While going through some old documents, I came across some very old files I had.
Back in 2005 until Dec 2006, my wife and I, we used to prepare, format, publish and distribute church newsletters for our church members. It was a monthly publication to be delivered on the first Sunday of every month. This task used to take up my entire Saturday and Sunday morning - I had to wake up at 4:00 AM on the first Sunday to go get them printed (to include any last minute news as well). One of the most challenging task was to get the editorial done by our then vicar - he would ask me to write the editorial and publish it. On the other hand, the other article authored by our then kochamma arrived on time. The rest of the material was my responsibility including any special write ups, humor, B'days, Sunday School related etc.
A restriction was the number of pages - articles had to fit in a set number of pages; else the cost would go up and I had to fit in accordingly. After several edits of authoring news and other articles, organizing and printing them, I had to come home and sort all the pages while inserting the inside sheet - the idea was to save few pennies at the copy center. After doing all these, I had to be at church at 7:30 AM when the service starts.
Looking back I am happy that we were able to deliver a task we undertook without a single break during the entire season - even though there were numerous challenges in between. Once I took up an officer task (in Jan 2007), I had to stop it and could not find anyone to delegate this task to.
Here is a sample from Nov 2005 containing cover page and inside sheets.
Back in 2005 until Dec 2006, my wife and I, we used to prepare, format, publish and distribute church newsletters for our church members. It was a monthly publication to be delivered on the first Sunday of every month. This task used to take up my entire Saturday and Sunday morning - I had to wake up at 4:00 AM on the first Sunday to go get them printed (to include any last minute news as well). One of the most challenging task was to get the editorial done by our then vicar - he would ask me to write the editorial and publish it. On the other hand, the other article authored by our then kochamma arrived on time. The rest of the material was my responsibility including any special write ups, humor, B'days, Sunday School related etc.
A restriction was the number of pages - articles had to fit in a set number of pages; else the cost would go up and I had to fit in accordingly. After several edits of authoring news and other articles, organizing and printing them, I had to come home and sort all the pages while inserting the inside sheet - the idea was to save few pennies at the copy center. After doing all these, I had to be at church at 7:30 AM when the service starts.
Looking back I am happy that we were able to deliver a task we undertook without a single break during the entire season - even though there were numerous challenges in between. Once I took up an officer task (in Jan 2007), I had to stop it and could not find anyone to delegate this task to.
Here is a sample from Nov 2005 containing cover page and inside sheets.
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