Announcements Style Guide

Announcements are made weekly at the end of each weekend service.

Anyone wishing to include an announcement for an Ascension event must send the complete notice to the office to Dodie Reagan, email: admin@ascensiondallas.org , no later than noon on Monday preceding the weekend of the announcement. This is important, as Dodie currently only works Monday and Tuesdays, and has many other things to do. Please be punctual.

There is very limited space for announcements, generally no more than three. Please consider carefully whether an announcement is needed or whether the message can be conveyed as a printed notice.

Write your own text, using a standard word processor like "Word", or in the body of an email. Use "Times New Roman" script. Please do not format the notice, or use "publisher" or other similar publishing software, as this has to be unformatted, and sometimes completely re-written to match the announcement format. Announcements should be concise and just cover the main points.

Remember to note when (which weeks) the announcement should begin running and when it should stop.

Example Notice:

Please take time to stop by the Stults Book Drive table on your way out of the service this morning. The Fifth Annual Stults Elementary Book Drive is underway and we want to give new books to each student at the school in May. Our book drive is part of our partnership effort with the school and students to increase literacy and the love of reading. You may donate money for a discounted rate purchase or purchase books on your own.