Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

How to Make an Announcement

Any events sponsored by UUCPA may be announced on the Web Site, in the Bulletin, and in the Order of Service, and from the pulpit on Sunday Morning.

The Bulletin

The Bulletin (newsletter) deadline is noon on the Sunday before the Friday it comes out. Since the Bulletin comes out on alternate weeks, check the most recent edition to find out the upcoming deadlines. Please send them to newsletter@uucpa.org.

And to make sure you know what's going on at UUCPA in time to get to all the activities you love most, please read the Bulletin (if you didn't opt for the paper version, you'll be notified of new Bulletins by e-mail) and the order of service.

The Web Site

1. All announcements sent to the Bulletin will be displayed on the web site.
2. Announcements will be displayed or linked to the Events or the News page.
3. No personal email or telephone numbers will be posted on the Web Site.
   See UUCPA Email Addresses
4. A photograph or graphic may be included in your email. If you include a photograph, you must include permission for web display from each person identifiable in the photograph.
5. Use of the text as submitted or use of the photograph or graphic is at the discretion of the Web Master. You are promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!
6. The Web site is updated weekly.

Email the Web Manager.

Order of Service

To request an announcement be printed in the order of service, send it to orderofservice@uucpa.org by 9 a.m. the Monday before the service.

Pulpit Announcements (Sunday Morning)

In order to keep the Sunday service from beginning with too many minutes of community announcements, causing eyes to glaze over and services to run late, a few years ago the Sunday Morning Committee wisely set the limit at three spoken announcements. If there are more than three requests, priority goes to announcements that concern UUCPA activities, UUCPA fundraising, and/or social justice.

To request that an announcement be made from the pulpit:

1. put a written copy in the Sunday Announcements box in the office
2. or send it to pulpitspeak@uucpa.org.

In either case, the deadline is 2:30 p.m. of the Thursday before the service.

Please respect the worship associate or other service leader who makes the decisions about which announcements can be included. They are as accommodating as possible. They are not required to accept late requests, so please send your requests in by the deadline.