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Communications Update from The Communications Work Group, April 19, 2023 E-Blast

What is the role of The Flaming Chalice, our Newsletter?

We have the E-Blast and announcements to update us on events and things to do. But isn’t there more to ‘church’ than the calendar?

In September 2018, the Board of Trustees voted to move the newsletter from monthly to three times a year with more in-depth articles on our congregational life and related items. We are continuing the three newsletter-type publications throughout the year as we live and share stories of how and why we are part of this Unitarian Universalist community. We are the current chapter of our history!

The October newsletter will be the Invitation for the startup activities of the new church year. The February newsletter will focus on how our work and ministries have evolved during this church year. The June will be the Annual Report with a focus on the Story of Our Church Year.

The Annual Report 2023 will be both this year’s chapter in the story of UUCC, as well as the beginning of a new cycle.

Typically the Annual Report article is written by the Committee Chair. It is our intention to have each committee write a collective story, as a group, of their shared ministry experience during the church year.

We would like to suggest a few questions to start reflections toward articles, such as:

I (we) were drawn to working with this community activity…………

What I (we) hope for our community through this activity is…………

A specific timeline will be published for the steps each year: (Sample here only.)

May 8 : Annual reports/articles are due to Lynn in the Office.

May 24: Annual Report and Meeting Notice mailed to congregation

June 4 : The Annual Meeting: The Story of Our Year.

The UUCC Newsletter is called The Flaming Chalice.

Material for The Flaming Chalice is collected the third Monday of the month prior to publication. Send information in font Arial 11 to newsletter@augustauu.org. The newsletter is distributed on the fourth Monday of the scheduled month, primarily electronically via e-mail. It is also posted on the website and copies are available in the church hallway.

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