![]() ![]() Again, that is probably not what most people want to hear, because it seems like extra work, but if you do it in the way suggested below it doesn't need to be difficult. To communicate effectively to an older congregation with a newsletter (which is an excellent communication tool) the best way to do it is to do one version in print and then another online. Though it would make our church communication lives so much easier if we could create communications for any one group, one way, it doesn't work that way anymore. We live in a time of both/and, not either/or in all of our communications. This part is easy to answer, though it can be challenging to carry out, because there is no one best way. Part # 1 of the question: What is the best way to send out a monthly newsletter to an older congregation when not all of them use email or text? Let me reword each part slightly to be able to handle them clearly. The second part is a little more challenging. The first part is somewhat simple and straight forward. There are really several questions intertwined here, which is what makes it difficult to answer. ![]() What is the best way to send at least a monthly newsletter out to an older congregation when some don't think it is worth the expense, and others complain that we are not communicating with all our members, but only those that show up in a given week? Not everyone uses email, or texts because of the age of the congregation. Seniors are a vital part of your church-give them communications that challenge them!Īnswering the questions you are asking is one of my primary purposes in creating the content for this website and the article here and the video linked to it were prompted both by the question below that deals strictly with newsletters for seniors and several questions I've had lately about typography. When designing publications for seniors, a few small changes can make it much more readable and is very easy to do, as the video shows.įollowing are the two pages of the Template, then a video that shows how and why it was created and below them the link to download the Template. Though the layout here is designed for seniors, it could work well for many other types of newsletters. This newsletter template has typeface size, line-spacing, line length and boxed materials all optimized for seniors. Many seniors today are fit and active and can contribute a lot to the church if they know what is going on. Many senior adults in churches still prefer print and creating a newsletter for them is not difficult to do. I opened the template in MS Publisher 2016 and saved it in that version and that worked great. The video is several years old and uses an older version of MS Publisher. Below is the template, plus a short video on how I put it together. In expanding our TEMPLATE section, I found this very useful template for a 2-page Senior Newsletter in our archives. This newsletter in a MS Publisher template for a newsletter for Seniors. People do not give to, volunteer, or pray for ministries that they know little or nothing about.īelow are images of the two pages of the revised design and following is the link to download the MS Publisher Template file. Challenge your church ministry leaders to increase their communications and THEY WILL see an increase in involvement. They are also projects that ministry members can do themselves. This simple layout can be adapted to create newsletters for any ministry in the church- Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Missions.This particular layout works well online because in PDF format you don’t have to scroll up and down as you do in a multi-column newsletter layout. You can also create a PDF version of this publication to post online. ![]() Just because you print this doesn’t mean you ignore technology.You need to print this out because overall, most seniors, even if they have a computer, prefer to read material like newsletters (and bulletins and information from the church) in a print format.A newsletter like this that not only is useful to create a community for seniors, but it informs them about ministries in the church and invites them to become involved. However, they are less likely to give generously if they don’t feel they are a significant part of the church.Not only is it the right thing to do and a Biblical command to care for the older members of our church, but it is also a fact that in most churches the older members are the primary ones who support the church financially.Reasons why you should have a newsletter for the Senior Ministry in your church But even more important than the additional design are the reasons given below as to why creating a newsletter for Seniors is incredibly important for your church. In another article I shared a Senior Ministry Newsletter and here is an updated version of it. Another version of a Senior's Newsletter for churches, plus why it is so important to create these.
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