Policies for Order of Service Announcements

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Communication Policies:
Policies for Order of Service Announcements

A. Background
The Order of Service includes both announcements and event listings (the Calendar of Events). Order of Service announcements must be short and to the point.

B. Policies

1) Most Programming announcements may be listed in the Order of Service once (the Sunday prior to the event).

2) Group-focused announcements are rarely appropriate unless they represent a last-minute change.

3) Institutional announcements may be repeated for more than one week but it is highly recommended that the text be changed to make it more interesting.

4) Order of Service announcements should have a maximum of 20-30 words.

5) Submissions are due in the church office by noon on the Wednesday prior to the Sunday.

6) It is not acceptable to have both a pulpit announcement and Order of Service announcement on the same Sunday.

7) Special flyers or inserts are not allowed in the Order of Service. Groups must coordinate a team of volunteers to hand out their flyers AFTER the service and only with advance notice to the office. It is not appropriate to ask the ushers to hand out flyers.

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This page last updated on 03/29/2006

First Universalist Church of Minneapolis

Communication Policies: Policies for Order of Service Announcements

Communication Policies:
Policies for Order of Service Announcements