Digital Labs Christmas: The Great Invitation The Church of England

Millions of people will use A Church Near You this December - and 80% of visitors to the site are there for the first time. This offers a huge evangelism opportunity for local churches. You can use A Church Near You to promote your services and events this Christmas – all for free.
All images and links can be found in the blog version of this episode.
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The Resource Hub on AChurchNearYou.com is now fully stocked with timesaving Advent and Christmas resources that could be useful for your church.
This year there’s more available than ever before, including an improved Christmas social media graphic generator, Christmas music tracks and a Christmas card template. It’s all designed to help you invite people to church this Advent and Christmas, and inspired by our Christmas theme, ‘Follow the Star: The Great Invitation’.
All images and links can be found in the blog version of this episode: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/digital-labs/blogs/get-ready-christmas-free-downloads-resource-hub
Register for A Church Near You to access the Resource Hub here: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/accounts/signup/
The blog on using the logos and other design elements successfully is here: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/digital-labs/blogs/christmas-graphic-design-tips-using-follow-star-logo-effectively

Make the most of the growth in appetite for audio content, with your own ‘audiograms’ this Advent and Christmas.
In this episode we give you a few ideas for how you can use audio this Advent and Christmas with the goal of getting more people into your churches.
Descript can be downloaded here: https://www.descript.com/
And the blog is available here: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/digital-labs/blogs/using-audio-christmas

Advent and Christmas is a great time to host services and events that draw people from beyond your regular congregation. However, knowing how to create an effective plan to promote an event digitally to new people can be tricky. Our simple digital promotion planner is here to help!
In this episode we guide you through how to use the Digital Labs Digital Promo Planner to promote your Church events.
The planner can be downloaded here: https://www.churchofengland.org/free-digital-promo-planner
Please note that in the podcast and on the planner, we've assumed you're focusing on using a church Facebook page, so we've included tips for using the Poll and Location features available for Facebook pages, but you'll also find similar features on other social media platforms.