Rainey Prays on Some Days

Introduction Modern technology enables churches to produce bulletins much faster than in the days of typewriters and white out.  Yet I am not so sure the quality is any better.  How can churches continue to produce low-quality bulletins?  It is easy—continue to apply the seven bad habits of highly ineffective church bulletins.  Habit One:  The law of all caps USE ALL CAPS ALL OVER THE BULLETIN.  IT WILL SLOW READING SPEED BY 14-20 PERCENT AND IRRITATE FIRST-TIME VISITORS. Habit Two: The Law of the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Font Use a small font, preferably smaller than size 10.  This will cause senior saints to shout, but they won’t be saying “Glory!”  Do this only if you intend to issue magnifying glasses with your bulletin. Habit Three: The Law of Centering Center all text. This makes the information harder to read than left-justified text.  Really, you should use centered text only for emphasis and place a box around it....