Committee Chair: Janet Lobue*

 

Beth Balga

Teresa Sheele

Dawn Satrum: Bulletin Boards
Jeff Glaze: Webmaster

Local church communications is a ministry that does many things:

• shares the church’s story with the public,

• creates an image of the church and the congregation,

• builds community within the church, creates excitement,

• builds pride in the church and the denomination,

• promotes opportunities and resources,

• maintains two-way communication (story telling and story listening) with the congregation and with the community,

• provides information the congregation needs to make informed decisions,

• helps make the church’s vision come alive in people’s thoughts, words, and actions.

Church communications is driven by the belief that people are important to God.

In its broadest sense, church communications is the sum total of everything we do, say, or show. Churches are constantly communicating, whether they mean to or not. Intentionally communicating is the cornerstone of an effective communications ministry.

Brought down to one goal, church communications works with all the other ministries of the church to reach out and bring people into a relationship with each other and Jesus Christ. Just as Mary was instructed to “Go, tell”

—From Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation: Communications, 2005-2008 (Cokesbury, 2004), p.7. Copyright © 2004 by Cokesbury.