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Happy 2021 from Anabaptist Communicators! |
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Thank you to all of you who have already signed up to be members for 2021 — we're at 38 members and growing!
If you haven't signed up yet, we'd love for you to do so soon. Since AC membership goes by calendar year, you’ll get the most out of joining our network if you sign up at the beginning of the year.
We’re offering a special 20% discount to those who sign up by Jan. 31! That translates to a total membership cost of $40 for individuals, $160 for organizations (up to five members), and $20 for students/retirees. Enter the code EARLYBIRD to get the discount before the end of the month.
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We invite you to pass this email along to other communicators you know who would benefit from the connections and support of an AC membership — the more, the merrier!
Anabaptist Communicators serves broadcasters, writers, editors, filmmakers, videographers, artists, graphic designers, journalists, web designers, marketers, publishers, educators, pastors, administrators, and others interested in media. Members include professionals who work in church, parachurch and nonchurch communications.
Benefits include:
- Affinity group meetings
- AC Facebook group
- Talking Heads LIVE webinars
- Newsletters
- Online database of members for networking opportunities
- Information about job openings
- Conference discounts
- Regional meet-ups (in nonpandemic times)
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AC blog seeks your contributions
We'd like to get our blog going again and invite you to send us your reflections on communications-related topics. These don't have to be traditional written blogs; feel free to send us videos, poems, photo essays, interviews, artwork and any other expressions of your creativity! If it's already been posted elsewhere, that's fine, too, as long as we have permission to repost it.
A few prompts to consider ...
- What do you wish you would have known when you started working in Anabaptist communications?
- Share about an experience that has formed you as an Anabaptist communicator.
- What's a topic you wish you would hear more about in Anabaptist communications channels, and why is it important to you?
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Share your gifts with AC
Anabaptist Communicators is a fully volunteer-run organization. Would you consider lending your expertise and experience to help with specific AC tasks in 2021?
Areas where we could still use support include:
- board members
- helping plan our 2021 conference
- managing our Facebook group
- special project (one-time)
Some of you have already volunteered (thank you!), and we'll be in touch with you after our board meeting this week.
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2020 Anabaptist Communicators Conference:
"What's Good News?"
Whether you missed a session from our first online conference in December or just want to rewatch it, you can find links to the recordings in the Anabaptist Communicators Member Portal on the AC website.
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(2021 AC members, you will each receive a unique login ID and password; contact us if you have trouble signing in.)
The Member Portal also contains recordings of other past AC conferences and webinars. We hope these resources can extend the usefulness of the conference(s) for you.
Dec. 3 keynote session: "We will tell better stories"
Osheta Moore, podcaster, blogger, everyday peacemaker, Outreach and Teaching Pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota
Anabaptist World leaders Danielle Klotz, executive director, of Goshen, Indiana; and Paul Schrag, editor, of Newton, Kansas; with Tim Huber, AW associate editor
Dec. 4 devotional: Isaiah 40:9
David Cramer, teaching pastor at Keller Park Church in South Bend, Indiana; managing editor at the Institute of Mennonite Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana; author; blogger
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Stay tuned for more info on AC offerings in 2021! We'll be organizing affinity group meetings soon. In the meantime, please join our Facebook group if you haven't already.
Anabaptist Communicators board members
Annette Brill Bergstresser, John Longhurst, Joel Nofziger, Jennifer Steiner, Mike Strathdee, Diana Voth
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