Communications Coordinator

Position Description

  • The Communication Coordinator manages, produces and supports a wide variety of print, web, e -newsletters, signage, social and electronic media to promote Lakeview United Church religious services, programs and outreach activities, while ensuring all communications and material produced aligns with the church’s mission, values, and maintains consistent quality, style and standards.

Duties

  • To engage, coordinate and collaborate with the Minister, Church Council Chair, Ministry Teams, Committees, program organizers, and the Operations Liaison to communicate Lakeview United Church mission, values, programs and services to congregants and the wider community.

  • To oversee and collaborate with volunteers and ensure that the team effectively communicates approved information via appropriate and various medium, in a timely way with current membership and adherents.

  • To ensure the dissemination of general Lakeview United Church information, to promote specific programming and outreach activities.

  • To increase Lakeview United Church visibility in the larger community, with the goal of ultimately attracting new congregants.

  • Ensures that Council receives LUC outgoing media communication analytic reports.

Position held by: Office Admin

Website Administrator: Jennifer Aldous

Communications Guidelines

(Revised November 20, 2022)

Lakeview United Church produces and distributes a wide variety of print, web, e -newsletters, signage, social and electronic media to inform the congregation and the community about our religious services, programs and outreach activities. This guiding document is intended to help make the process more efficient.

FLOW OF COMMUNICATION

Any information, other than verbal announcements from the pulpit,  that you wish to communicate to the congregation, or the community, is to be sent, in writing, to the church office. The office administrator will then seek approval, if necessary, and forward the information to the appropriate person(s) for publication.

Printed Announcements submitted to the office will automatically be included in the bulletin insert, the screen slideshow prior to worship service on Sunday, the LUC Facebook page and the LUC Website, unless you the author, specify otherwise. The office administrator will look after forwarding the information to the webmaster and Facebook coordinator.

Please submit your announcement request to the office at lakeviewuc@telus.net prior to 10am Friday morning the week you want it printed, stating how long you wish it to run: 1 week , 2 weeks etc.

Verbal announcements made from the pulpit are to be limited to one minute or less. (Hint: Write your announcement out and time it, while practicing.)

The person presenting the announcement needs to check with the minister ahead of time., to see if it is appropriate for that week. There may be times when the minister has a certain theme for worship that needs to be considered.

CONSISTENCY

  • All communications and material produced must align with the church’s mission and values.

  • The content of the message should remain consistent throughout all media, except when different target audiences may exist.

  • The author of the message is allowed flexibility for changes to the text, format and presentation of messages as may be required for different audiences, such as bulletin insert vs Facebook.

NOTE: When different versions of an announcement are required for different platforms, as in the case of different audiences, all versions will need to be approved.

APPROVAL:

Usually the minister.