| LCMS e-News User Guide |
Upon clicking this link, the screen displays a form for you to enter your contact information. Although it is most helpful to fill in as many fields as possible, not all fields are required. The required fields are marked with “*”. Upon clicking “register”, your information has been entered, and your account has been created. You may now choose to browse the available Newsletters, or View and Edit your Contact Information. If, when working with e-News, you forget what your password is, this handy link will e-mail the proper password to the e-mail address you provide. Click the “send” button, and the e-mail is sent immediately, and should appear in your e-mail inbox within a few minutes. View or Edit My Contact Information When this link is clicked, the following screen displays the contact information and church body that is entered in the LCMS e-News. Here you may view your information, or click to modify any of your information which may be incorrect or out of date. By clicking “Edit my contact information”, you may modify your contact information, password, or church body. Upon clicking “Edit my contact information”, the screen appears where you may modify your information. You may type your correct information in the proper locations. The changes you make on this page will not take effect until you click the “Update” button. Click “cancel” to omit any changes you have just made, and return to the previous page.
Upon clicking this link, e-News displays the groups which contain the Newsletters you are subscribed to. At this point is merely a display, and the checkboxes will not respond if clicked. To see the individual Newsletters, click the “
Upon clicking the “Edit My Newsletters” button, the screen will display all of the available topics from which all Newsletters may be chosen. To see the individual Newsletters, click the “ The “Full Text” and “Summary” checkboxes are for your convenience. By check marking “Full Text” next to any Newsletter, an individual e-mail message will be sent to your e-mail address informing you of news on the selected topic, as it happens throughout the week.. By check marking “Summary”, you will receive only one e-mail message weekly, highlighting your desired news of that week. All Newsletters which you check mark “Summary” will be included in this single weekly e-mail message. The ability to see the full text of the e-mail messages is available with a single mouse click. If your e-mail inbox at any point is out of service, LCMS e-News will receive notification of this when an e-mail is sent to your inbox. However, often this occurrence is only temporary. To accommodate, LCMS e-News will continue sending the requested Newsletters to your inbox for the 30 days following the last successful Newsletter delivery. If there are no successful deliveries within a 30 day period, your account will be closed until further notice. Please contact us if your account is ever closed, and you would like it to be re-opened.
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” button. To modify which Newsletters you are to receive e-mails from, click the “Edit My Newsletters” button.