COMMUNICATION VITAL By Pastor Brown

Posted by Pastor Brown on October 16, 2009

As our church grows, it takes more and more of us working together and in sync with one another in order to make the very most of our time and resources. One way we can do this is to make sure all our events are communicated clearly and properly to the rest of the congregation. Therefore, I urge all of us to make full use of the following methods of sharing information with one another:

Master Calendar: Before planning any event, please check the master calendar on the office door so that we can ensure that programs and activities do not get scheduled on top of each other.

Bulletin: Please submit all bulletin announcements to the office by Wednesday of each week. You may email Chris at office@PraiseLC.org It does help to submit (if possible) electronic copies of all items needing to be inserted into the weekly bulletin.

Pulse: The deadline for the pulse is the 15th of each month. Jennifer Engelsrud is the volunteer that coordinates all of the articles that are submitted for the Pulse. She does not write the Pulse newsletter. Note that all articles must come from us, the congregation. If you want something to be included, please present her with an electronic copy at englesrud@verizon.net

Website: Pastor Brown is in charge of coordinating the www.PraiseLC.org website material and having it posted to the web. Please submit all items to him that you wish to be posted on our site. At least a 2 week window is needed to have material on the website before a certain date. All information is passed on from Pastor Brown to the generous volunteers at Tri-Pillar Publishing. Please make no attempt to submit directly to Tri-Pillar Publishing, as all material posted to our website must first be approved by Pastor Brown. Email all website requests to him at PastorB@PraiseLC.org

Furthermore, it would be a good idea for each person at Praise to look at the website and explore the particular area in which they have a connection to and are involved at praise. If you are a part of a Bible study, committee, board, or any other ministry, please look at the places on the website that tell about your particular area of service and participation. There are still several areas on our website that are blank. Blank pages do not look good! Just like the pulse, the website is not written by the coordinator. We need you, those involved in your particular ministries to submit what you want the website to say about you. If you are involved with a group at Praise and the website listing for that group is insufficient in any way, please speak with Pastor Brown as to how you might be able to contribute to helping us get everything updated.

Of course there are more ways to communicate events and activities at praise, but these are the standard and basic ways in which most people at church look to in order to plan and become informed about what’s happening. Furthermore, you will note that the Bulletin, Pulse, and Website all have deadlines associated with them for information to be submitted. Although it may be “possible” for some items to be submitted late and yet still be included in some of these publications in time, please do everything possible to get your material in without being late. If your items are not submitted in a timely fashion, there is no guarantee that it will be included in the publication. We thank and appreciate our volunteers for the great service they do for us to ensure these vehicles of communication are kept up to date and published on time. Know that it honors them and shows a great deal of respect for their time and efforts when we observe the deadlines they set for us.

So if you have something to say that benefits or concerns the rest of the congregation, please say it loud and clear through one or preferably all of the mediums above. By working together and communicating properly with each other, we can all enjoy a greater level of awareness and joy in the Lord through what God is doing in this wonderful church of ours. Praise our Lord!