Create professional parish communications made simple.
Join the session live on 31 January at 7pm UK time (11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CET)
You can watch the live session on YouTube or right here at this page, the video will live stream below as soon as it starts.
Hope you can join in for some fun filled learning.
Create beautiful, professional church newsletters using the FREE Affinity by Canva! This comprehensive session takes you through the entire newsletter creation process, from initial planning to final output. Whether you're a parish volunteer, church secretary, or ministry leader, master the skills to produce polished newsletters that keep your congregation informed and engaged.
Are you switching from Microsoft Publisher to Affinity by Canva? This is the perfect introductory session!
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📰 What You'll Learn
- Set up your document with proper margins, bleeds, and facing pages
- Create master pages for consistent layouts across your newsletter
- Build efficient grid systems using columns, rows, and baseline grids
- Design eye-catching covers that are economical to print
- Link text frames for seamless content flow across pages
- Create paragraph and character styles for professional typography
- Generate selective tables of contents for easy navigation
- Export for both print and digital distribution
💡 Perfect For
- Parish volunteers creating church bulletins
- Church secretaries managing communications
- Ministry leaders producing regular updates
- Anyone involved in faith community publishing
- Designers working with religious organisations
🎯 Skills You'll Master
- Document setup with grids and guides
- Master page creation and management
- Professional typography workflows
- Text cleanup from email submissions
- Cover design considerations for print economy
- Selective table of contents generation
- Multi-format output for print and digital
✨ Practical Solutions Included
- Handling unreliable content contributors
- Sourcing appropriate stock imagery
- Cleaning up text from email submissions
- Working within budget constraints
- Designing for both print and digital distribution
📚 Beyond Single Issues
Learn the foundation for creating:
- Weekly parish bulletins
- Monthly newsletters
- Special event programmes
- Seasonal publications
- Ministry updates
🚀 Follow Along
- Download FREE Affinity by Canva
- Gather your newsletter content
- Create alongside me in real-time
💬 Community
The chat is always very busy during the live stream ... be sure to say hello!
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