WUUC Email Lists

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New members and email lists

If you recently signed the membership book at WUUC, we welcome you! New members are typically signed up for the Announce list. We encourage you to consider joining the general WUUC list and other lists that may interest you. For more information, see the list descriptions below.

Email lists at WUUC

Following are the email lists available at WUUC. Brad Hull manages the Announce and general WUUC lists plus a few others; to look up a manager for a particular email list, visit the email list page on the secure site (requires login using your WUUC email account).

Brad Hull can add or remove you from any church email list or you can add or remove yourself using your WUUC email account. For more information, see Subscribing and unsubscribing.

Email list

Description

Announce

Official announcements of church-sponsored activities only.

  • Use to announce WUUC-sponsored events
  • Please respect needs of subscribers (some have slow internet connections, desire to limit email)
  • Do not "reply all"; reply to sender only, or send reply to the general WUUC list (wuuc@wuuc.org) instead
Books Recommendations and reviews of books.
Camping Planning and coordination of the annual all-church campout near the end of July, usually at Deception Pass campground over near Anacortes—a beautiful place and a classic fun weekend.
Choir Choir members; anybody who feels an interest is welcome to listen in and see if they would like to come join in.
Earthbased Social list for pagans, wiccans and others who are curious about how the earth-based religious traditions are supported in our community; planning, discussion, and support.
Family Planning and coordination of family-oriented activities such as the monthly Family Night at church.
JY Junior youth (6th-8th grade) list for communication and coordination.
Men Men's activities, including annual men's retreat and occasional sailing adventures.
Musician For those with musical interests of any type; we get together from time to time to enjoy playing together, support each other, and collaborate on special music for services.
Playgroup Kids' play activities.
Politics Political discussion.
RE class groups Planning and discussion for Religious Education classes.
Religion Discussion of religions.
Welcoming Discussion of welcoming congregations.
Women Women's activities, including annual women's retreat.
WUUC

General discussion list and definitely the most active email list at church! We use this list to support each other, discuss interesting things, ask for help, and say thanks. Anything you want the whole community to see is well placed here.

  • Use for questions or discussions
  • Feel free to "reply all" if you want everyone to see your reply
  • Make sure you follow appropriate use (no solicitations please)
YRUU Senior youth (9th-12th grade) list for communication and coordination.

Subscribing and unsubscribing

You have a couple of options for subscribing and unsubscribing from church email lists.

You can subscribe or unsubscribe yourself for your WUUC email account. (Emails are sent to your WUUC email account rather than your personal email account.) To subscribe to a WUUC list using your WUUC email account, visit the secure site’s Google Groups page (requires login using your WUUC email account). Click the link for the group (list) that you want and then click the link for "Join this group."

Or simply email Brad Hull with the name of the church email list you want, and he will add or remove the email account you specify.

Appropriate use of the general WUUC list (wuuc@wuuc.org)

The general WUUC list is a great way to connect with the WUUC community. We ask that everyone follow appropriate use when sending messages to this list.

Examples of appropriate use:

  1. Asking for referrals and references for persons who have particular skills in the wider community (plumbers, dentists, roofers, etc)
    In addition, or perhaps before you email the general WUUC list, check out the "WANDER" local business referral page on the secure site!
  2. Offering items and skills for free
  3. Asking for free items (moving boxes, baby monitors, etc.)
  4. Offering items for sale

Examples of inappropriate use:

  1. Soliciting work for a personal business is not in keeping with how we use the list. The "WANDER" local business referral page on the secure site is a good place for folks to list their "WUUCie" businesses. (Please email LauriBeth Hull to have your business listed).
  2. Soliciting for organizations or groups is not permitted. All of us have groups that we belong to or support with our time and money. Those are personal decisions that each one of us makes. If we all asked everyone at WUUC to contribute to our own projects and interests, we would be constantly soliciting one another which again, is not the purpose of the list or WUUC for that matter.

Questions? Contact the WUUC Communications Committee. For more information, see the Communications Committee page on the secure site (requires login using your WUUC email account).

Tips for using the church email lists

Following proper etiquette

It is important for you to bear in mind, when using email, that anything negative you say will echo much more loudly than you intend; so it is very wise to only say the nicest things in email. Save anything negative or even questionable for a face to face conversation, where the person you are talking to can see you are smiling and compassionate.

Sharing images and other files

While attachments are allowed on church email lists, some persons' email accounts may not accept large attachments (or any attachments at all). You are encouraged to send attachments if that’s the best, most efficient way for you to get the information out. Please do note, however, that links are preferred over attachments by those who have slow internet connections or whose email accounts don't accept attachments. For example, if you want to share pictures, you can upload them to an online service such as Picasa and then send the link rather than attaching the files.

Viewing archived messages

You can view archived messages for some church email lists by visiting the secure site’s Google Groups page (requires login using your WUUC email account). Click the link for the group (list) that you want. You can then toggle between view options for topic list and for topic summary.

This page updated November 2011

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