God is always the author of NEW THINGS and I feel He is leading me to put my primary focus on the Bible805 ministry, and not Effective Church Communications, at least for a time.

That means putting new content from ministry on a hold for an undetermined time, though the resources on this site, the many templates and eBooks, blogs, and how-tos will remain free and available to you.

The Devotions for Church Communicator Podcast each Monday morning will continue through 2026. If you haven’t listened, it is a great way to start your week—check it out at https://monday-devotions.captivate.fm

The Effective Church Communications newsletter will cease publication after a few more updates and I strongly encourage you to sign up for the Bible805 Newsletter, The Lion’s Voice. CLICK HERE to do that— https://thelionsvoice.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Much of the sharing I’ve done recently in this newsletter has come from the Bible805 ministry and as the communication focus I’ve wanted to share (more on that follows) is a focus on strategy, I’m moving much of the teaching I’ve done for church communicators to the Bible805 ministry overall. I started a podcast Ministry Miscellany https://ministry-miscellany.captivate.fm,  where you will hear about many things I’ve talked about for church communicators in the past that more than ever apply to overall church ministry and if you want to be notified about this, do sign up for the Bible805 newsletter.

Importantly, there isn’t the need for How-to’s there used to be

In the past, so much of the Effective Church Communications ministry was focused on “how-to” do things, beginning with me teaching church communicators how to do desktop publishing, how to use MS Publisher, get into the internet and all sorts of related tasks.

I loved every minute of it, but as technology has advanced, many of the how-tos are don’t apply and are no longer necessary—no need to go into details and what all A.I. do—but I feel that my work is done there.

But what is most clear and important is that not only “out of the abundance of the heart, does the mouth speak” but out of the abundance of the heart, we create our communications that influences all our church accomplishes.

That never changes. If Jesus and His Word are the primary focus and food for your soul, no matter what tool you use, your communications will help to fully fulfill the Great Commission which means to help people come to know Jesus as Savior and grow to maturity in Him.

The purpose of the Bible805 ministry is to help you know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible and much of this applies to church communicators. Whether it is part of your job or not, the teaching from Bible805 will change your life if you get into God’s Word using the resources recommended. Bible805 also has numerous ministry helps in podcasts, free teaching materials and much more. Check out the www.Bible805.com ministry website for descriptions of and links to the many resources.

And do sign up for the newsletter from me at that site, you can always unsubscribe if it doesn’t meet your needs: https://thelionsvoice.beehiiv.com/subscribe

IMPORTANT—I am NOT going to simply port over the names and emails from this list to that list. After a few more updates you will not get any more emails from me if you don’t switch to the Bible805 newsletter. The recent email I sent out to you on reading through the Bible in a year was a copy of the Bible805 newsletter—I most likely won’t do that again.

I’ll remind you of the need to sign up for the newsletter a few more times, but why not sign up now so you can get the Bible805 updates now.

If you’d like, it’s at https://thelionsvoice.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Personal update as of 12-30-2029

As many of you are aware, the Lord suddenly took my husband home to heaven with a massive heart attack, Aug. 11, 2024.

It has been a challenging almost year and a half. I did get moved back into my little mobile home (we were renovating it totally, as it was 50 years old and falling apart—all torn apart when the Lord took him). It is now a lovely, comfortable little home and I host ministry Bible studies and teas and the Lord uses it joyfully.

I’ve had health challenges, some severe including almost fatal heart failure that was caused by a BAD diagnosis that literally almost killed me, but God intervened and a new cardiologist had me immediately stop taking the medication prescribed (instead of four I was taking for something that apparently wasn’t really happening) I don’t take anything now, there are no blockages (which previous doc thought he saw), and my numbers are perfect (in case you’re interested, BP 127/70, heart rate 68).

Many of my muscles locked from stress, I couldn’t bend or turn—physical therapy mitigated that.

Then….I got skin cancer, which is why you don’t, won’t see videos of me for a time. I rarely go outside, am not a sun worshipper, and yet got this THING on the tip of my nose and it’s a pretty messy surgery to dig it out. But I’m recovering—though no pictures for a time yet.

I had to shut down the business we had; I couldn’t do it without my husband. That was very hard. The business also paid for the ministry costs for Effective Church Communications and Bible805. I’ve never taken any salary from either and the operating costs are significant (web and software subscription fees have gotten very high for everything). Our business paid for that in the past; my small savings cover it now.

I am not changing the calling for the online ministry and I will not take advertising or affiliate marketing as has been my conviction. Please pray as I have enough to carefully support things for a time yet, but the need to generate income is another reason I must focus on Bible805.

I have numerous books in process for that ministry (do check out the latest, START HERE, a plan for curious people to begin reading the Bible at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4W9YW5Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title ) and I am praying to make some income from them. The books take significant time to prepare for publication.

I am also praying about becoming part of an umbrella non-profit ministry some time in 2026. I need to get my Bible805 Academy and the other parts of the ministry a bit more organized before I apply for this, but the Academy in particular is helping hundreds of people all over the world, who couldn’t pay for resources and it greatly encourages me when I see churches from places like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Vietnam downloading materials as well as hundreds from the US, Canada, and Europe.

If you would feel led to give a gift (not tax deductible) to help me with ministry expenses that would go to the Bible805 ministry, you can do that at https://ko-fi.com/Bible805
If you want more information on supporting the ministry, that is at: https://bible805.com/how-to-support-bible805/

Most of all—please pray for wisdom and strength for me in all I must do.

How am I doing I know some of you are asking

I am very tired, and yet, I am excited about the new ministry vision the Lord has given me and I love working on all the projects (new podcasts are especially fun as well as seeing books finally published) He’s given me to serve and equip others.

I can say honestly with the Apostle Paul that ultimately in all that has happened in the last time in my sort of rewording, “that none of these things move me, neither do I count life dear unto itself, but only that I might finish my course with joy—doing all the work He has given me to do, creating the resources to help the church know and teach His Word.”

It is well with my soul.
Yvon

12-30-2025

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