(Un) Check the Bulletin - Reimaging Church Communication

Originally published here - Vibrant Faith Articles.

“For more information, please check the bulletin…” How many times have you heard that instruction at church? More important, how many people never hear it, or are tone-deaf to it? Church Communication should move from impersonal to personal

Many churches still rely on traditional bulletins and emails to communicate to their congregation. In the past, this was an effective messaging system. But here are a few reasons for rethinking that church communication approach today…
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First, relying on a bulletin as a church communication tool focuses only on the people in your pews. Many of our parishioners are loosely connected—email blasts and bulletin articles are not going to grab their attention. Your community is broader. When we use bulletins as our primary form of communication many people will not see the information at all, and often the ones who do will assume you’re talking to somebody else...

Read more HERE at Vibrant Faith.