BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ Although quite by accident, Lanky Petras was ahead of her time. “Yeah, I guess you’re right about that,” she says as she dips another half-inch-long paper cylinder into a bottle of ...

(UNDATED) 1. Collect a variety of church bulletins and inserts, particularly those with color and pattern. It usually takes three to five bulletins to make enough beads for a necklace. Cut at least 36 ...

Events, memorials, parish office hours and Mass intentions, among other pertinent pieces of information for church-goers, are ...

Most parish bulletins are ugly. This has been obvious for some time: In 2015, Catholic Creatives, an online community of artists and entrepreneurs, met specifically to diagnose the issue of important ...

“When your church newsletter first was distributed, everyone read it. It had a few relevant, anticipated, useful pieces of information that more than made up for the time it took to read. Over time, ...

Last Sunday, many of you might have enjoyed an Easter sunrise service complete with a delicious breakfast. Here’s a cute church breakfast bulletin blooper: “The pastor would appreciate it if the ...

Guidelines: The deadline for submitting church brief items is 3:30 p.m. Monday for that week’s paper. (The deadline moves up to Friday before all major holiday weeks.) Items are subject to editing and ...

Elk Run Baptist Church, Shelby has in-person services each Sunday except for the fifth Sunday. Sunday school is at 10 a.m. followed by worship at 11:15 a.m. Join for prayer and Bible study via ...