Summary: |
An ongoing project to help area churches share their announcements and events with each other more effectively and efficiently
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Project Narrative: |
When it comes to church events and announcements, there are are generally two kinds:
- "internal" information, best-suited to a church's own congregation. This includes calls for volunteers for church ministries, events targeted to an internal audience (e.g., an ongoing confirmation class that is already in progress), etc. - "external" information, suited for people both within and outside the church's congregation. But sharing external information with multiple other churches can be a logistical nightmare. So we introduced a new service offering, Inter-Church Communication. Through this, we act as the liaison between multiple churches - multiple churches send us information, we sort through it, we compile the information and produce a monthly newsletter and weekly bulletin insert, we disseminate the documents to the individual churches, and the churches print the documents and distribute them to congregants as usual. This is still a fairly new ongoing project, but we've already heard great feedback! People are more aware of events at other churches and community organizations, more comfortable actually attending those events, and the sense of larger community (rather than living only in our own silos) is building. |
Client Profile: |
At this time, 8 churches in the ELCA Utah Conference are participating. We are working to expand this list to churches in other denominations as well.
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Monthly Newsletter:Below is a sample of the monthly newsletter (currently 4 full-size pages).
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Weekly Bulletin Insert:Below are a few samples of the weekly bulletin insert (a front-back half sheet).
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