Yesterday we announced a fairly radical shift in our communication strategy for our church: we’re no longer providing a weekly bulletin. Instead, we’re going to 100% electronic means of communication, led by our creative URL that redirects to the news and events page in our website:

There were a ton of factors that went into this decision, the two biggest of which are an effort to go green by not wasting paper every week, and saving green on printing and design costs.

We’re still providing important updates through our website, our weekly e-newsletter, during life groups, and from the pulpit on Sunday mornings. Our hope is that people will be more engaged and attentive to announcements, and that we’ll be more concise and deliberate in the activities we choose to announce.

We know this may ruffle some feathers, or “offend the mind” as one of my friends said, but we’re not content to do things the way they’ve always been done, just for the sake of doing them. We want to be the best stewards of our finances and time, and we believe this is a step in that direction.

What do you think? If you’re in our church, was this a good idea? If you’re outside of our church family, do you wish you church would do something like this, or are you just waiting for us to go down in flames?

This post is my contribution to Creative Chaos…