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December 5, 2019 By Jess Holland   |   Leave a Comment

Tech Tip: How to Use Faithlife Media’s Smart Editor

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You don’t have to be a graphic designer to create beautiful church media designs. It only takes a few clicks in Faithlife Media’s Smart Media Editor. Add your own text, tweak the style to match your taste, and download immediately. Here’s how.

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1. Locate media

Navigate to media.faithlife.com, and search for stock photos, sermon slides, and more. 

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You can select a filter on the left, or sort using the drop-down menu on the right to narrow your results.

  • Left-hand panel: Select categories, media type, tags, or language filters on the left.
  • Media icons: Each piece of media includes icons to preview its contents. For example, the highlighted Ephesians media pack includes 22 items in three formats: Photoshop, PowerPoint, and JPG.
  • Sort by: Sort results by most recent, relevance, popularity, trending, or rating.

2. Select media

Choose a media pack to preview the available items. You can share or download the media without customization.

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  • Select Share to distribute the media pack on Faithlife, social media, or via a link.
  • Click Download to download any of the media types available.

3. Customize media

Select Customize to personalize media before downloading.

Add additional elements from the left-hand options.

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  • Text: Add a headline, subhead, or body text.
  • Elements: Add visual overlay elements.
  • Images: Add images from your Faithlife group’s online files.
  • Background: Change the slide to a different background.
  • Filter: Apply a filter to your content (e.g., grayscale, invert, vintage, technicolor, etc.).

To move a text box, element, or image, select it in the live preview on the right and drag it to your preferred location. Depending on your selection, the panel on the left will provide additional editing options. The toolbar above includes undo and redo buttons and other options like color, group, align, duplicate, and delete.

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When you’re done customizing your media, click Download to save the image to your computer.

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With thousands of professional-quality stock photos and designs, Faithlife Media is a steal at $19.99/mo. Try it free for 30 days.

Filed Under: Church Resources, Church Technology Tagged With: church media, church media designs, faithlife media

November 27, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

Welcome Winter with New Pro Media Designs

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November’s Pro Media bundle is here! It’s full of fresh, warm designs perfect for winter.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Community, Church Management, Church Resources, Church Technology Tagged With: church media, faithlife pro media, free church media, winter church media

November 26, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

Tech Tip: 2 Simple Ways to Send Year-End Giving Statements

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Sending end-of-year giving statements doesn’t have to mean weeping and gnashing of teeth. Or paper cuts.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Management, Church Resources, Church Technology, Giving Tagged With: church giving, church year-end giving, faithlife giving, year-end giving, year-end giving statements

November 21, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

5 Design Tips to Take Your Church Graphics to the Next Level

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If you’re building church graphics slides for your service each week, you’ve probably wondered, How can I [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Management, Church Resources, Church Technology Tagged With: church graphics, faithlife media, Faithlife Proclaim

November 18, 2019 By Jess Holland   |   Leave a Comment

Resources on Generosity from a Biblical Perspective

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Generosity is part of who God is—there are thousands of Bible verses that teach us about his generous character. We can also learn about biblical generosity from one another. Because we’re created to live in community, we are designed to care for and meet each other’s needs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christian Living, Christian Resources, Church Management, Church Resources, Online Giving Tagged With: church leadership, faithlife giving, faithlife giving calculator, Generosity, giving calculator, online giving, poverty, when helping hurts

November 15, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   1 Comment

The Search for Quality Stock Photography Is Over

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I spent hours trying to find one photo to promote an event at church. One photo. I was looking for a picture of friends hanging out to promote a small group Christmas fellowship. But every free photo I found didn’t fit our church event. 

Sound familiar?  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Resources Tagged With: christian stock photography, Christmas stock photography, church graphics, church media, church stock photography, faithlife media

November 5, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

Faithlife Ebooks Weekly Deals: Nov. 5–8, 2019

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Here are this week’s top deals, brought to you by Faithlife Ebooks. For more deals, visit our sale page or get our Free Book of the Month. Some of these deals are only good for a few days, so act fast to get these books at the sale price! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Resources, Church Technology, Community of Faith, Company Culture, Devotional Tagged With: christian books, christian ebooks, Faithlife Ebooks, faithlife ebooks weekely deals

October 30, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

These Giving Stats Will Make You Do a Double Take

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Faithlife Giving has been serving churches throughout the United States for just over a year and, already, the giving stats we’re seeing are staggering. The biggest lesson coming out of all of it is this: If you’re only collecting gifts on Sunday morning, you’re missing out on a lot of giving for your church.

But that’s not all. Wait until you see the impact recurring giving has on above-and-beyond giving (gifts given outside of a recurring schedule that’s already been set up). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Church Community, Church Management, Church Resources, Church Technology Tagged With: church giving, faithlife giving, recurring giving, tithing

October 24, 2019 By Jennifer Grisham   |   Leave a Comment

3 Tips for Running Ads for Your Church

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Church advertising? Isn’t that a bit . . . commercial?

I felt that way when I first started using Facebook ads for my church. But then I saw who was liking my church’s ad. Far from the usual suspects, dozens of people I’d never seen at our church were liking our ads—some even commented to ask for our address (don’t be like me: include your address and service times in your church ad). And it’s all because we made an effort to go where unchurched people in our community were.
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Filed Under: Christian Living, Christian Resources, Church Community, Church Management, Church Resources Tagged With: church advertising, church facebook ads, church visitors, free guide church visitors

October 18, 2019 By Faithlife Staff   |   Leave a Comment

Who Else Needs Wholesome Kids’ TV Shows for Holiday Breaks?

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With Fall break and Thanksgiving break coming soon, kids will have more free time on their hands. Wouldn’t it be great to give them wholesome, faith-based kids’ tv shows to watch in their spare time? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christian Living, Church Resources, Faithlife TV Tagged With: christian movies, faithlife tv, faithlife tv plus, ninja chickens, strawberry shrink-cone, web of lies

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