Procedure for Submitting an Article
Go to Submit Article from the impressions webpage and fill out the appropriate information and then hit submit. Information needed will be in the following format.
- Submitted by
- Submitter’s contact
- Headline
- Brief Description of event (30-40 words, this will appear in the impressions email and print edtion for Sunday mornings.)
- Full Description (unlimited length, this portion will appear on the website only)
- File Attachments – If there are any pictures or logos please send them in an email to impressions@ltumc.org by Monday at 12:00 (Noon).
EXAMPLE OF A GOOD SUBMISSION
- Submitted by: Will Sutliff
- Submitter’s contact: wsutliff@ltumc.org
- Headline: Joseph Martin – Free Concert
- Email/Print Description: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the church, we are hosting a Free Concert with Joseph Martin, Pianist on March 20th at 7:00 p.m.
- Website Description: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the church, we are hosting a Free Concert with Joseph Martin, Pianist on March 20th at 7:00 p.m. The sacred concerts of pianist/composer Joseph Martin are like no other church concert you have ever attended. Touched by his flying fingers the hymns and folksongs he plays are transformed into a rainbow of colorful sounds. His repertoire ranges from American hymnody to soaring Celtic tunes, from impressionistic adaptations of sacred standards to rollicking gospel toe-tappers . . .
EXAMPLE OF A SUBMISSION THAT NEEDS WORK
- Submitted by: Will Sutliff
- Submitter’s contact: wsutliff@ltumc.org
- Headline: JM Concert
- Email/Print Description: Free Concert with Joseph Martin.
- Website Description: This concert will be held in the sanctuary and is free to all.
Note that in the Email/Print description in the submission that needs work does not include the time, date, or description of what the event is for. Notice how the full description also does not have the time and date, but also does not include all of the information from the emal/print description. And also note that the headline from an outsider's perspective does not make complete sense, because everyone might not know that JM stands for Joseph Martin.
Please remember that not everyone will click on the link that takes them from the email edition to the website edition, so you must include all pertanant information in your email/print descriptions.
Also remember that not everyone receives the email version, and will only visit the website edition. If the information is not there, than the reader will not get it.
And note that the Headline and Email/Print Description is all that will appear in the print version for Sunday mornings. If the information is not there, the reader will not be able to fully understand your article.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MONDAY at 12:00 (NOON). If a submission is received after this deadline it will appear in the following weeks impressions email.