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First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
3400 Dupont Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-825-1701
We join together at First Universalist Church in a welcoming spiritual community that affirms our liberal religious heritage. Our ministry is to bring the Universalist message of love and hope to one another, to our children and to the work of social justice.
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This section describes the principal communication vehicles used within First Universalist, their purposes and limitations.
The Liberal. The newsletter is mailed on a regular basis to all members and contributing friends. It is the primary vehicle for church-related news, announcements, and publicity. Other than short articles by the called ministers, The Liberal is not a vehicle for opinion pieces or discussion.
Order of Service Announcements. On a space-available basis, the Order of Service will print announcements or reminders of pending events. Priority is given to events of institutional importance.
Pulpit Announcements. A limited number of oral announcements or reminders that have been submitted to the office in advance will be read by the lay leader. Priority is given to events of institutional importance. Announcements may be added on Sunday mornings only with the approval of the officiating minister.
Posters/Bulletin Boards. Groups may establish and maintain bulletin boards, subject to approval by the church administrator. With the explicit exception of canvass-related materials or others approved by the Board, posters may not be placed on the walls of the sanctuary wing.
Website. www.firstuniv.org is a repository of information about the church intended primarily for seekers and secondarily for members and friends. It is an excellent vehicle for describing who we are, what we do in general; it is a very poor vehicle for publicity and should not be counted on for that purpose.
Cyber Coffeehour. This is an e-mail list anyone may join. Members share ideas and opinions, and respond to others through e-mail. While members may plug events of interest to them, the moderator does not post publicity announcements from non-members of the list. Messages to the list are not censored or previewed in any way.
All-church e-mail list. A master list of member/friend e-mail addresses is maintained for making broadcast e-mails on a very limited basis. In deciding when to use it, the main considerations are urgency (is this something all members need to know ASAP?) and institutional significance. The list may not be used for routine event announcements or publicity.
Media publicity. Communications Coordinator Patti Frazee is available to assist groups in getting media coverage.
Flyers. The distribution of handouts or flyers in connection with worship services will be limited to no more than one group on a Sunday. You may do so at the conclusion of services, but the office will coordinate such requests. Flyers may be distributed prior to services only with the advance approval of the officiating minister. It is not the job of the ushers to hand out or to collate such materials.
Welcome Center. Brochures and similar materials that would be of interest to visitors may be placed in the welcome center. This is not a good place for event publicity.
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This page last updated on 08/04/2007