St Paul Lutheran Church,LC-MS
5433 Madison Road
Cincinnati, Ohio  45227
513-271-4147


MIMIC
(Ministry In Mission In Christ)

Communication
January 27th meeting

The following is the information we generated at our January 27th meeting. It is in the order it appeared on the flip chart. 

Thank you for participating and contributing. Are next meeting is Sunday, February 10th.at noon in the adult Bible study room.

1. Trust must be developed if we hope to have open communication
2. New member information - given out as a “Handbook”

• -Groups, opportunities, activities, etc… 
3. Group call on new people
4. Mailbox – not just last names – first names, pictures too?
5. Email – potential of email @ St Paul for members – member name@stpaulcinti.org
6. How are we doing response opportunity 
7. Improve member directory – frequent revisions
• -physical
• -virtual
8. Bulletin announcements and all announcements – should show name, phone, email of contact person
9. DVD of service – for shut-ins and others (tape ministry upgrade)
10. LCMS History
11. St Paul History
12. Pod cast
13. Communication when come in door
14. Welcome center should be current – not have 4 year old pictures but current activities
15. Flyer Rack – flyers should be produced for all activities and available in a rack for members and visitors. 
16. Activities should be advertised well in advance
17. Church sign 
18. In building signage – bathrooms, nursery etc and how to get to them
19. School sign still up in front of church
20. Everything communicated to everyone
21. Blogs and or forums could be opened to the larger Lutheran community perhaps through the Federation
22. Word of mouth communication is one of the bbest ways to get the word out
23. Outside publicity for the whole church and its groups
• -yellow pages
• -papers
• -utilize free published section of papers / websites
24. Calendar for future events – long range planning of activities
25. Narthex white board where events and announcements are posted weekly
26. Halogen light on bell tower so the community knows we are here
27. Play our chimes so the community knows we are here
28. Look at what and how we print – physical print media and on line media
29. RSS feeds to notify members when new information has been posted on the web site
30. Mass email to notify members of important items
31. Epistle etc
32. Look at better ways to print existing information
33. Audit existing print materials, see if something better (equipment) exists
34. Phone system with lots of extensions. A voice system that would allow people to leave messages to interest groups
35. Announcement information
• -early
• -detail information
• -meet in neutral sites
36.  Small groups instead of one large organization (e.g. – Women’s Ministries as lots of small subgroups

Possible Categories
Website
Email
Publicity
Building / Sighnage


updated:  January, 2008