01/24/2022
Apology and Condolences
From the Publisher
Dear Reader,
Some of you have let us know that the year-end issue did not arrive before the end of last year, a fact we sincerely regret. Allow us to explain. A bit of a “perfect storm” contributed to this delay. High shipping and mailing volumes around Christmas normally create a backlog, something that has only increased during the last couple of (COVID) years. Paper supply has been affected by diminished availability and by supply chain issues generally. On top of that, we made some mistakes and did not meet our planned schedule for preparation and production of this issue. For all this, we apologize. Our plan is to schedule 2022’s year-end issue a couple of weeks earlier to ensure it gets out in time. The Lord willing we hope you’ll be able to read the “Christmas Clarion” this year on or before Christmas Day.
No doubt you will have noticed that our first issues of 2022 have also been delayed. Unfortunately, this is largely due to a difficult situation in the life of our designer, Matt. Before Christmas, Matt’s wife Shirley was hospitalized. Her condition was serious, and Matt was occupied with getting the care she needed and visiting when possible.
Shirley’s condition generally deteriorated over the last five weeks. Sadly, shortly before going to press with this issue, we received the news that Shirley had passed away. Please join us in praying for Matt and his family at this difficult time.
Thank you all for your understanding and rest assured that we remain committed to publishing Clarion on its usual schedule of once every second week.
For Premier Printing,
Will Gortemaker
