Comments on: The reluctant correlator http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91938 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:16:03 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91938 Decide what to publish that same way I am deciding what ‘LDS’ blogs to subscribe to… how I feel when i read /visit them.

Granted now is a time in my life when I need so extra guidance and ‘can’t’ make a good decision on my own… till i learn how…

]]> By: queuno http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91937 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:18:58 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91937 Our ward bulletin is mailed out on Saturday night, as compiled by the Exec Secy. About 80% of the ward prints it out themselves or doesn’t bother with it. We provide about 10-15 printed copies for those without computers or guests.

I’m the ward clerk, and we’ve almost completely dispensed with a printed ward directory. Again, we print 10-15 copies and leave them in the clerk’s office to be picked up (on demand; you have to ask for them). We do this about once every 4-6 months. Anyone who asks for one, we give them one and then discuss how to get online at lds.org and access the ward directory online. Our wards adds a family or two a week during the summer months, and when people complain that a printed copy is out of date, we refer them immediately to lds.org, which is about as up-to-date as your ward’s electronic records are.

]]> By: CS Eric http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91936 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:50:46 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91936 My wife does the newsletter for our ward. Her calendar is the one everyone uses for the month. She has an activity page (word search, gospel-related sudoku, etc.), and a “getting to know you” page. She has the First Presidency message (so home teachers can have it), and she includes birthdays, and pictures from recent baptisms and activities, so people get to see themselves, friends, or family members every month. Nobody has volunteered an article yet. It kills every Saturday before Fast Sunday, but in the big picture it is worth it.

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91935 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91935 We use Word, text TimesNewRoman 10.5, headlines Helvetica 14, plus a big banner. It usually runs 4 pages — a folded A4 paper. We’ve had several 8 page editions, though. The monthly calendar (plus lesson assignments for SS/RS/PH) fill the back page.

]]> By: Matt http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91934 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:41:30 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91934 Our weekly bulletin is wanted by everyone in attendance even though there’s nothing creative in it. How do you get the calendar in the bulletin? I assume that it’s at least one full legal size page… Is it just typed in MS Word or some other program?

]]> By: onelowerlight http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91933 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:15:13 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91933 If it were a single’s ward, they would probably want you to do a spotlight on a person or an apartment each issue. Maybe something like that would be a good idea for the newsletter–sort of a “get to know you” kind of thing.

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91932 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:39:53 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91932 David H: It’s an interesting idea, sort of a testimony meeting in print. I probably wouldn’t do it, though. There are space demands on the thing.

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91931 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91931

…the gospel is really about our own personal relationship with Christ and how we can help others cultivate their own relationship with him.

Well, exactly. And if my calling is to put out a monthly newsletter for the church of Jesus Christ in my community, then I’m going to do it in a way that helps others cultivate a relationship with him. And that seems to involve making some decisions.

And if you think this is meaningless minutiae, then consider this (which was the point I was subtly trying to make): the Church correlates everything. All the time. What are their criteria? What is the justification? Are they striking a balance between the needs that my silly little newsletter seems to identify (history, self expression, collective spiritual identity, unity)?

]]> By: D. Fletcher http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91930 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:27:18 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91930 I’m interested that your ward dispensed with the weekly bulletin.

Do other wards do this? Could you contact my Bishop and make the recommendation?

It is a waste of paper, big-time.

(I make them every week.)

]]> By: whoinventedfreeride http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/02/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91929 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/08/the-reluctant-correlator/#comment-91929 Steve,
All I was trying to say was maybe we worry about the little things in life too much when, in fact, the gospel is really about our own personal relationship with Christ and how we can help others cultivate their own relationship with him. IMHO, sometimes worrying about every little minutia of life actually gets in the way of our relationship with Christ.

I hope I have not disappointed you or the world

Sincerely,
Who

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