Bulletin Submission Guidelines

Co-operating with these guidelines will help the editor work more efficiently and ensure that your articles are added to the bulletin properly. The bulletin will be completed by 10:00 am Monday morning prior to the Sunday post date and sent for proofing.

• Send content via EMAIL to bulletin@stgregzelie.org no later than the 10 days prior the desired Sunday Bulletin posting date (in other words no later than two Thursdays prior to the Sunday you want your article to run). Content received afterward, will be included in the following Sunday Bulletin, if the event has not yet occured. Bulletin submissions need to be current, any submission older than two months will not be run, this is two fold, it will keep the bulletin fresh with new words to bring people to your event and allows for changes for location or cancellations. No Exceptions.                                                                                                                                                     Please note, it is not the Bulletin Editor's responsibility to develop what to write or post your event/group's meeting unless you have cooperated with these guidelines.

• Send your current article via email and provide in the Subject Line, 1.) Sunday bulletin date/s, up to 8 consecutive, or 4 semimonthly that you want your article to appear, 2.) Tell me your Ministry, Event or Group with location and 3.) a brief description of article. Examples: 

Sunday, October 11, Youth Ministry StF, Halloween Party  and Save the date for Project Giving Tree

Sunday, November 1, Baptism on October 18 StG, John Smith Baptism photos from Church

Sunday, June 21, KOC StG, semimonthly (every two weeks) Monday meetings are suspended through the Summer 

Sunday June 7, run weekly through Sunday July 26, Divine Mercy StG, Monday prayer meeting 

REVISED October 11, Youth Ministry StF, info for upcoming Project Giving Tree

• Revised articles for the current week need to be marked "REVISED" in the Subject Line

• ​​​​​​Don’t be too wordy, but include, who, what, when, where, why and list contact persons and email  in your bulletin article. Personal phone numbers should not be posted and it is recommended that even emails be made for the group and not be personal. For instance stgdivinemercy@gmail.com. 

• No acronyms for titles

• I cannot use a pdf file. All articles must be in paragraph form in or attached as a Word Document or rich text if you are using open source.

• If you cannot use a computer, you can mail a legible, handwritten (on lined paper) or typed article with the same criteria as an emailed article.  It can also be placed in the Sunday collection basket.

• One space after period (The rule is two on a typewriter, one on a computer)

• Time is written as: example 7:00 pm

• Dates are written out with no abbreviations

• Deadlines see above.

• Limited use of bold and NO underline or ALL CAPS.

• Avoid passive sentences if possible. Example: The meeting will be at 7:00 pm or We are planning
  to . . . Use instead: The meeting is at 7:00 pm or We plan to meet. . .

• Please provide me with your contact phone number, for questions or clarification purposes.

Thank you for your cooperation with these guidelines which help produce an accurate, timely bulletin.

Updated, May, 2020