What's your magazine called?

23 February, 2010 - 21:17 by Our Page user

I _HATE_ the name of our magazine, should I ask my church if I can change it? (I won’t tell you what it is! – too embarrassing).

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Submitted by JenniW on 7 March, 2010 - 16:00.
We call our magazine 'The Bee's Neeze' because our chapel is called Ebeneezer and we thought it was a good way of combining that with something fun. Our village already has a 'Good News' magazine which is a name I really like too.
Submitted by Scribbler on 7 March, 2010 - 19:20.
Ours is the Drypool Echo. A name I inherited.
Submitted by blobby bobby on 9 March, 2010 - 10:39.
We are currently running a competition to rename our magazine - It's currenlty called The Village and Parish news - as it is a community as well as church magazine covering a number of villages it needs to be inclusive but still have a memorable title. Any ideas?
Submitted by Silver Surfer on 15 March, 2010 - 12:33.
Our magazine is called 'By The Way'.
Submitted by redglen on 15 March, 2010 - 13:04.
Ours is called the 'Grapevine' - an inherited name. I believe there was originally a competition to choose the name.
Submitted by Chezza on 16 March, 2010 - 13:13.
Our magazine is called UNITY. It was renamed 3 years ago when the old mag had a revamp/change of Editor/printer and outlook. 2 sister churches in the parish officially became a Team Ministry so we wanted the name to reflect that.
Submitted by Mrs Editor on 17 March, 2010 - 07:43.
Our Magazine is 'The New Messenger'. As you can probably guess, it was originally 'The Messenger' and when our church changed from 'St. Paul's Methodist Church, Gillingham' to 'Gillingham Methodist Church', the magazine had a change of name too.
Submitted by Richard Young on 17 March, 2010 - 19:34.
Our magazine is called the Trinity Times and started with that name in 1993. Before that it was Contact. It started off as "Holy Trinity" Chruch Pairsh Magazine and was accompanied by The Church Monthly. This was in 1889. We're now on to the 200th issue of the Trinity Times this April.
Submitted by Julie.W.Eyes on 5 April, 2010 - 08:19.
Years ago the parish publication covering 4 churches was 'Parish News'. Since 1994 we've had our own church mag. We had a competition with several suggestions from the congregation and unanimously decided on 'Woolston Eyes'. The Eyes is the name of our local wildlife conservation site, and everyone agreed that it was just right for us.
Submitted by Jay Jay on 14 April, 2010 - 14:45.
My previous Church had a magazine called The Messenger which is quite a good name and conveys the meaning. My present Chuch has a magazine called The Bridge which again is good as it is a bridge between the church and the community.
Submitted by Malcolm Ainscough on 14 April, 2010 - 18:44.
Our magazine is called Lichgate News - because we have a nice lichgate! Our website(stpaulshasland.com) is called The Electric Lichgate - we don't actually have an electric fence or 4 watchtowers and dogs, nor an electrically operated security gate into the church grounds, but I liked the sound of the words. - it is actually open all day every day!
Submitted by tennisp1ayer on 14 April, 2010 - 20:43.
Ours is VOICE. Our communications group decided on it.
Submitted by Chaffinch on 9 May, 2010 - 09:57.
Ours is called The Messenger
Submitted by Pilgrim on 10 May, 2010 - 11:11.
Our magazine is called "Pilgrim's Way" as it is actually on the pilgrim's way from London to Canterbury.
Submitted by Eric Collins on 15 May, 2010 - 15:36.
Ours is called the Norton Roundabout - it goes back some time, and coincidentally the church is next to a roundabout...and as it is for the community as well as the church it goes roundabout Norton!
Submitted by Parish Sekky on 16 May, 2010 - 17:25.
Our magazine is called 'The Gateway' - there is a nice wrought iron gateway leading into (or out of!) the churchyard, and also - we like to think of our 'mag' as one way to reach out beyond our church boundary. We try each month to have a page called 'Gateway Without', featuring a group or organisation not connected directly with our church.
Submitted by Stephen Fraser on 17 May, 2010 - 12:20.
Ours is called Yardley Matters, and has been called that for many a year!
Submitted by Arthur Watts on 20 May, 2010 - 11:30.
Our magazine is called "CONNECTIONS" as it covers several chapels in our Methodist Circuit. It connects each chapel and the individuals in those churches/chapels.
Submitted by Jimmy Miers on 28 June, 2010 - 14:36.
I called ours 'Home Made Saints' which seems to have been accepted now for some years. I have a few pages inside for small kids called 'Mousehole'.
Submitted by Barbara Gow on 10 July, 2010 - 19:17.
Our magazine is called "Talking Point" and has been for some 10 years. It was formerly called "Parish News".
Submitted by Martin B. Dymond on 12 July, 2010 - 07:13.
I edit for a Methodist Church, in a place with a long name. 'Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Methodist Church Magazine' had been used for a long time, it needed to come up-to-date, also attract those who may not pick it up!! A crossword provided the solution: What's an early name for a pulpit [which is, of course, a place to tell others of the Gospel News]? Answer: AMBO. Hence our magazine is now called 'The Ambo' [with brief explanation and picture inside]. It certainly makes people pick it up and ask a question!
Submitted by HomePrint on 2 December, 2010 - 19:55.
At a loose end and picked up on this thread (usually too busy with other things). However, we are the Church Chronicle. There has been a Chronicle, originally as a deanery magazine, since at least October 1935 (the earliest copy in my archive). I tried to use the Archbishops' comments, some years ago now, that one should be able to find a service at a standard time at any church anywhere in the country. Ten o'clock was suggested, so I re-named our magazine The C.H.A.T. (Come Here At Ten)!! Oh dear, shan't try that again.
Submitted by TrinityHouston on 8 July, 2011 - 16:06.
Our magazine is called The Window of Trinity Church
Submitted by Werburga on 19 July, 2011 - 12:59.
Rather boringly, ours is the Parish Magazine! Its full title is The United Benefice of Draycott, Hanbury, Newborough, Rangemore & Tutbury Parish Magazine. We cover news from various village organisations as well as church news. It has been the Parish Magazine for well over a Century - starting with just Hanbury, then the others have gradually been drawn in as our United Benefice grew. Sounds like we should try for a more catchy title, but I suspect it will always be referred to as the Parish Magazine, whatever we print on the front cover.
Submitted by Mr B on 19 July, 2011 - 14:04.
I find this interesting because in 2008 we changed the name of our magazine to 'Reflections' after carrying out a vote. As part of the Methodist Church we merged with another Circuit and there was differing opinions what the name of the magazine should be. It had been 'In Touch' for many years, and then changed to 'The Messenger' but at the change it was not popular. So after the vote we adopted 'Reflections' and peace reigned throughout the Circuit, and has done so ever since! There is talk that we may become, in due course, a 'super-circuit' embracing many more churches than we have at this time. If this happens the geographic spread of the Circuit, and sheer number of Churches will create an editorial problem given that our operational philosophy is to reflect the work and information of our church members - how will we do that, I am wondering!
Submitted by Sue McCaig on 29 July, 2011 - 11:08.
Our magazine is called "Contact". We are a group of 5 churches. I don't really know why, as it has had the same name for some time.
Submitted by Douglas Spencer on 16 August, 2011 - 10:47.
Our Parish Magazine is called Celebrate & Share, which it has been for many years!
Submitted by Imelda Collins on 1 September, 2011 - 17:49.
Originally, when it was entirely Anglican our magazine was called The Parish Magazine! Those pioneers responsible for it then invited the Methodists and Catholics to join them and it was changed to 'Together.' Together it most blissfully is! The ministers from the three denominations (Liz, Ken and Louis - I give you the names by which we know and love them simply to illustrate our family structure) take it is turns to write the Pastoral Letter. The centrefold gives details and times of all three denominations' services. We embrace all aspects of local news and occasionally include global articles (eg Horn of Africa) but mainly we concentrate on local events including coffee mornings, town council reports, concerts, gardening association, school, local hospice and wildlife events. We include many jokes and cartoons which , at first, were not universally appreciated - humour being such a varied blessing; but we stuck to it, cut our cloth and now, the humour which God gave to use has become an accepted and appreciated constituent of Together. I put it together. I love it. I am a Catholic. Hurrah! Yippee! Alleluia! Amen!.
Submitted by Margaret E Johnson on 4 February, 2012 - 16:40.
Our magazine is called The Three Decker after the three decker pulpit which is in our Parish Church of Holy Trinity. We laso have three churches in our parish.