Canva Training: Intro to Canva
The Center for Leadership Excellence presents two online workshops with Jen Swindell…
August 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
About the Workshop
Intro to Canva
August 5, 2026, 10-11:30am
Whether you’re a pastor creating a quick event graphic, a church administrative assistant designing a flyer, or a volunteer managing social media, Canva has become one of the most powerful and accessible communication tools available to churches.
This beginner-friendly workshop is designed for those with little or no experience with Canva and want to learn how it can strengthen their church’s communications ministry. Participants will explore the basics of Canva’s design tools while creating content commonly used in congregational life, including worship graphics, sermon series visuals, event promotions, volunteer recruitment materials, social media posts, and email graphics.
We’ll also discuss how churches can access Canva for Nonprofits at no cost, how Canva helps simplify copyright and image licensing concerns, and explore practical ways to create professional-looking communications without expensive software or graphic design experience.
Whether you’re serving a large church communications team for collaboration or wearing multiple hats in a small congregation, this workshop will provide the foundation you need to begin creating engaging, effective, and legally compliant church communications.
Who Should Come
- Pastors, church staff, administrative professionals, and communications staff
- Volunteers
- Anyone responsible for communicating ministry opportunities within their congregation.
What You Will Gain
- Understand how to access Canva for your church at no cost
- Familiarity with Canva as a communications tool
- A basic knowledge of Canva and how to start using it
Check out our second workshop, Canva Training: Canva for Print.
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About the Presenter
Rev. Jenifer Anne Swindell is an ordained Deacon in Full Connection in the North Carolina Annual Conference, currently serving as Pastor of Evangelism and Communications at North Raleigh United Methodist Church. With over 15 years of ministry experience helping churches across the United Methodist connection, she brings a combination of theological grounding, strategic communications expertise, and deep local church experience to her work.
Jen has served local churches around the Triangle, leading communications, worship, discipleship, and evangelism across a wide range of contexts. She has also coached and consulted with churches around the country from small-membership congregations to multi-staff churches. She has led website redesigns, launched church-wide digital engagement efforts, built volunteer teams, and developed guest experience pathways from first impression to belonging. Jen is passionate about helping churches communicate in ways that are clear, authentic, and deeply rooted in their mission because the goal is not simply to inform, but to invite.