Responding to Fear: Some days, I’m just not a good witness for Christ
I can write a daily blog about being the hands and feet of Christ. And I can do my best to live out the things I write. But some days -- more than I'd like ....
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Church Marketing: Team Assessment? Check.
We're about a fourth of the way through the year. Have you done a team assessment lately? Take some time to do an evaluation. Ask a few simple questions. (more…)
Church Marketing: Ask the kids what they like best
Corinn asked our 9-year-old what he liked best about church. He said, "The music, I guess." Then he added, "I guess it would be kinda awkward to say I liked playing kickball and baseball before ....
Easter’s over. Now the hard work begins.
Your Easter service has come and gone. The many weeks and months of hard work, sweat, and probably a few tears were worth it. The sanctuary was packed. Visitors showed up in droves. The message ....
Church Marketing: The right response to ‘wrong’
The Apostle Peter writes: Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. The ....
Church Marketing: Make it personal
I bet you had visitors at church yesterday. How are you going to follow up with them this week? (Notice I wrote "this week") An email is safe. It, like all electronic media, provides a ....
Happy Easter!
May your Easter Sunday be a day of worship and a day of thanksgiving for our Risen Savior Jesus Christ and His promise kept. Sincerely, Eric and Corinn Eckert Hands and Feet Marketing
The in-between day
"Low in the grave He lay - Jesus my Savior. waiting the coming day - Jesus my Lord" (more…)
Good Friday? What’s so good about it?
Today, Good Friday, is the day we remember Jesus Christ's ultimate sacrifice -- his excruciating death on the cross for our sins. There's so much that happened on Good Friday. There's Judas' betrayal. Peter's denials. ....
Today is Maundy Thursday. Why is that important?
"Maundy" means washing of the feet. Today is Maundy Thursday, the day we celebrate the Last Supper and Christ's humble act of washing his disciples' feet. One of the most tender sights I'd ever seen ....