Sorry I am not sure what you mean. could you communicate it a little differently.....haha only joking.

I'll leave this to real people.

Could you specify exactly what you mean by your question? I mean its quite vague

Communication could mean so many things, I have noticed many aspects in St Mike's in the three weeks I've been going.

On the whole I'd say you communicate great...but that may just be me and my newness...

Aha, well this is the first church I've been to that has a working forum so a definate horray to that!

I feel that I know what the church is about but that may just be because you seem to have a very similar setup to my home church. As far as where I can serve I have already had much in the way of guidance in fact I believe I had all the information I needed within the first week which is impressive by any standards.

This is all in my humble opinion...so if anyone feels like saying anything to contradict me I won't be offended or anything else for that matter...

Anything at all...I'm sure I'm not the only person with an opinion here...

Good thinking.  Thanks.  We have avoided this a bit in the past because things change so quickly but now that w have a monthly bulletin and an active web site I think that the management of such a list would be ok.  Thanks again.

I did indeed, caught Mark as he was leaving...delayed him a little

Had a good chat, discovered that this church is approx 8 times the size of my home church, which is one of the biggest I've been to in my home city.

I think you've touched on some issues there Alan. For me, a big part of the problem is the size of St Michael's, and the amount of stuff that happens.

The result is loads of stuff in the noticesheet, even more stuff in the bulletin and then because people don't actually read all this stuff, there are notices given in church as well.

I think there needs to be these different levels of communication, but there also needs to be a better structure for what and how things are communicated. At the moment pretty much everything that's submitted goes into the noticesheet and bulletin. Is this appropriate, should we limit the size of these and have an editorial process to decide what goes in.... I suppose the question is whether there's a limit to what people will read and digest.

As well as the day to day stuff, there's the vision and what the position we take as a church on big issues.

So here are some specific questions:

Do you read the noticesheet every week?
Do you read the bulletin every month?
Do you find it easy to take in the information you find in the noticesheet and bulletin?
Do you use the website to get information?
If notices are to be given in services, how many is acceptable?
The PCC have been working to a vision document over a five year period. Do you know what this contains?
If you have an issue, or wish to give some feedback to St Michael's, do you know who to approach?
Do you feel you have enough information about what goes on at St Michael's to make an informed decision about how to get involved?

Hi, I know I have now registered but don't know how to log in as I have never used a webpage before.   However regarding communications would like to say is it possible when mentioning people for prayer regarding illness, death or good news in one service that you also mention it in the other services, as people do know one another from different services.    Especially if you have been in St. Mike's for a long time, like me.   Often you find out about someone weeks after it has happened.   Many thanks.   Jan.