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Membership & Communications
FUMC Promotional Resources
NEW! - Event Promotional Guide is now available
This great resource will help you and your committee effectively plan events and also provides a quick reference guide to all of the communications channels available within the church.
Church communications resource contacts
Sunday Bulletin
- 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.
Carillon Newsletter
- 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)
Sunday School announcements
- 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
Pulpit announcement
- Contact Person: Chuck Schuster, Rebecca McFee, Joel Kershaw, David Dalke or Ray Miller
- Phone / Email address: Chuck: charlesschuster@fcfumc.net; Joel: joelkershaw@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.
Sign Me Up forms (Green sheets)
- Contact Person: Jo Ann Belk
- Phone / Email address: 482-2436 ext. 11, joannbelk@fcfumc.net
- 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.
Table in Fellowship Hall
- 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.
Communication with FUMC Committees
- Contact Person: Dale Conant and Helen Gray
- Phone / Email address: phone? 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 Helen 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
Sunday Morning Slideshow
- Contact Person: Lynne Ellison or Rosalie Ashbaugh
- Phone / Email address: 482-2436, lynneellison@fcfumc.net; 482-8446, rkashbaugh@comcast.com
- Description of Resource: Information broadcasted to service attendees via Sunday Plus slides on a large screen in the Sanctuary.
- Promotional Opportunity: Prepare and have a slide of your announcement shown before Sunday morning services begin. Please limit the slides.
- Deadline for Submissions: Tuesday end of business day before the following Sunday. One month notice of such a presentation, will be appreciated.
Building Use
- Contact Person: Judy Warren
- Phone / Email address: 482-2436, judywarren@fcfumc.net
- Description of Resource: Request for use of the church’s rooms
- Promotional Opportunity: Meeting rooms; will be printed on the daily event calendar posted at the south entrance and outside the office for location direction/information.
- Promotional Requirements: Building Use form must be filled out at least one month in advance. This will also give the Custodians a worksheet to do set-up and unlock the area of use.
- Deadline for Submission: A large event requires six months notice, all others one month to two weeks notice. On Wednesdays at 10 a.m. scheduling committee meets to approve requests.
Welcome Desk in the Narthex
- Contact Person: Open Doors Committee, Stephen King ’09-10 chair
- Phone / Email address: Stephen.King@aei.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.
Prayer Support
- 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.
Community announcements in Fort Collins Coloradoan
- 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.
FUMC web page
- 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 – Please note: ALL weekly announcements are automatically included on the web site each week.
- Other Details: See Web site submission procedure following
Web site submission procedure
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.
Please be sure to include the following information:
- The name of the web page or copy the URL out of the browser and include it with your request.
- 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 (digital only)
- Please type all content before sending and only send images electronically, we cannot scan images for you.
- What formats can I submit?
- Images: JGP or GIF
- Copy: Word file or in email
We work hard get web changes made as fast as possible for you. Please remember to provide appropriate lead-time to achieve your objectives. Complex additions may take up to two weeks to complete. 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.
Church Kiosk located in Fellowship Hall
- 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. 221karenwaldron@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!
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