What Does Free Mean?
Answer: Just that! Everything is completely done at no charge to the congregation including the preparation and the cost of mailing the books to families! This is and will be your congregation's Guide Book & Directory! Costs are underwritten by interested advertisers in the community who are happy to participate in this form of advertising. They, too, benefit from it.
Why Do We Need A Guide Book & Directory?
Answer: A Guide Book & Directory will: consolidate all information about your congregation into one convenient resource book and provide a complete directory of all members for easy reference. Easy...Convenient.
Who Gets The Advertisers? Who Collects?
Answer: Guide Book Publishing handles all this for you!
Will This Conflict With Other Congregation Projects?
Answer: It will not. The Guide Book & Directory serves a completely different need than a weekly bulletin or a pictorial book. These are both useful, but serve a different communication function. Normally, when our congregations plan to produce a pictorial in the same year, they space it out six months so that one does not interfere with the other. This does not put any undue workload on the staff who works with these projects.
Why An Annual Guide Book & Directory?
Answer: Like the community you live in, our research shows us that most congregations have an average of 17% turnover each year. In addition, committees, organizations and activities usually change to some degree each year, so an annual Guide Book & Directory keeps the information current.
Does It Require A Lot Of Work?
Answer: The congregations with whom we deal all say NO. Most are genuinely surprised that our company makes it so easy. Remember, we do all the work of putting it together for you. The census, for example, can be retrieved from your computer in a matter of minutes. We will be most happy to supply you with references who will attest to this.
How Much Space Do We Get For Our Congregation Information?
Answer: We provide up to twenty pages of information about the congregation, then as many pages as needed for the directory. However, our experience tells us that if it gets too big, many members will not read it all.
