What's Happening at Reveille

Later this summer, Reveille will transition to a new, and improved, method of communicating important information to the congregation. Currently, many members rely on The Reveille Window, which you receive weekly electronically or via the mail. For the last several months, the Communications Committee has been taking an inventory of the many ways in which Reveille communicates with our different audiences. Our goal has been to ensure that we are getting the right information to the right people in a way that is timely, useful for them, and efficient for the church. We want to make sure we have the appropriate mix of ways of communicating and also want to continue to promote the website as a valuable resource for those members for whom this is convenient.

As part of this review, we have decided to make a change to the format and timing of The Window. Starting in August, The Window will change from a weekly to a monthly publication. We also will have a new weekly communication to the congregation - The Weekly Trumpet. This new weekly communication will have a different style and format from the current Window - it will be a short calendar-style listing of events and opportunities for the upcoming week and will not include the more detailed information contained in The Window.

The primary reason behind this change is two-fold. First, we want to be more strategic and targeted in how and when we communicate with the congregation. A monthly Window allows church staff, and others, more time to develop a communications plan that is better tailored to seasonal and other longer-term needs. The Weekly Trumpet will fill the void of getting the congregation timely information on upcoming events and opportunities.

Second, this change will allow the staff to be more effective with their time, which is a valuable commodity. The process for creating the current weekly Window can be very time-consuming, and this change will allow staff to be more efficient, while still serving the needs of the congregation.

Thank you for your support during this transition, and we welcome any feedback that you have.

Andy Poarch, Communications Committee Chair

Deadline for Last Weekly Window and

for First Monthly are Both July 10

The July 21 issue will be the last weekly Reveille Window. The deadline for article submission for this issue is Wednesday, July 10. This issue is planned for electronic transmission on Wednesday, July 17, with the paper version to follow for those who receive church news by regular mail. This issue of The Reveille Window (weekly) will have the same function and appearance it has had since the first electronic version was sent in 2009.

During the production of the weekly July 21 issue, the first monthly issue, August 2013, also will be in production. This new monthly newsletter will introduce a new look, which will evolve over the next few months. The deadline for article submission for the August issue is also Wednesday, July 10. The August 2013 issue will arrive electronically during the last week of July, with a paper version to follow for those who receive church news by regular mail.

Please submit articles for publication to the staff person related to the particular ministry being publicized. When submitting an article for either the last weekly issue (July 21) or the first monthly issue of The Reveille Window (August), please be sure to specify for which issue you are submitting.

More newsletter issues and deadlines are given in a related article below.