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What Should I Include in a Monthly Puppet Team Newsletter?

When we had a traveling team, we put out a monthly newsletter to 100 families and individuals. It took some work, but was well worth it. The last post talked about why publish a newsletter. This one talks about what to include in it.

1. Highlights from the past month. Share some of the exciting things that took place: a new skit that impacted the children, a record attendance at one of your meetings, commitments children made after your presentation, etc. Don’t just include positive highlights. Include some of your struggles in general terms.

2. A specific story about the impact your team made during the month. People love stories, especially uplifting ones. I get a newsletter from a children’s worker in Syracuse that is full of stories. It’s usually at least three pages long, but I read it from cover to cover. There’s something about a real life story that grabs your attention.

3. Answers to prayer from the last newsletter. If you include a prayer section in your letter, don’t forget to share answers. If I know my prayers are accomplishing something, I’m going to keep praying. If I pray for a ministry for several months and have no clue how effective those prayers are, I’m probably going to stop.

4. Prayer Requests for the coming month. We consider our prayer supporters a vital part of our team. This is a specific way they can be a part of our puppet ministry even if they never see a single puppet show. Our traveling team in the past was a huge success mostly, I believe, to the prayers of the people receiving our newsletter. As you give the requests, make them specific. In fact in our newsletter, we included a bookmark with the requests, so people could put it in their Bible as a consistent reminder.

5. A look ahead-upcoming meetings or events. List the scheduled meetings for the next month or so.

6. A thank you to the readers for their support. In most of our newsletters we thanked them for being an important part of our team.

7. Contact information. Include an email address or some other way for people to contact you. Some may send an encouraging card, a financial gift to your ministry, or want information on how to book your team.

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