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can tell you, I am happiest when my kids are [ 4 ] FASHION for the first time feeling either too dressy or happy. I get great joy out of seeing my kids Expecting something a little bit deeper? The not dressy enough. And you never want to really enjoy going to church and hearing all they number one thing that new attendees go look inadvertently set up anyone to feel out of place. are learning about in their walk with Christ. That for on a church’s website is. . . what are people in itself will bring me back anyplace. And seeing wearing? Believe it or not, it tells a lot about a [ 5 ] AN IDENTITY an amazing kids/youth ministry that your church church. If it’s a low key skinny jeans and Adidas I sat in on an incredible conference one time has and what they are all doing is something shoes type of church and the photos on the with a brand marketer who said something you will want to do. (It’s also important to make website and Instagram show stock images of along the lines of, “Stop trying to sell a product, sure that you have parents’ consent when people in a three piece suit, and vise versa, you and start showing people an identity.” I couldn’t posting a photo of their child anywhere online.) may set up someone coming to your church help but hear that as “Invest in people’s lives and their show their transformations.” Show people the joy of what a life with Christ looks like, even feels like.  What it actually feels like to be surrounded by people who want to uplift you and walk with you, and the joy that comes from experiencing it.   This year social media and an online presence is more important than ever to all of us.  The Church is a part of us, and it is our calling to show it to others, right?  We have been equipped and we have been called. Above all else remember, project The Story, and don’t stop shooting! Blue Amber Freelance Music Photographer. Photographer @ Elevation Church CLT // Nikon BlueAmberPhotography.com [ 4 ] [ 5 ] March 2018 WorshipMusician.com 61