The Synod maintains a subscription to The Parish Paper that allows congregations to use and reproduce issues for local use. The Parish Paper, edited by Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller and Cynthia Woolever, offers "ideas and insights for active congregations."

For information about using The Parish Paper in your congregation, see "Permissions," below.

Issues

• August 2010 -- How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor?
• July 2010 --  Should Congregations Use Internet Social Media
• June 2010 -- Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail
• May 2010 -- Generous Givers--A Product of Motivation & Methods
• April 2010 -- What Can We Learn from the Emerging Church Movement?
• March 2010 -- New Trends in Belonging
• February 2010 -- Should We Fine-Tune our Church's Internal Culture?
• January 2010 -- Become Comfortable with Conflict, Step 1
• December 2009 -- Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation?
• November 2009 -- Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation
• October 2009 -- Women Pastors - Are Our Assumptions Correct?
• September 2009 -- Are We Singing the Right Hymns?
• August 2009 -- Shepherding Churches through Grief Storms
• July 2009 -- Lay Testimonials Strengthen Giving
• June 2009 -- One Congregation, Many Locations
• May 2009 -- Permanent Endowment Fund
• April 2009
• March 2009 -- Website Basics
• February 2009 -- Should Our Congregation Offer More Choices?
• January 2009 -- Unstated Assumptions
• December 2008 -- Does Your Window Limit Your View?
• November 2008 -- The Fun Factor Asset in Congregational Climate
• October 2008 -- Requirements for Membership: Which Ones Matter?
• September 2008 -- The Change Agent’s Checklist
• August 2008 -- How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?
• July 2008 -- Giving to Congregations: Have Patterns Changed?

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Permissions

Our organization’s purchase of photocopy rights for The Parish Paper INCLUDES

1. Permission to provide copies to our staff and the congregations within our constituency in any of the following ways: E-mail, U.S. Mail, newspaper, newsletter, meetings, training events, and our Website.
2. Permission for each congregation within our constituency to (a) photocopy or electronically distribute for local use as many copies as it needs, (b) post them on its Website, and (c) quote sentences and paragraphs.

Your congregation does NOT have permission (a) to delete the copyright notice on page 2; (b) to re-write, paraphrase, or change the wording of sentences and paragraphs; or (c) to give ANY THIRD PARTY—other than your staff and constituents—permission to photocopy or reprint (in any quantity, no matter how small, whether for free distribution or for sale).
 
If your congregation uses a U.S. Post Office Nonprofit Mailing Permit to distribute photocopies with its newsletter or other mailings, most local Post Offices require that every item carry your congregation’s name and address. Above The Parish Paper masthead, type your congregation’s name, address, and “Photocopied by Permission.”