by Greg Atkinson | May 15, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Depressions, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Family, First Impressions, FREE, Funny, Green, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, HD, Holidays, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, IT, Job Openings, Kindness, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Software, Specials, Spotlight, Tech Blogroll, Training, Travel, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
The secret power of kindness is the self-awareness to know that you have the power to make or break someone else’s day, and eventually change the world. Kindness has no hidden agenda or strings attached. Its only purpose is to express love to another soul made in the... 
by Greg Atkinson | Feb 9, 2021 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Financial, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Holidays, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, IT, Job Openings, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Software, Specials, Training, Travel, Web 2.0, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Greg Atkinson is open (currently) to work with one to two churches as a virtual XP (Executive Pastor). Greg has no plans to move but is available to a church (ideal size is 500 to 1500 average attendance) that is looking to hire expertise and experience without the... by Greg Atkinson | Apr 23, 2020 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Family, Financial, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Holidays, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, IT, Job Openings, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Software, Specials, Spotlight, Tech Blogroll, Training, Travel, Web 2.0, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
“When can we reopen our church?” That is the question that keeps getting asked. I want to help you make an informed decision. Pastor Judah Smith recently said that now is a great time to survey your congregation. We wholeheartedly agree. Our fear is that church... by Greg Atkinson | Apr 8, 2020 | Attractional, Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Financial, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, HD, Holidays, Hospitality, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Job Openings, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Software, Specials, Spotlight, Tech Blogroll, Training, Travel, Web 2.0, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
For well over a decade I’ve evaluated church’s online presence across North America. For over 200 churches, I’ve critiqued their social media and website and given them feedback – all without having to get on an airplane. If you’d like to... by Greg Atkinson | Oct 3, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Family, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Job Openings, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Products, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Travel, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
GRACE. It’s my favorite word. As a matter of fact, I named my first-born child Grace. I often tell her how special her name is. I know she gets tired of hearing it (or maybe she secretly loves it), but I point out every song, sermon, or movie that mentions the... by Greg Atkinson | Jan 20, 2016 | Addiction, Attractional, Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Discipleship, Diversity, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Job Openings, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
I met a pastor this past week at a conference for church planters. He told me he was searching for a worship pastor. I told him I would help. What I have found over the years through consulting and numerous conversations with senior pastors and executive pastors is... 