In the 1970s the vicar at the church where I was first organist produced the Parish Magazine (or 'rag') on his Gestetner machine. Back then it seemed fine and would even pass muster today: photocopiers only came into use later.
As I visit churches I find all sorts of parish 'rags'. Yesterday I was ringing at somewhere near Corby and this church had a really professional publication with glossy paper and plenty of adverts but - I felt - little actual content.
One expects stories/reports from church organisations, a letter from the vicar, a list of services, Banns, Funerals, appeals and the odd photo. This example had some of those things but I felt there was too much 'white space'. It looked to have cost quite a bit to produce each copy too.
Each to his own.
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