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C HR IST C O MMUNI TY CHURCH

STYLE GUIDE.

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July 2024 Edition

CONTENTS

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Mission Statement

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Space and Facility Names

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Ministry Names and Abbreviations

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Services and Dates/Times

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Numbers in Text Em and En Dashes Scriptures Proper Nouns Commonly Confused Words Random Items

MISSION STATEMENT

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Fu l l M i s s i o n S t a t e men t .

“We exist to make fully committed followers of Jesus Christ through Love, Acceptance, & Forgiveness.”

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An Oxford comma is included and an ampersand exception.

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The words “Love,” “Acceptance,” and “Forgiveness” are treated as proper nouns and capitalized.

Shortened Mission Statement.

“A Community of Love, Acceptance, & Forgiveness.”

Christ Community’s Mission Principles: Worship: Life Worship Evangelism: Crossing Boarders Discipleship: Equipping Followers Ministry: Joining God Fellowship: Creating Space

SPACE AND FACILITY NAMES

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Rooms in buildings A and B are room A2, room B5, etc.

Fireside Room MP Building MP Room MP upstairs rooms: room M1, room M2, room M3, etc.

Lower Patio Nursery/Preschool Sanctuary Sanctuary North Sanctuary South Welcome Center Youth Tent (or the Tent)

NOTES • in the Cafe (capitalized as proper noun without an accent) • on the Lawn (capitalized as proper noun)

MINISTRY NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS

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Care Ministry Celebrate Recovery, CR Children’s Ministry, CM Christ Community Church or Christ Community (not “CCC”) DivorceCare GriefShare High School Ministry, HSM KidCare LAF Track Courses or LAF Track Life With Spice, LWS Men’s Ministry, MM Middle School Ministry, MSM Missions Team Ministry Partners (any person or group we partner with as a church) PrimeTimers (one word with two uppercase letters) Women’s Ministry, WM Young Adults, YA

SERVICES DATES/TIMES

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SERVICE NAMES AND TIMES: Followed by lower case “am” and “pm” without a space. All times are expressed with the hour, followed by a colon, then the minutes. E.g., 5:00-6:00pm (not 5-6pm or 5-6:00pm).

EXPRESSING TIMES AND DATES IS ALSO AN EXCEPTION WHERE AMPERSANDS ARE PERMITTED. •

THE CONTEMPORARY SERVICES ARE AT 9:00 & 10:45AM. (Because both 9:00 and 10:45am are within the same time reference, “am” is only used at the end.)

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THE TRADITIONAL SERVICE IS AT 10:00AM.

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THE TRAINING SEMINAR WILL BE FROM 8:30AM-2:00PM. (Because 8:30am is in the morning and 2:00pm is in the afternoon, both time references are included.)

DATES ARE TO BE WRITTEN AS CARDINAL NUMBERS WHEN THE YEAR IS INCLUDED. Format is month day, year: March 20, 2024.

USE ORDINAL NUMBERS WHEN NOT INCLUDING THE YEAR: March 20th.

REGARDLESS IF CARDINAL OR ORDINAL, WHEN USING MULTIPLE DATES, INCLUDE AN OXFORD COMMA PLUS “AND” BEFORE THE FINAL DATE: April 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st or April 14, 28; May 12, and 26, 2024

DATES UNDER 10 ARE ALWAYS EXPRESSED AS A SINGLE DIGIT: May 8, 2022–Not May 08, 2022

ORDINAL DATES ARE NOT SUPERSCRIPT: May 18th—Not May 18th

NUMBERS IN TEXT

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RULE 1 Spell out numbers under 10, except when they relate to time (8:00am), measurement (7-year-old child), or money ($45). Remain consistent throughout the document—if one item requires a numeral, use numerals for all other items of that type. E.g., One article has 16 pages, one has 7 pages, and the third has only 5 pages.

RULE 2 When two numbers that refer to different things appear together in the same document, use a numeral for one and spell out the other. E.g., fifteen 20-page articles.

RULE 3 Spell out numbers when they begin a sentence, except if the first word is a calendar year. E.g., 1976 marks the bicentennial celebration for the United States.

RULE 4 Percent. Use digits when expressing percentages, but spell out “percent,” e.g., 10 percent and only use the percent symbol for charts, graphs, or graphics.

RULE 5 Phone numbers. Use a dash between the area code and the prefix, the prefix and the suffix. (Do not enclose the area code in parentheses, or follow with a diagonal, or use periods to separate the components of a phone number.)

EXPRESSING NUMBERS IN TEXT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TIME, MEASUREMENT, AND MONEY RULE.

EM AND EN DASHES

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EM DASH Represents a break in a sentence, a sudden shift in thought, an interruption, or a parenthetical phrase.

It looks like two dashes with no spaces before, between, or afterwards.

EXAMPLES: •

I started explaining—then I was distracted.

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He was using it—my preference—but then stopped.

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They tell of the power of Your awesome works—and I will proclaim Your great deeds.

Psalm 145:6

EN DASH Joins words together, expresses a period of time, or indicates a range of numbers.

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God-honoring behavior.

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They attended high school from 2010-2014.

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The average attendance is 50-60 people.