by Greg Atkinson | Oct 1, 2013 | Addiction, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Holidays, Ideas, Innovation, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
What I’m about to say isn’t popular, nor advised and is horrible for building an audience or “platform” as they say, but it’s needed and what I feel led to do. My Lead Pastor (we’re a multisite church) is graciously giving me a paid...
by Greg Atkinson | Sep 11, 2013 | Family, Greg's Favorites, Holidays, Random Thoughts
Today (yes 9/11) is my mom’s birthday. Mom, you have always been a support of my ministry and a prayer warrior for me. You’ve lifted me up to God in prayer countless times and you have encouraged me when I was down. You have always been a strong Christian...
by Greg Atkinson | Sep 2, 2013 | Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Devotional, Holidays, Leadership, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading
Happy Labor Day my friends. A while back, my wife and I watched the movie Chariots of Fire. Those of you that know me know I’m a movie guy, but I had never seen this classic Academy Award winning movie (it won 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture). I really...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 4, 2013 | Audio, Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Events and Seminars, Family, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Holidays, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Today I celebrate the 4th of July with friends and family, cookout and fireworks, laughter and smiles, but I remember those who sacrificed for our freedom and I give thanks. Enjoy the holiday and remember to give thanks. *** I want to tell you about a FREE resource....
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 3, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Holidays, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
My friend, Bob Franquiz, offers this great free resource. Go HERE to download his ebook on 7 Secrets to Growing Your Church this Summer. We always try to see an explosion of growth in the summer. A lot of churches do there best series in the summer. What do you do to...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 12, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Funny, Greg's Favorites, HD, Holidays, Ideas, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Movies, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Worship Leading, Worship resources
We’re showing a video this Sunday at my church (like we did on Mother’s Day). On Mother’s Day, we showed the video from Skit Guys. I love the Father’s Day video from Skit Guys, but we thought it was too similar to the Mother’s Day one....