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Membership & Communications
FUMC Promotional Resource Listing

• Contact Person: Judy Warren
• Phone / Email address: judywarren@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Bulletin describing church services and announcements distributed to attendees of church services each Sunday morning at all the services.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your program described and announced in the bulletin.
• Deadline for Submissions: By 4 p.m. Tuesday prior to the following Sunday.
• Other Details: Each announcement limited to three bulletin appearances, and try to keep it to around 20 words.

• Contact Person: Lynne Ellison
• Phone / Email address: 482-2436, lynneellison@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Monthly newsletter mailed to approximately 1000 FUMC members.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your program or activity announcement included in the newsletter. Editor will review and edit (if necessary) all articles turned in.
• Deadline for Submissions: 15th of each month, prior to the Issue month (Nov.& Dec. 8th of month)

• Contact Person: Bev Halperin
• Phone / Email address: 482-2436; bevhalperin@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Flyer announcements handed out to children attending Sunday School.
• Promotional Opportunity: Prepare and provide flyers for distribution to approximately 100-120 children attending Sunday School, to then be passed on to their families.
• Deadline for Submissions: if they are bringing the copies, not the original, then Thursday noon before Sunday distribution
• Other Details: please email a sample of your handout to Bev for approval before making copies

• Contact Person: Chuck Schuster or Joel Kershaw
• Phone / Email address: Chuck: charlesschuster@fcfumc.net or Joel: jkershaw@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Verbal announcement made to congregation at Sunday services.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your activity announced, or arrange to announce it yourself.
• Deadline for Submissions: Whomever is the preacher on a Sunday morning is the contact person for announcements.

• Contact Person: Donna Miller
• Phone / Email address: 266-8799, dancingdua@msn.com
• Description of Resource: Green sheet included in every Sunday bulletin announcing volunteer opportunities within the church.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have volunteer requests publicized to Sunday service attendees.
• Deadline for Submissions: Monday before the following Sunday.

• Contact Person: Judy Warren or Henry Renya
• Phone / Email address: phone 482-2436 judywarren@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Tables set up in fellowship hall for service attendees to view and visit.
• Promotional Opportunity: Complete a form to arrange for a table, and then man the table in fellowship hall to provide visibility for your program. Also there are 10 acrylic sign holders available for promotional information on the round tables during coffee hour in fellowship hall.
• Deadline for Submissions: the previous Tuesday, end of business day
• Other Details: If money is involved, i.e. if you are asking for donations or selling something, the table must be pre-approved by the Administration Council.

• Contact Person: Fran Williams and Dale Conant
• Phone / Email address: phone? fwilliamsco@frii.com 221-4632, Dale@DigitalDiamonds.com, (970) 482-6997
• Description of Resource: Ability to have your information passed on to leaders for approximately 20 committees within FUMC.
• Promotional Opportunity: Provide your information to Fran or Dale, and have the information passed on to committees through the monthly Administrative Council meeting or through email. Hard copy promotional resources may be displayed on the Administrative Council resource table in the Village Commons room.
• Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
• Other Details: Turnaround time: ~ 2 days

• Contact Person: Lewis McInnis
• Phone / Email address: 490-2430 mclewx@comcast.net
• Description of Resource: Information broadcasted to service attendees via
• PowerPoint slides on a large screen in the Sanctuary.
• Promotional Opportunity: Prepare and have a slide of your announcement shown before Sunday morning services begin.
• Deadline for Submissions: Thursday end of business day before the following Sunday.

• Contact Person: Joe and Joan Looper
• Phone / Email address: jlooper@frii.com
• Description of Resource: Verbal and flyer information provided to visitors who stop by the Welcome Desk at the church.
• Promotional Opportunity: Share your program or announcement information with the Welcome Center, to be passed on to visitors.

• Contact Person: Margaret Hotze, MargaretHotze@aol.com, or Mary Daggett, 223-1124, deanmarydaggett@aol.com.
• Description of Resource: Intercessory prayer and prayer chains for the people and the programs of the church.
• Deadline for Submissions: As needs arise.

• Contact Person: Jo Ann Belk
• Phone / Email address: 482-2436, joannbelk@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: Publicity announcements included in the local newspaper
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your information publicized for readers of the paper. Deadline for Submissions: For the Houses of Worship ad it is Wednesdays by 10:00am other items depends on the piece.

• Contact Person: Rob Bean and Lynne Ellison
• Phone / Email address: (970) 266-0252 , webupdate@fcfumc.net
• Description of Resource: On-line information about FUMC and its activities.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your upcoming program advertised on the web page.
• Deadline for Submissions: On-going
• Other Details: See Web site submission procedure following...

This quick guide will help understand how to get your announcement, change or posting put on the churches web site. Updates and information on new sections for the web site should be submitted to Lynne Ellison at the church office and to our Webdude Rob Bean, click here to send us both an email.

For calendar announcements
Required information includes: An event name, date and description. If you also have the following we can include it with the listing: location, contact name, contact phone, contact email, start time, end time, web address, email and teaser copy.

For web site content
Please be sure to include the following information for us:

• Please speel check (gotcha!!) your flies (again!) before sending.
• Provide the name of the page in question (or copy the URL out of the browser and include it in your email).
• A description of the change requested and any affiliated church group the content "belongs" to.
• Images that support or enhance the information or message intended.
• Text that supports the images and provides the message that is to be conveyed by the web page/section.

What formats should you submit?

• A digital format (MS Word files and JPG or GIF images) or
• As written text and photographs

Moving forward we are working hard get web changes made fast. Once content has been submitted we will do our best to speed the posting along. Please remember to provide appropriate lead-time to achieve your objectives. Complex additions may take up to two weeks. Please be aware some changes and submissions may require review by staff or a committee before being posted. All submitted information is subject to editing.

• Contact Person: Dale Conant
• Phone / Email address: Dale@DigitalDiamonds.com
• Description of Resource: Electronic tv-type display of church activities and resources.
• Promotional Opportunity: Have your upcoming program advertised on the kiosk.
• Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
• Other details: Please see below...

The purpose of this policy is to provide instructions for those who wish to use the Kiosk in the church for posting materials.

In general, the Kiosk is intended for posting short-term announcements of activities within the church and/or sponsored by the church. Posted materials should not reside on the Kiosk for more than one month - pamphlets may be maintained in the Kiosk for longer than 30 days if they are active programs. Requests to post material on the Kiosk should be submitted to the Business Manager, Karen Waldron, 970-482-2436 ext. 221 karenwaldron@fcfumc.net, Where necessary, Karen will bring the request to the weekly Tuesday-Staff meeting for discussion. Management of the material on the bulletin boards of the Kiosk is the responsibility of the church staff.

Posted items should be "dated" by the staff office upon approval. The purpose of this dating is to allow maintenance of the posted materials on the Kiosk.

Temporary attachment - use push pins or thumbtacks for attachments on the corkboard surfaces. Pamphlets should be displayed in the Plexiglas slots provided. No permanent installations are to be made to the Kiosk without permission from the Church Staff!