I teach Catholic churches, businesses, and ministries how to market like Jesus. Every Monday, I send out the latest musings on Catholic marketing from my position as a Catholic marketing professional, former parish employee, and regular old Catholic mom trying not to lose my mind while raising saints. Subscribe if you want to learn how to apply the strategies Jesus and the apostles used to grow the Early Church to your own marketing work today!
The Lord called me out.
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Monday Marketing Musings on a Tuesday brought to you by a crazy bananas week On Sunday mornings, I listen to one of three things while I get ready for Mass:
This past Sunday, I was planning on just listening to praise and worship, but I felt literally compelled to listen to Fr. Mike's homily instead. And within 2 minutes, I knew why. You see, I'd been praying on something the night before, and then Fr. Mike started his homily with "You know those people who have a whole ton of ideas?" And if you know anything about me, you know that it is that MY BRAIN NEVER TURNS OFF THINKING OF IDEAS. Like at any given moment, I'm just casually creating 15 new businesses in my head while making my kids lunch. It's a blessing and a curse. Anyway, the Lord called me out, the message was 100% exactly what I needed to hear, and I DIDN'T LIKE IT. (In a good, convicting way) The main thought that came from that was one I wanted to share in case it resonates with any of you: The Lord did not set us free for us to become slaves to this business or ministry. All these deadlines and to-do's and other things constantly stressing us in this work? We cannot become slaves to it so much that we serve our to-do lists over the Lord. (Yelling at myself here, not you) Doing work for Him is good insofar as it aids our relationship with Him, not detracts from it. Finding that balance is probably something us entrepreneurs and ministry leaders will be trying to figure out for the rest of our lives. But it's worth it. Because He's worth it, and this work is worth it, and when we can do it from a place of conviction in our freedom in Him, then we'll have peace (and be way more successful at doing what He's asked us to do). For His greater glory, Emily P.S. The reason I was so late on this newsletter was because I was busy editing this video for the church side of my email list. I poured a ton of research and love into it, and I really want to get it into the inboxes of as many bulletin editors as possible because I really believe it will help them. If you know the bulletin editor at your parish, could you send them the video or an upcoming free training I'm offering? I would so appreciate it! I Read 279 Bulletins. Here's Top 10 Things I Learned. Free Church Bulletin Training Sign-Up: https://www.gloriammarketing.com/free-bulletin-training |
Market Like Jesus: The Catholic Marketing Newsletter
I teach Catholic churches, businesses, and ministries how to market like Jesus. Every Monday, I send out the latest musings on Catholic marketing from my position as a Catholic marketing professional, former parish employee, and regular old Catholic mom trying not to lose my mind while raising saints. Subscribe if you want to learn how to apply the strategies Jesus and the apostles used to grow the Early Church to your own marketing work today!
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