Chuck Scoggins | Web + Print + Video Design

Occasionally on Tuesdays I give you my thoughts, unfiltered and off the top of my head. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week.

• I ran across this post last week and have been trying some of the tools there. Some of them are really good. My favorite so far: TotalFinder
• Lots of churches are looking for communications help. Here are a few:
• Potential Church in Ft. Lauderdale is looking for a web designer and a lead designer.
• Highland Park in Dallas is looking for a web administrator.
• If you’re looking, be sure to check out the CFCC Job Boards!
• I’ve been asked by the fine folks at The Crossing church to help lead part of their multi-site video broadcast area. I’m pretty excited about that!
• Does your church or small business need a custom-designed motion graphics video? Be sure to hit me up. Or, check out some that I’ve posted to my producer page on Sermonspice.
• I’m getting more and more excited about our Creative Missions trip this year. Would you consider supporting us / me?
• I’m giving away a copy of Outspoken Book. Be sure to see my previous post about it.

If you’re new to church communications, you might’ve missed this one…and trust me, this is one that you do not want to miss. Outspoken is a book (compiled by Tim Schraeder & Kevin Hendricks) consisting of dozens of the who’s-who in church communications.

Today, I’m giving away a free sample of it. Okay…you’re on to me…I’m not really the one giving it away (you can get it free over on the Outspoken Book website). But I did want to bring it to your attention because it is an amazing resource.

But be forewarned: once you taste a sample, you’re going to want to read the whole book.

Lucky for you, I’m giving away a copy. Here’s how you get it:

[1] Download and read the free sample.

[2] Leave me a comment telling me what you learned from the sample.

That’s it. I’ll randomly pick one name and send you a free copy. The winner will be announced on Twitter (so be sure to follow me – @chuckscoggins) on February 29.

Occasionally on Fridays, I give away a free resource. Today I have a rusty metal texture that I photographed last fall. I’ve used it a lot of times already as a background texture. It is roughly 3250 pixels wide by 2300 tall. It’s all yours…for free…just click the button below to download it. Enjoy! 

Yes, I realize it’s Monday…but, I wanted to get this free resource out to you guys anyway. It is 3 HD motion backgrounds (a blue, green, and purple version). Here is a preview of the green one.

All you have to do is complete the form below, and you’ll be taken to the download page. (I do not use this info in any way other than to keep a tally on how many people are downloading these resources to make sure it’s worthwhile to keep providing them.)

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Occasionally on Friday, I give away a free resource to help make the life of church communications folks better.

This week’s resource is a service bulletin/handout template to get you started in 2012.

In the download is an InDesign file, a template in MS Word, and the raw graphics for you to choose from.

Let me know if you use it (not because you have to…just because I’d be interested in knowing if this type of thing is useful to provide in the future). If you need it customized in any way, let me know and we’ll see what we can work out.

Enjoy

It’s Christmas time and all of us are busy with all of our Christmas projects (shopping, decorating, cooking, etc.). So, to save you some time, I thought I’d give away a free resource: a Christmas-themed service bulletin design.

In the download is an InDesign file, a template in MS Word, and the raw graphics for you to choose from.

Let me know if you use it (not because you have to…just because I’d be interested in knowing if this type of thing is useful to provide in the future). If you need it customized in any way, let me know and we’ll see what we can work out.

Merry Christmas!