Easter seems to come around faster and faster every year. With that, preparing and planning for Easter comes even sooner.
Here are some excellent free links, graphics and resources that will help you get further, faster.
1. Free Social Graphics
The Team at Sunday Social who create gorgeous social media graphics for churches have created some great free graphics. You can download them here. No sign ups or catches. Just free.
Check out many more of Sunday Social’s high-quality Easter and Lent social graphics here. I highly recommend them! There is no time like right now to get your Easter and Lent social media going.
There are some more free social media graphics here (and much more goodness I just learnt) from Kenny Jahng.
2. Free photos of the cross
I took eighteen photos last year of a cross which you can download for free. You may want to create social media graphics with them. Check them out here.
3. How to layout an effective church mailer
The power of the personal invite is still be far the best way to invite a friend to church. I’ve used this as a tool for our congregations every year and it works so well. The team at church hacks have created a great ‘how to’ piece to help you create one that works. Read more here.
4. Easter Marketing Ideas
The team at Church Ink has combined some of their best Easter marketing ideas into a FREE resource for church leaders. It’s full of ideas, checklists and best practices that will save you time, inspire your members and increase attendance. You will need to exchange your email address, but it is free. Read more here.
5. Church Motion Graphics
Woahhhhhhh this alone is worth it. And. It’s. FREE! Jeff and the team do an amazing job of creating high-quality motion graphics. Here is a bunch of their Easter work. Scroll down a bit to the free content. So much highly quality content. Check it out here.
6. Re-thinking Easter
It’s not what you think. Jesus isn’t being replaced by Easter eggs. But it is a way to rethink about the way you approach your Easter services and move it from a big event to a big impact.
Covered in the free Rethinking Easter Video Series
• The crucial place to start when you start planning Easter
• The next series after Easter Sunday
• Your Easter follow-up strategy
• Tips for your Easter service
• Hospitality tips
• Your Easter marketing plan
They’d love to have you join them for this free module inside Church Marketing University. Along with the 6 videos you’ll receive two downloadable resource pdf files. Again, you will need to give them your email address, but it is high-quality content. Read more about it here.
7. Three Of The Best Easter Social Media Tips
I wrote this post from field tested experience. I highly recommend you read this and apply it to your church’s social media strategy this Easter. Read them here.
Your turn
I’m always on the look out for new ideas or inspiration for Easter. Especially if they are free. Leave a comment below and share! If you need any help with any ideas or communications for Easter leave a comment below.
