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Blue Christmas: Digital Tips and Resources for Churches
12/12/2024
What is ‘Blue Christmas’, and how can you support those for whom Christmas is a particularly difficult time?
3 min readFinding Calm and Bright: Sharing the Church of England's Advent and Christmas Story
07/12/2024
Our Advent and Christmas ‘Calm and Bright’ stories are now available to watch. Here’s the details and how you can use them.
4 min readHow to make a communications strategy to get your church noticed
05/12/2024
Church comms expert Neil Pugmire unpacks how you can use strategy to craft your church’s message and find the best methods to connect with your audience.
4 min readContent and Marketing: How they work together
28/11/2024
How can you market your digital content to ensure it has the most engagement and impact? Here’s three steps we recommend.
4 min read12 pictures of Christmas: Church highlights from 2023
21/11/2024
Thank you for sending us your photos of what your churches did for Advent and Christmas 2023. Here’s some highlights to inspire your photography this year.
2 min readChristmas case study: Bradford Cathedral
14/11/2024
How are churches using digital to engage with their communities at Advent and Christmas? We spoke to Phil Lickley at Bradford Cathedral to find out what they did last year, and what they learned from it.
4 min readDigital content ideas for you this Advent and Christmas
07/11/2024
What digital content could you share this Advent and Christmas? Here’s a range of ideas to spark your imagination.
4 min readAdd your Advent and Christmas services and events with me
31/10/2024
Follow along to learn how to add your Christmas services and events to your church's site on AChurchNearYou.com.
5 min readAChurchNearYou.com Advent and Christmas resources and how you can use them
24/10/2024
The AChurchNearYou.com Resource Hub is now full of free downloads that could help your church as you prepare for Advent and Christmas. They support this year's theme, 'Follow the Star: Calm and Bright’.
4 min readDigital giving at Christmas
17/10/2024
Hear from the Digital Giving Team how to encourage digital giving in your church this Christmas.
5 min read