years, dating her for 15, and being married to her for 11. It’s been a wonderful 11 years. Getting married at such a young age has caused us to go through many changes as individuals, but we’ve done them together. I, without question, love this woman a million times more than I did the... read more