We print a few bulletins - some are snail mailed to our shut ins, which they all appreciate. Some we have on Sunday for people who are visitors - we can't assume they'll check us out on social media, our website or give us their email right away to be added to our list. We leave the extras out during the week for people to pick-up who are in our building for groups, etc. We have several groups who use our space, with attendees who are not members, so we use the bulletin, filled with news as well as the order of worship, as a huge communication tool. The bulletin goes up on our website each week with the link emailed out to our email list as well; not everyone has a printer so the ones that don't also appreciate picking up a printed one on Sunday. I don't think we can ever over-communicate or over-accommodate as we work to evangelize and grow the family of God.
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We print a few bulletins - some are snail mailed to our shut ins, which they all appreciate. Some we have on Sunday for people who are visitors - we can't assume they'll check us out on social media, our website or give us their email right away to be added to our list. We leave the extras out during the week for people to pick-up who are in our building for groups, etc. We have several groups who use our space, with attendees who are not members, so we use the bulletin, filled with news as well as the order of worship, as a huge communication tool. The bulletin goes up on our website each week with the link emailed out to our email list as well; not everyone has a printer so the ones that don't also appreciate picking up a printed one on Sunday. I don't think we can ever over-communicate or over-accommodate as we work to evangelize and grow the family of God.