YATES BAPTIST CHURCH
EMAIL POLICY
Adopted January 19, 2012
PURPOSE
The Yates Baptist Church staff maintains an email list to facilitate rapid and efficient electronic communication with the church family. If you have not received Yates News emails recently, please send your preferred email address to info@yateschurch.org. The guidelines below direct the content of emails sent to the church family.
STAFF-APPROVED EMAIL CATEGORIES
The church staff will send out church-wide emails about the following:
- Yates News: The staff will send one email each week (usually on Thursday) highlighting significant church news and events for the coming week.
Suggested items for this email should be submitted by Tuesday morning, and the staff will determine which to include. Messenger notices will be included in this email.
- Births: Announcements when the parents are members of the Yates family.
- Deaths: Notices of deaths among Yates family members or their closest relatives (spouse, parent, or child).
The death notice will be sent as soon as possible and include information about arrangements (if not already known), which will be posted on the prayer list at www.yateschurch.org/family.
- Urgent Ministry Needs or Crises: Church-wide notices about a unique ministry action, need, or crisis may be distributed at the staff’s discretion.
PRAYER REQUESTS
It is not feasible to send personal prayer requests to the entire church email list. The church staff encourages each Sunday School class to maintain its own class email list for circulating prayer requests within that smaller community. Sunday School classes are also encouraged to add church staff members to their email lists to keep them informed of class ministry needs.