In our fast-paced communications environment, is there still a place for the printed and mailed church newsletter? On LivingLutheran.org, North Carolina pastor Tim Brown offers five reasons to ditch — or at least reconfigure — the church newsletter. Your congregation may be better off publicizing events and learning opportunities in your weekly bulletin and social media, Brown suggests. And your newsletter is better suited to sharing inspiration and stories of your congregation’s mission, he says.