As a horseback riding instructor, I sometimes ask my students to do a "body check" - mentally go over there entire body position to see if everything is where it should be. How does this apply to you? I think it's time for all of us to take a few minutes and go over the whole website, newsletter, bulletin, and anything else you might publish regularly to check for inconsistencies.

I'm very guilty of updating something, but not catching every place I need to fix it. This "sin" of communication lost a congregation some offering dollars this weekend (don't worry, it wasn't around here!). While visiting friends, we were going to visit a congregation. We looked at websites of potential candidates and found one we liked - nice site, appealing upcoming events, looked like they had good priorities in their community. The "Sundays" tab listed their worship at 8:30 and 10:00. We show up at 9:50 and the sign says 10:45. Our plans changed and when we got home we checked the site again. On the homepage the correct worship times were listed, but we hadn't noticed them on the homepage.

This fall, now that we've returned to a different worship schedule, a different collection of programs (including Sunday School), or whatever other changes may have happened, let's take a minute to check our information and make sure it's all in good order.