Hi, I'm Yvon Prehn, author of the books in the ECC Library.

I've been writing about church communications since before the computer was invented (seriously). I was a published writer from when I was 16 years old and along with writing for a secular newspaper and Christian organizations, I also taught writing, marketing and communications to churches and Christian organizations. Computers and desktop publishing came along and that meant teaching these skills now involved the computer.

That led to more writing and I wrote the first book on desktop publishing in the church, then many additional books, hundreds of articles, and blog posts.

In addition to writing about church communications, for over 20 years I traveled all over North America teaching full-day seminars on church communications, interacting with communicators from many denominations, plus being actively involved in creating communications for my church, my husband who was a bi-vocational pastor, and the ministries we were involved in.

I founded Effective Church Communications, with a website, videos, and other resources for church communicators. I continue to create content and new resources for it.

The materials in the ECC library are training videos and eBook versions of previously printed books, collections of articles, blog posts, and a variety of materials from decades of work. I have many more I'm putting into eBook format and notices of them will be posted on my Effective Church Communications website and social media.

If you want more details about me or the Effective Church Communications ministry, click the links at the top of this page.

The resources in the ECC Library, the free Templates, and free courses on my YouTube channel are all for you and my prayers and blessings are for you as you create effective communications for our Lord!

eBook: Are Printed Bulletins Still Needed in Church?