The bulletin cover to the right for Holy Trinity Sunday includes a dazzling graphic from the Scripture Pics website. Matt has created some wonderful images that follow the lectionary and can be used in many ways - bulletin covers, powerpoint presentations, posters, etc.

Some, however, do not translate well to black/white print. With this trinity image the dove disappeared, but that didn't seem to make too much difference for my particular use of it at the time. 

While I enjoy creating some of my own graphics, I don't often have the time to do that. Matt's images are exciting, new and, even more excellent, they are FREE! Well done, Matt!

Now this next cover is an example of the use of black/white images - simple, clear, crisp, to-the-point. This graphic is from the Newsletter Newsletter website. I would venture that most church secretaries know about the print/cd versions put out by Communication Resources, Inc., if they don't use the online source. They've been around a long time and have been a mainstay for graphics, children's bulletins and general information for a church secretary's use.

Black/white can be every bit as powerful as color. If you don't have access to a color printer at your church, don't be discouraged. There are many options out there for you to create impressive bulletin covers.

 I have used Microsoft Publisher for desktop publishing for many years now. Churches don't tend to purchase Macs. But at home I have a Mac, and since there is no desktop software other than the exorbitantly priced InDesign and Quark Express for Mac usage, I am now working with Apple's Pages from the iWork bundle. I really like it, so far.

I have worked with both InDesign and Quark and, yes, they are the ultimate in professional desktop publishing. But, both Publisher and Pages suit me just fine for my needs.

The bulletin cover to the left was done in Pages. The main graphic comes from a Sundays and Seasons collection. I will have more discussions along the way of the many uses of that Augsburg Fortress website.