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Going digital with church bulletins

Published on September 2, 2010 in Ideas and Tools. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Have you considered going digital with your church bulletin? Here‘s how one church did it!

First off, we didn’t kill our bulletin. Some people thought we did, but that really wasn’t the case. We just changed the way we do church bulletins. In fact, the change seems to be doing a lot of good so far!

Here’s what we did.

We stopped one thing and developed three outlets that accomplish the same goal with greater efficiency, track-ability, and with huge savings in time and money.

* NO — Big multi-page booklet bulletin handed out each week

* YES! — Small “bullet” card with brief event info handed out weekly

* YES! — eBulletin emailed out midweek with links to event signup and more info

* YES! — A few copies of weekly “Info Sheets” available at Guest Services for those who don’t email.

Read the whole article at Bulletin | Dry Pixel.

Bulletins

Published on August 14, 2008 in Ideas and Tools. 2 Comments Tags: , .

I was meeting with one of the pastors today and he asked me if I’ve thought about changing up the bulletin.  We’ve been using our latest design and size for about a year now.  Previously we were purchasing shells from Outreach, then printing and folding in-house.  However, with some new equipment, we’ve switched to 12-page 8.5″x5.5″ booklets with a color front and back. Using our Lanier printers and bookmaker the cost for the 2,500 bulletins we make ends up being about $0.15 each. Here’s a PDF version for you to check it out.

So what are you doing?  I’m curious about what other churches are doing for bulletins. I’ve seen a church that had a “Bullet” that was about 3.5″x8.5″ and had basic points of what’s happening and then referred people to more info elsewhere (a info booth or Web site).

I consider the weekly bulletin as one of the prime ways we communicate with people although we’re trying to drive more people to the Web site. It just seems that it’s an inexpensive way to get info into their hands and people know where to find bulletins…plus, they usually read or at least peruse them while they’re waiting for service to start or when they take them home.

So, any ideas?

Thoughts by Michael Shead