The Office of General Minister and President welcomes your news and ideas for use in Disciples News Service (DNS). DNS is distributed via e-mail on Wednesdays, or as needed, to those who register free-of-charge for the service.

We are most interested in stories that illustrate ways your church or community is helping to create "a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world...welcoming all to the table...." Characteristics of stories include:

• Timeliness
• Of interest to the average Disciples reader
• Unusual, exciting or new mission activities
• Human interest
• Progress on a specific issue

Items for the following Wednesday should be received by noon on the previous Friday to allow for production time. (Example: An item for Wednesday, Nov. 14 would need to be turned in by Friday, Nov. 9.) Items are ideally submitted to Suzie McKay at SMcKay@disciples.org but may also be submitted to Cherilyn Williams at cwilliams@disciples.org .

Submissions should include the following:

• Preferred date of publishing
• Headline and 100-word lead (in case we have room for a lead/teaser)
•  Link to the full story, typically on your organization’s web page
• Suggested posting area of the DNS layout (lead story, secondary story or headline links under other news, events, resources or ministry in action).
• Contact person in case of questions from DNS staff.

Any items not received before the submission deadline will be considered for the next DNS distribution. Occasionally, Communication Ministries may opt to use submitted news items exclusively on the www.disciples.org web site instead of the DNS email newsletter. All news should be sent to: news@cm.disciples.org

Communication Ministries maintains the right to edit, revise or update information that is submitted to us. 

Communication Ministries is interested in both hard news and feature stories. Hard news is usually breaking news that is aired or published immediately.  DNS is typically distributed weekly and may include updates on the actions of a ministry or a summary of actions taken by the General Assembly or General Board. Feature stories are generally of a "lighter" nature, with information that is not time-sensitive. Examples of feature stories include youth who are collecting clothing for hurricane victims or other examples of missional work. Because of the wide reach of DNS, we ask that your news and information be of interest to the larger Disciples and ecumenical audience, not just to your local community or church.