Communications Resources

• Episcopal Church Logos, Shields, & Visual Identity Guides
• Episcopal Church Writing Style Guide
• Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices
• Episcopal Communicators
• Caffeinated Church – excellent resource for anyone who does communications, but a membership is required to access the resource library.
• Pro Church Tools with Brady Shearer
• United Methodist Church Communications Resources

• Best Social Media Schedulers for Churches – this article breaks down the pros and cons of different social media scheduling platforms
• Meta Business Suite is free and allows scheduling posts for Instagram and Facebook.
• Canva Scheduler is free for users who are on a nonprofit pro account and allows for designing AND scheduling posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
• Easy Trends to Shape Your church’s Social Media Channels in 2025

• Canva – probably the best graphic design and content creation resource for churches. All nonprofits can apply for a free pro account.
• Adobe Express – similar to Canva, but requires a subscription. However, Express is in the same ecosystem as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc. and may be preferred by those who already have an Adobe subscription.
• Affinity Designer, Publisher, & Photo – all users linked to a Canva nonprofit account can access this professional design software for free.

• Unsplash – a great source of copyright free, high quality images
• Pixabay – another source of copyright free images, videos, illustrations, vectors, music, sound effects, etc.
• Pexels – another source of copyright free images AND videos
• Freepik – copyright free videos and images (has paid and free options).

• 5 Best Practices for Church Website Design
• • Clean & Simple Layout
  • User Friendly Navigation
  • Mobile Friendly Design
  • High Quality Imagery
  • Engaging Content
• The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Successful Church Website

• How to Use AI for Your Church Communication
• AI for Church Leaders – there is a Facebook group associated with this and there are resources and trainings as well

Remember to exercise a spirit of discernment if AI is something you choose to help streamline church communications.