Step by Step Guide to a Parish Bulletin MAKEOVER
Parishes who print their bulletins with LPi receive a free professional bulletin redesign as part of their contract. These fully customized bulletin templates are made by our in-house multimedia design team to represent each partnering parish and aid them in best communicating their mission, news, and more.
New customers automatically receive this service as part of their print and digital bulletin onboarding but, long-term customers have this option available to them as well. If you are an established customer and have been partnering with LPi for your parish bulletin but have never taken advantage of the free redesign service offered, get in touch with your Communication Consultant and let them know you’re ready for your free bulletin redesign!
Interested in learning more? Here’s a short step-by-step outline of what to expect when working with LPi to update your parish bulletin design.
LPi Church Bulletin Redesign Process:
- Our Creative Services Administrator will first reach out to your parish staff via email.
- Parishes are sent a questionnaire to fill out so that our design team can learn about your community and your desires for your bulletin. This questionnaire includes questions about what design or lay out program your bulletin editor is using, your parish’s brand requirements, the community demographics and charisms, and more.
- Along with the questionnaire, parishes are asked to send the admin any logos or other images they would like to include in the bulletin template. Churches can also send in examples of other parish bulletins or newsletters that they like for inspiration. Knowing what designs stand out to you can be very helpful when designing your dream bulletin! If your parish doesn’t have a logo or your logo is outdated and needs a refresh, we can help with that too!
- Our multimedia design team receives your parish’s questionnaire and other content and reviews it.
Note: According to the design team, sometimes parishes skip or don’t fully fill out #5 on the questionnaire — “What are five descriptive words that describe your parish?” So, here’s a list of words to consider that might be helpful when trying to describe your parish.
active
contemporary
traditional
welcoming
bright
solemn
contemplative
prayerful
young
aging
charismatic
sunny
involved
energetic
extroverted
introverted
progressive
conservative
gentle
compassionate
faithful
dynamic
missionary
joyful
reserved
pro-active
modest
laid-back
educational growing
unique
bilingual
modern
historical
beautiful
engaging
friendly
- Now, our design team creates your cover and interior page templates. They use the branding information and images given to them to create a cohesive design. Continuity of identity is the goal so we try to honor the elements that are important to your parish that can be found in your previous bulletin design. For example, if your fourth page is always dedicated to your youth ministry, we do our best to incorporate that into the new design! Or, if you always include a full spread of calendar items, we can work that in, too.
- Next, we place your bulletin’s ad pages directly into the template, so you don’t have to worry about that part! We handle all of it for you by setting up the margins and determining where each ad will go.
- Lastly, our Publishing Support Specialists deliver your new bulletin template to you! After you receive your final design, you get an option to attend a free customized training session on how to best use the template! This training involves topics like understanding master pages and how to use them, uploading for weekly publishing, color schemes and fonts, how to make best use of WeCreate, our library of Catholic content, and more. Once your bulletin editor is trained, it’s time to start publishing!
To see some particularly successful bulletin designs, check out the before-and-after examples on our website!
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